The extraordinary mission of the ambulance and crew You see at least one ambulance a day on the road. Here’s what’s inside those emergency vehicles that are equipped to transport the sick and the injured to the hospital. There are several organizations with a fleet of ambulances, among them, the hospitals, Philippine Red Cross, local government units, and private companies offering that service, like the Lifeline. The types of ambulances indicates the medical equipment and medicines each carry. There’s the basic and advance life support ambulances and the “ER on wheels” of Lifeline. The ambulances have saved thousands of lives but the stories behind the heroic acts of the crew who risked their own lives to do that are usually only shared among private groups. Despite the risks, they continue to follow the mission to respond to an emergency — to save lives.