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[[File:Amrambulance.jpg|thumb|Typical AMR ambulance]]
[[File:Amrambulance.jpg|thumb|Typical AMR ambulance]]
'''American Medical Response, Inc.''' ('''AMR''') is a United States manager and provider of medical transportation. AMR provides emergency response and dispatch services, non-emergency transport services, [[air ambulance]] services, event medical services, managed transportation services ([[paratransit]]) and paramedic and EMT training. AMR is locally operated in 42 states and the District of Columbia. AMR employs nearly 17,000 paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), nurses, doctors and support staff.<ref>http://www.emsc.net/About-EMSC/EMSC-Companies/AMR.aspx</ref>
'''American Medical Response, Inc.''' ('''AMR''') is a United States manager and provider of medical transportation. AMR provides emergency response and dispatch services, non-emergency transport services, [[air ambulance]] services, event medical services, managed transportation services ([[paratransit]]) and paramedic and EMT training. AMR is locally operated in 42 states and the District of Columbia. AMR employs nearly 17,000 paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), nurses, doctors and support staff.<ref>http://www.emsc.net/About-EMSC/EMSC-Companies/AMR.aspx</ref>

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In 2003, AMR developed a checklist <ref>[http://www.http://innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3789 Emergency Medical Technicians Use Checklist To Identify Intoxicated Individuals who Can Safely Go to Detoxification Facility Rather Than Emergency Department]</ref> to identify intoxicated individuals who can safely go to a detoxification facility rather than an emergency department. Still in existence, the program has allowed for the safe transfer of a meaningful proportion of these individuals to the detoxification facility, thus avoiding expensive, unnecessary visits to crowded, resource-constrained emergency departments.


[[Laidlaw]] acquired American Medical Response in 1997.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/07/business/two-us-deals-set-by-laidlaw.html Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw]</ref> In 2004, Laidlaw sold [[EmCare]] and American Medical Response to [[Onex Corporation|Onex]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0DB1531F934A35751C1A9629C8B63 Onex will buy two health care units from Laidlaw]</ref> Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation as the parent of its two acquisitons. EMSC went public in December of that year.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/12/19/daily40.html EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares]</ref> In 2011, EMSC was acquired by [[Clayton, Dubilier & Rice]].<ref>[http://www.cdr-inc.com/news/releases/2011-05-24_cdr_completes_acquisition_of_emergency_medical_services_corporation.php Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation]</ref>
[[Laidlaw]] acquired American Medical Response in 1997.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/07/business/two-us-deals-set-by-laidlaw.html Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw]</ref> In 2004, Laidlaw sold [[EmCare]] and American Medical Response to [[Onex Corporation|Onex]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0DB1531F934A35751C1A9629C8B63 Onex will buy two health care units from Laidlaw]</ref> Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation as the parent of its two acquisitons. EMSC went public in December of that year.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/12/19/daily40.html EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares]</ref> In 2011, EMSC was acquired by [[Clayton, Dubilier & Rice]].<ref>[http://www.cdr-inc.com/news/releases/2011-05-24_cdr_completes_acquisition_of_emergency_medical_services_corporation.php Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation]</ref>
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Global Medical Response provides emergency ambulance and emergency department medical services internationally.
Global Medical Response provides emergency ambulance and emergency department medical services internationally.

==Activities==

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In 2003, AMR developed a checklist to identify intoxicated individuals who can safely go to a detoxification facility rather than an emergency department. Still in existence, the program has allowed for the safe transfer of a meaningful proportion of these individuals to the detoxification facility, thus avoiding expensive, unnecessary visits to crowded, resource-constrained emergency departments.<ref>[http://innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3789 Emergency Medical Technicians Use Checklist To Identify Intoxicated Individuals who Can Safely Go to Detoxification Facility Rather Than Emergency Department]</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:14, 26 March 2013

American Medical Response, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1992
HeadquartersGreenwood Village, Colorado
Key people
William A. Sanger, CEO
ProductsAmbulance services
Number of employees
17,000
ParentEmergency Medical Services Corporation
Websitewww.amr.net
After Hurricane Sandy in New York
Typical AMR ambulance

American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is a United States manager and provider of medical transportation. AMR provides emergency response and dispatch services, non-emergency transport services, air ambulance services, event medical services, managed transportation services (paratransit) and paramedic and EMT training. AMR is locally operated in 42 states and the District of Columbia. AMR employs nearly 17,000 paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), nurses, doctors and support staff.[1]

Laidlaw acquired American Medical Response in 1997.[2] In 2004, Laidlaw sold EmCare and American Medical Response to Onex.[3] Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation as the parent of its two acquisitons. EMSC went public in December of that year.[4] In 2011, EMSC was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.[5]

Subsidiaries

Access2Care is a managed transportation services program which provides non-emergency medical transportation management services to health plans, health care facilities and government entities.

Air Ambulance Specialists Inc. (AASI) arranges fixed wing air ambulance transport services. Air Ambulance Specialists delivers a private air ambulance with "bed to bed" service, arranges ground transportation, specialized medical care during transport, as well as any other incidentals necessary to a successful transport.

Global Medical Response provides emergency ambulance and emergency department medical services internationally.

Activities

In 2003, AMR developed a checklist to identify intoxicated individuals who can safely go to a detoxification facility rather than an emergency department. Still in existence, the program has allowed for the safe transfer of a meaningful proportion of these individuals to the detoxification facility, thus avoiding expensive, unnecessary visits to crowded, resource-constrained emergency departments.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.emsc.net/About-EMSC/EMSC-Companies/AMR.aspx
  2. ^ Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw
  3. ^ Onex will buy two health care units from Laidlaw
  4. ^ EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares
  5. ^ Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation
  6. ^ Emergency Medical Technicians Use Checklist To Identify Intoxicated Individuals who Can Safely Go to Detoxification Facility Rather Than Emergency Department
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