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At the ED, do you leave your ambulance running when delivering a patient inside?

Ambulances are frequently stolen in the U.S., while providers respond to calls inside residences, during the delivery of patients inside the ED or as they’re taking a lunch break. What is your process for securing your ambulance in the ambulance bay? Take our poll and check out these five tips to safeguard your rig.

We leave the ambulance running and unlocked.

32 %

We turn off the ambulance and leave it unlocked.

26 %

We leave the ambulance running and lock it.

19 %

We turn the ambulance off and lock it.

23 %

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