Nursing Home & Rehab Transfers
Nursing Home and Rehab Ambulance Transfers in Houston
Preferred EMS provides ambulance transfers for skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and rehabilitation centers across Greater Houston. Facility staff can reach our dispatch team 24/7.
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For a medical emergency, or if you are unsure, call 911.
Service overview
What Is a Nursing Home or Rehab Ambulance Transfer?
It is an ambulance trip, with an EMT or paramedic crew, that starts or ends at a skilled nursing facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, or rehabilitation center.
Common trips include hospital to facility after a discharge, facility to hospital for a planned visit, facility to facility, and facility to a doctor's appointment or dialysis.
When this service is requested
When a Facility Transfer May Be Requested
These are general examples. This public website does not decide which ambulance service level is right for a patient; the care team and dispatch do that for each trip.
Hospital to nursing home or rehab
When the discharge team has arranged ambulance transport to the next care setting.
Nursing home or rehab to hospital
For planned, non-emergency hospital visits. For a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Facility to facility
When a resident moves between skilled nursing, assisted living, rehab, or long-term care settings.
Appointments and dialysis
When a resident needs an ambulance for a doctor's visit, imaging, or dialysis.
For healthcare teams
For Nursing and Rehab Staff
Call dispatch at (713) 791-9000 with the resident's pickup location, destination, time, and requested service level. Dispatch confirms the trip with you by phone.
Please do not send patient medical details through the website form. Dispatch collects what it needs by phone.
Healthcare Facility TransportQuestions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an ambulance or a passenger ride?
It is an ambulance trip with an EMT or paramedic crew. Preferred EMS provides ambulance transportation.
Can you transfer a resident to the hospital right now?
For a life-threatening emergency, call 911. For planned or non-emergency transfers, call our dispatch team at (713) 791-9000.
Which service levels can dispatch coordinate?
Dispatch can coordinate requested BLS, ALS, or MICU service. The care team provides the requested level and dispatch confirms it.
Is dispatch available 24/7?
Yes. Our dispatch team answers 24 hours a day, seven days a week at (713) 791-9000.
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