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Critical care
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The complex, detailed health care that is provided to patients experiencing acute, life-threatening conditions
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11th century
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First record of moving injured patients occurs during the Crusades by the Knights of St. John
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French surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey designs ambulance volante (flying ambulance) to evacuate injured soldiers during French Revolution
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1792
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American surgeon Jonathan Letterman creates first American ambulance service during Civil War Battle of Antietam
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1862
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Bellevue Hospital in New York City establishes America's first city ambulance service
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1869
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Ambulance crews evolved to include driver and person responsible for patient care
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Early 1900s
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Prehospital coronary care provided by physicians in Dublin, Ireland based on research by Francis Pantridge, MD
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1966
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Prehospital defibrillation used in United States after creation of nation's first paramedic program in Miami, FL
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1969
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Physicians consider benefits of flight after witnessing balloon flight demonstrations by the Montgolfier brothers
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1784
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First documented case of air medical transport occurs when 160 wounded soldiers and civilians were transported during Prussian Siege of Paris
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1870
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Chief of the Dutch Medical Service M. de Mooy further pursues idea of using litters suspended from balloons to transport patients
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1890 to 1910
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Captain George Groaman of US Army Medical Corps builds a plane specifically designed to carry patients, but it crashes during testing; never receives government approval
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1909
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Igor Sikorsky invents the helicopter that would later be used by military as air ambulance
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1914
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French Dorand AR II serves as an air ambulance
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1917
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Post World War I, US Army focuses on development of air ambulances
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1920s
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