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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Emergency services |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Greenwood Village, Colorado |
Key people | Ted Van Horne, CEO[1] |
| Products | Ambulance services |
Number of employees | 29,000 |
| Parent | Global Medical Response |
| Website | www |
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.
History
The company was founded in 1991 through the merger of Regional Ambulance (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California), Vanguard Ambulance (Santa Clara County, California), and Buck Ambulance (Portland, Oregon). 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. Also in 2018, AMR was the main campaign contributor in support of California Proposition 11 (2018),[8] a bill that modified California labor law to allow for EMS workers to be on-call during breaks.[9]
Type II AMR ambulance at the 2014 Balloon Fest in Las Cruces, NM
AMR responding during Hurricane Sandy in New York City
AMR handling event medical at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
AMR NASCAR Safety Team at Daytona 500, February 2017.jpg.webp)
AMR at the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship race at Road America
See also
References
- ↑ "Leadership". GMR.
- ↑ "Two U.S. Deals Set by Laidlaw". The New York Times. January 7, 1997.
- ↑ "COMPANY NEWS; Onex Will Buy Two Health Care Units from Laidlaw". The New York Times. Reuters. December 7, 2004. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ↑ "EMS completes IPO of 8.1M shares". Denver Business Journal. December 21, 2005. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Completes $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation" (Press release). Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. May 25, 2011.
- ↑ "EMSC Announces New Company Name, Unveils New Company Logo" (Press release). Envision Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
- ↑ Snyder, Eric; Harden, Mark (September 8, 2017). "Colorado's American Medical Response ambulance business to be sold in $2.4 billion deal". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Paramedic Break Time". Cal Matters. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ↑ Murphy, Eric (10 October 2018). "Prop. 11: Ambulance company has spent nearly $22M on state ballot measure that could shield it from lawsuits, save it millions". Mission Local. Retrieved 21 November 2023.