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The last time I saw art students designing emergency medical equipment, they had created the “Tongue Sucker.”  This was a piece of performance art that the Danish government had been suckered into funding to the tune of £68,000–it essentially was a gizmo to replace the head tilt-chin lift maneuver, which does exactly the same thing (pulls the tongue off the back of the throat) for free.  (And how, exactly, are you supposed to provide rescue breaths to a casualty if needed with this thing in the way?)

A new batch of art students have designed futuristic ambulances for the UK’s NHS.  The results bear the same resemblance to modern ambulances that concept cars at auto shows do to what’s on the road today.  However, there were a few students that were particularly ambitious:  one design could not only drive off-road as fast as it could on, it had a built-in ejection seat.  Unfortunately, this isn’t to get rid of annoying or violent family members, but rather to launch the medic into the scene, gear in hand.  Hopefully the launch would be manually-activated, allowing you a moment to see exactly what you’re getting yourself into.