In younger years I drove an ambulance. The driving part was straightforward; the tricky part was when you arrived on-site, and had to enter a building to transport the patient, via stretcher, to the ambulance. The worst, as you'd expect, was when the patient lived in a non-elevator building.

This GEM Ambulance may not be able to help with walkup buildings, but it should save precious minutes in specific types of indoor spaces.

Produced by California-based Global Electric Motors, this indoor/outdoor ambulance is designed for campuses, stadiums, outdoor events, airports, warehouses, industrial facilities, resorts and military facilities.

The smaller footprint allows it to navigate through crowds, and being an EV, it won't leave bystanders coughing.

It offers three different options for skids, depending on what type of equipment you want to carry, by emergency equipment manufacturer QTAC.

It is street-legal, though it tops out at 25 mph, so you won't be making it all the way to the hospital in this thing. And there will still be a transfer step between this and the real ambulance. But in an emergency, seconds count, and being able to zip in and out of a large building faster than a rolling stretcher could make the difference.