The term ambulance comes from the Latin word  ambulare  as meaning to walk or move about which is a reference to early medical care where patients were moved by lifting or wheeling.The word originally meant a moving hospital, which follows an army in its movements. Patient transport ambulance â A vehicle, which has the job of transporting patients to, from or between places of medical treatment, such as hospital or dialysis center, for non-urgent care.
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From 1990 to 2000, the Asian population in Staten. Island grew by 65 percent, from 16,856 to 27,740 â. topping the boroughâs overall 17 percent increase but. not matching the 71 percent gain for New York Cityâs. total Asian population.3. In 2000, 3 percent of Asian New Yorkers lived in. Staten Island, where Asians comprised 6 percent of the. population.