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The Nepal Ambulance Service (NAS) is an independent non-profit initiative dedicated to creating a professional ambulance service benefiting greater Kathmandu and Patan.
NAS was created to specifically respond to the problems created by the lack of a professional ambulance service or Emergency Medical System (EMS) in Nepal. EMS is pre-hospital emergency care performed in the field; it offers a variety of medical interventions some of which include splinting fractures, bracing neck + spinal cord injuries, stopping bleeding, clearing air passageways, and starting IV fluids for patients in shock.
Life Saving EMTS
Each ambulance will be furnished with specialized life saving equipment and a highly trained Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Training of EMTs will be led by doctors and nurses from Stanford Medical School’s Emergency Medicine International (USA).
With pre-hospital emergency care administered to patients at the pick-up point or scene of an accident as well as while on-route to the closest appropriate hospital, NAS ambulances will be saving lives along the way.
Fully Equiped Ambulances
NAS ambulances will comprise both state-of-the-art Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances. Equipment includes IV fluids, oxygen, suction pump, bandages + dressings, collapsible wheeled stretcher-trolley, spine board with head immobilizer, scoop stretcher, vacuum splints, cervical collar and folding wheelchair /stair chair. See Tour the Ambulance .
Toll-Free Number
Starting on 16 November 2010 a toll free emergency telephone number - 102 - will reach the NAS dispatch center where an agent will screen the call for response details and dispatch the closest available ambulance via VHF radio.
Telephone/ Dispatch center
Telephone and Dispatch Center will screen calls + track ambulance response. NAS dispatch software has the ability to pin-point the location of callers using landlines.
Radio Dispatched Ambulances
Not only does radio dispatching speed the arrival of NAS ambulances on scene, additionally EMTs will evaluate the nature of a victim’s injuries and radio communications with the dispatch center will help direct ambulances to appropriate hospitals in cases where very specific types of treatment are required.
Service Area
NAS will start with 5 ambulances strategically placed around the ring road and will expand to 10 ambulances within the first six months of operation. 
fees charged
The service will charge Rs. 20 Per - Kilometer (one way only) as per the Nepal Government Rules.
Avilable to everyone
In order to make the services of NAS available to everyone, including those who do not have the means to pay, NAS will seek funding to cover the needy.
What is EMS
EMS or Emergency Medical System is:
- Pre-hospital emergency care
- Performed in the field
- Splinting fractures
- Bracing neck + spinal cordinjuries
- Stop bleeding and clear airpassage ways
- Starting IV fluids for patients in shock
News & Events
what does it consist of ?
- Toll-free phone number
- Telephone/Dispatch Center to take calls and track response,and direct ambulances to appropriate hospitals
- Radio dispatched and coordinated ambulances.
- A professional EMT in each ambulance
- Initial coverage area: municipal Kathmandu and Patan
- Initial coverage area: municipal Kathmandu and Patan »
