| 07/24/2002 | According to a July 24th Reuters story filed in London, "A fleet of six bicycle ambulances, complete with flashing blue lights, sirens and heart-starting defibrillators, hit the streets of London on Wednesday. The brainchild of ambulanceman and former British BMX bike racing champion, Tom Lynch, the two-wheeled ambulances will be sent to emergency calls in central London at the same time as their four-wheel counterparts, the ambulance service said.
"Trials conducted in 2000 by Lynch himself revealed the bicycles are likely to arrive first in 88 percent of cases. In a third of calls, the bicycle ambulanceman was also able to treat the patient at the scene and cancel the full ambulance response, freeing up much needed capacity
for more serious cases..."news.yahoo.com
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