American Medical Response, America’s leading provider of medical transportation, has a single mission: making a difference by caring for people in need. AMR solutions include 911 emergency, interfacility transportation, event medical, advanced & basic life support transports and federal disaster response.
AMR is a part of the Global Medical Response family. With nearly 34,000 team members, Global Medical Response teams deliver compassionate, quality medical care, primarily in the areas of emergency and patient relocation services in the United States, the District of Columbia and around the world. GMR was formed by combining the industry leaders in air and ground emergency medical services. Each of our companies have long histories of proudly serving the communities where we live: American Medical Response (AMR), Air Evac Lifeteam, REACH Air Medical Services, Med-Trans Corporation, AirMed International and Guardian Flight.
Together, with our GMR family, we are providing care to the world at a moment’s notice.
CareFlite is a Texas, nonprofit 501(c) 3 corporation governed by a Board of Directors with representatives from Texas Health Resources, Methodist Health System, Baylor Health Care System, Parkland Health and Hospital System, and the JPS Health Network. CareFlite is a nonprofit entity committed to high-quality patient care and community service. CareFlite is the only fully-integrated medical transport company serving North Texas.
Established in 1979, CareFlite is the nation's eighth-oldest air medical transportation service and the second-oldest in Texas. CareFlite began with one helicopter shared between Methodist Dallas Medical Center and Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, transporting about 20 patients monthly. In 1981, CareFlite began operating a ground ambulance division in Dallas to support the helicopters and provide non-emergency transportation to hospital patients. CareFlite’s Ground Ambulance Division has bases in the following counties: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hill Johnson, Palo Pinto and Parker. CareFlite operates 911/EMS services in the City of Burleson, Hill County and Kaufman County.