American Medical Response
- American Medical Response
Infobox_Company
company_name = American Medical Response, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public Company NYSE: "EMS"
company_slogan = Patient Focused, Customer Centered, Caregiver Inspired
foundation = 1992
location = Greenwood Village, Colorado
key_people = William A. Sanger, CEO
num_employees = 18,500
products = Ambulance services
homepage = [http://www.amr.net/ www.amr.net]
revenue = $1.2 billion USD (2008)
industry = Healthcare
American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex [ http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2004/nz5955.php.] AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado.
AMR is locally operated in 40 states and the District of Columbia. More than 18,500 AMR paramedics, EMTs, RN's and other professionals, with a fleet of 4,200 vehicles, transport nearly four million patients nationwide each year in critical, emergency and non-emergency situations. [http://www.amr.net/company/index.asp]
Outside the urban cores of the largest cities the colorful and distinctive livery of AMR's vehicles is synonymous in those regions with "ambulance."
In 2006 AMR Colorado Springs,CO (El Paso County) was awarded Ambulance Service of the Year by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. This marked the first time ever a private service had earned this distinguishment as the Colorado Springs operation was chosen over 17,000 other ambulance services for the prestigious award. [http://www.amrpikespeak.com/html/awards.html]
ee also
*EMS
*Rescue
*Ambulance
ources
*1. [http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2004/nz5955.php Canadian Onex to acquire Laidlaw units American Medical Response and EmCare]
*2. [http://www.amr.net/company/index.asp "American Medical Response - About AMR" AMR Website. 1 Oct 2008, 22:05 UTC. 1 Oct 2008]
*3. [http://www.amrpikespeak.com/html/awards.html "American Medical Response in Pikes Peak County Website. 1 Oct 2008, 22:05 UTC. 1 Oct 2008]
External links
* [http://www.amr.net/ AMR Home Page]
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