Basic Life Support
For patients who need an ambulance stretcher and EMT-level care during the trip.
Learn about BLSPreferred EMS · also Preferred Medical Transport
Preferred EMS.Ambulance transportation in Houston and surrounding areas.
Private ambulance service for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, patients and families across Houston and the Texas Medical Center — from basic and advanced life support to mobile intensive care (BLS, ALS and MICU), coordinated by our own 24/7 dispatch team.
Request online and Dispatch will call you to confirm, or call Dispatch to arrange the trip by phone.
- Texas EMS license 1000961Texas EMS license 1000961
For a medical emergency, or if you are unsure, call 911.
Serving Houston hospitals, dialysis centers and skilled nursing facilities since 2004.
Dispatch confirms every trip with you.
- Serving Houston since
- 2004
- Dispatch answers
- 24/7
- EMTs and paramedics
- 40+
Our services
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BLS ambulance transportation.
Learn about BLS transportPreferred EMS ambulance transport levels
Advanced Life Support
For patients who need paramedic-level assessment or care during the trip.
Learn about ALSMobile Intensive Care
For critical-care patients moving between facilities with intensive-care equipment and staffing.
Learn about MICUSpecialized transport
Specialized ambulance transportation.
Explore ambulance transportation to the ER, for longer journeys to and from Greater Houston, for transplant-related care, and for hospital discharges.
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Houstonand surrounding areas.
Preferred EMS is a private ambulance service for hospitals, facilities and families in Houston and surrounding areas, including the Texas Medical Center, Sugar Land, Katy, Clear Lake, Baytown, Pasadena, Humble, Friendswood, League City, Pearland, The Woodlands and Conroe.
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Built for healthcare teams. Clear from request to arrival.
A direct path for hospitals, case managers, discharge planners, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation facilities to request ambulance transportation.
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