New colors for the Oise Samu. Usually white, the vehicles of the department’s Emergency Medical Aid Service, including the headquarters is based in Beauvaiswill gradually turn to yellow. Since December 20, two new vehicles of this color are in circulation on the roads of the department. “We comply with European standards», confides Vanessa Plocienniczak Emard, executive of the service. Samu helicopters are already this color.
An American mermaid
In addition to a very striking color, the new Samu vehicles are equipped of a new mermaidAmerican style. Clearly visible LED lights are installed at the front of the vehicles. “One of the objectives is to no longer confuse us with ambulancesconfides Vanessa Plocienniczak Emard. And with this equipment, we are much better seen and heard by motorists. It makes our trips on the roads easier. In Paris for example, we are already seeing this effect.”
Inside, the two new vehicles are each equipped with an electric stretcher, which makes the work of paramedics easier. “They can carry a patient up to 318 kg», Shows Sébastien Bourdet, ambulance driver.
Great activity on the evening of December 31
In the Oise, the Samu intervenes approximately 80% for heart or lung problems, then for public road accidents, or even cases of depression or drunkenness. The latter kept the Beauvais teams busy during New Year’s Eve. For the day of Tuesday, December 31, from midnight to midnight, 650 regulation files were recorded. There were already 140 on Wednesday January 1 at 8 a.m. A “dense activity for teams» according to the framework of the service. In total, fifteen people were on duty that evening.
