Two men were injured when their car crashed with an ambulance answering an emergency call with its blue lights on.

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So when do you just tough it out, and when do you head for the emergency room, or call an ambulance?

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However, the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said if an ambulance needed to attend an emergency call then it would be "released immediately".

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Police have released CCTV images after an ambulance was attacked while on an emergency call in Bristol.

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And in an era when companies hold a host of personal information, the fact remains an ambulance can still respond to an emergency call, ferry a patient to hospital but doctors will still have little knowledge of their medical history.

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Failure of the South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) to meet emergency call-out targets is being blamed on staff shortages.

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The trust asked people to only call for an ambulance in a "genuine emergency".

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East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has again failed to hit government targets for emergency call responses, the latest monthly figures revealed.

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Staff at the centre will then direct the call to one, or all, of the required emergency services - police, ambulance and fire and rescue.

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Before heading to the emergency room, I climbed into the back of the ambulance where I asked her if she wanted me to call her boyfriend.

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