Need a defribillator? Who ya gonna call?

If you’re feeling weird, and it don’t feel good, who ya gonna call? I would call an ambulance. When diesel exhaust doesn’t blend well with definitive care, one local rescue service hopes an electric ambulance will cure what ails you.

A new emergency unit being rolled out by Shock and Awww Vehicles for Emergencies (SAVE) is the Wide Amperage Assist Ambulance or Waaambulance and it’s just what the doctor ordered. With so much juice available, this rig is capable of some pretty amazing feats. Old internal combustion engine ambulances required all kinds of electrical upgrades to power equipment like stretchers, cardiac monitors and AEDs, but this thing is a big battery on wheels. No more waiting for a defibrillator to charge before shocking, just hook up a weak cardiac patient as they’re wheeled in and ride the lightning all the way to the hospital.