“🚑︎” meaning: ambulance Emoji

The emoji 🚑︎ shows a white van with with red stripes, a red cross on the side and a red flashing light on the top. It is an ambulance.

The original ambulances were horse-drawn wagons designed to transport wounded soldiers from battlefields. The first motorized ambulances appeared in the early 20th century and were equipped with radios, sirens, and medical supplies🩺. Today, ambulances are usually vans or trucks that have advanced life support systems and trained paramedics👨‍⚕ on board.

Primarily, 🚑︎ is used to denote medical emergencies, hospital trips, or anything health-related. For instance, someone might use it to convey they're on their way to the hospital or to express concern for someone's well-being.

Additionally, it is often used on social media to indicate that someone needs an ambulance to come and rescue them because they're too happy/sad/angry, but it's just an exaggeration and doesn't really mean they're hurt. For example, fans of a particular celebrity might leave a 🚑︎ in the comments of a particularly good-looking photo of him, saying that they were "killed" by the photo and needed to be rescued.