An 18-month-long project has led to a full-scale mock-up of an ambulance fit for the 21st century.

Given the astonishing pace of medical technology innovation, you would be forgiven for thinking that the modern ambulance must surely be a slick box of tricks on wheels.

But from a design point of view, the ambulance has changed very little in the past 30 years or so. In fact, the basic concept of ’swoop and scoop’ to hospital that is still largely in place dates back even further – despite changing healthcare paradigms.

Read the full article at The Engineer.