American Medical Response

American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is a large, private ambulance company in the United States that provides and manages emergency medical services (911), non-emergency and managed transportation, rotary and fixed-wing air ambulance services, and disaster response in many areas across the United States.

American Medical Response, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryEmergency services
Founded1991
HeadquartersGreenwood Village, Colorado
Key people
Ted Van Horne, CEO[1]
ProductsAmbulance services
Number of employees
29,000
ParentGlobal Medical Response
Websitewww.amr.net

History

The company was founded in 1991 through the merger of Regional Ambulance (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, CA), Vanguard Ambulance (Santa Clara County, CA), and Buck Ambulance (Portland, OR). It was subsequently acquired by Laidlaw,[2] and sold to Onex in 2004.[3] With this acquisition, Onex formed Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC) by merging AMR with EmCare.[4] In 2011, EMSC was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.[5]

On June 12, 2013, EMSC changed its name to Envision Healthcare.[6]

On September 8, 2017, Envision Healthcare announced that AMR would be sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in a deal worth US$2.4 billion.[7]

In March 2018, AMR became a subsidiary of Global Medical Response.

  • Type II AMR ambulance at the 2014 Balloon Fest in Las Cruces, NM
    Type II AMR ambulance at the 2014 Balloon Fest in Las Cruces, NM
  • AMR responding during Hurricane Sandy in New York City
    AMR responding during Hurricane Sandy in New York City
  • AMR handling event medical at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
    AMR handling event medical at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
  • AMR NASCAR Safety Team at Daytona 500, February 2017
    AMR NASCAR Safety Team at Daytona 500, February 2017

See also

References
  1. "GMR - Leadership".
  2. Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw
  3. "COMPANY NEWS; ONEX WILL BUY TWO HEALTH CARE UNITS FROM LAIDLAW (Published 2004)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13.
  4. EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares
  5. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation
  6. "EMSC Announces New Company Name, Unveils New Company Logo | Information from Envision Healthcare". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  7. Eric Snyder; Mark Harden (8 September 2017). "Colorado's American Medical Response ambulance business to be sold in $2.4 billion deal". DenverBusinessJournal.com. Denver, CO: Denver Business Journal American City Business Journals. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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