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English translation: urgent medical service


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French term or phrase:AMU
English translation:urgent medical service
Entered by: Dawn Montague
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06:42 Aug 16, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / abbreviation in a death certificate
French term or phrase: AMU
Underneath the main text of a death certificate, after the public officer says that he signed along with the representative of the funeral parlor.
Dawn Montague
Local time: 16:57
urgent medical service
Explanation:
L' aide médicale urgente = AMU
Maybe AMU refers to the doctor who signed the death certificate.
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Sinziana Paltineanu
Local time: 23:57
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3 +2EMS
Allan Jeffs
2urgent medical serviceSinziana Paltineanu


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urgent medical service


Explanation:
L' aide médicale urgente = AMU
Maybe AMU refers to the doctor who signed the death certificate.

Sinziana Paltineanu
Local time: 23:57
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
EMS


Explanation:
AMU = Assistance Médical d'Urgence
SAMU = Service d'Assistance Médical d'Urgence ou Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence

EMS - Emergency Rescue Service or Emergency Medical Services

See EuroDicautom

Allan Jeffs
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  RHELLER: I would put emergency medical services in parentheses
4 hrs
  -> THX Rita

agree  Liza Perrat: Emergency Medical Services yes fine, am at work
5 days
  -> THX Liza. You OK?
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