Preferred EMS · also Preferred Medical Transport

Houston ambulance transport, handled with care.

BLS, ALS and MICU ambulance transport for hospitals, facilities and families across Houston and the Texas Medical Center.

Request online and Dispatch will call you to confirm, or call Dispatch to arrange the trip by phone.

For a medical emergency, or if you are unsure, call 911.

Services

How we help.

BLS · Basic Life Support
For patients who need an ambulance stretcher and EMT-level care during the trip.
ALS · Advanced Life Support
For patients who need paramedic-level assessment or care during the trip.
MICU · Mobile Intensive Care
For critical-care patients moving between facilities with intensive-care equipment and staffing.

Hospital discharges
From the hospital to the next destination.
Interfacility transfers
Between hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Long-distance transport
Longer trips to and from Greater Houston.
Non-emergency, scheduled
Scheduled ambulance transportation.
Transport to the ER
Non-emergency ambulance transport from residences and facilities to the ER.
Emergency, or unsure? Call 911.

Including the Texas Medical Center and these communities.

For hospitals and facilities

Hospitals, freestanding ERs, nursing homes, assisted living and rehabilitation facilities, case managers and discharge planners.

Or call Dispatch: (713) 791-9000

For patients and families

How to arrange a non-emergency ambulance for a loved one, and what happens next.

Or call Dispatch: (713) 791-9000

From request to transfer of care

You requestOnline, or call Dispatch.
Dispatch confirmsWe call you to confirm the trip.
Our crew arrives and transportsEMTs or paramedics, at the level of care Dispatch confirmed.
Arrive and transfer careCare transferred to family or facility staff.

Patient care. A higher standard.