Acadian Ambulance
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Acadian Ambulance is an ambulance
service that covers most of the state of Louisiana
.
Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana
, Acadian Ambulance maintains a fleet of more than 200 ground ambulance
s, as well as eight medical transport helicopters
and five fixed-wing aircraft
that provide aerial transport to medical facilities.
Acadian began operations in 1971 when funeral homes stopped providing ambulance service because of new, financially burdensome federal guidelines.
In addition to emergency medical services
, Acadian offers an aircraft charter service, a personal medical alarm service, fire and burglar alarm service, industrial medical personnel, fire and safety technicians, and medical and industrial training, as well as billing software.
Acadian Ambulance played a role, with many other ambulance services throughout the country, in responding to various healthcare emergencies caused by Hurricane Katrina
in 2005.
In the summer of 2006, Acadian expanded into southeast Texas
and began providing emergency medical services in Orange County, Texas
. In October 2006, Acadian acquired the assets of MetroCare EMS and began providing non-emergency transports in Travis County, Texas
.
Acadian Ambulance Service also provides ALS Ambulance Service to Jackson County, Mississippi.
In October 2007, Acadian took over the service area from MetroCare in Travis and Jefferson county, in the Austin area.
In April 2009, Acadian won the contract to cover unincorporated parts of Bexar County and San Antonio.
In May 2011, Acadian purchased Central Texas Regional EMS
In May 2010, Acadian acquired Stat Care EMS in Southeast Texas, adding service areas in Jasper, Newton and Sabine counties. As part of the expansion, the company established a communications center in Beaumont and now dispatches all Southeast Texas calls from that site.
Acadian also has contracted with 10 cities bordering San Antonio and in Bexar County; Castle Hills, China Grove, Fair Oaks Ranch, Grey Forest, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, St. Hedwig, Somerset, Von Ormy and Windcrest; to be the sole provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance transport.
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
service that covers most of the state of Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
.
Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
, Acadian Ambulance maintains a fleet of more than 200 ground ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
s, as well as eight medical transport helicopters
Air ambulance
An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot reach the scene easily or quickly enough, or the patient needs to be transported over a distance or terrain that makes air transportation the most practical transport....
and five fixed-wing aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
that provide aerial transport to medical facilities.
Acadian began operations in 1971 when funeral homes stopped providing ambulance service because of new, financially burdensome federal guidelines.
In addition to emergency medical services
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...
, Acadian offers an aircraft charter service, a personal medical alarm service, fire and burglar alarm service, industrial medical personnel, fire and safety technicians, and medical and industrial training, as well as billing software.
Acadian Ambulance played a role, with many other ambulance services throughout the country, in responding to various healthcare emergencies caused by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
in 2005.
In the summer of 2006, Acadian expanded into southeast Texas
Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas is a subregion of East Texas located in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The subregion is geographically centered around the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown and Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan areas...
and began providing emergency medical services in Orange County, Texas
Orange County, Texas
Orange County is one of 254 counties of the State of Texas and its county seat is the city of Orange, Texas. In the year 2000, the population of Orange County was about 85,000. Orange County is the county in the very southeastern corner of Texas, with a boundary with Louisiana and a seacoast on the...
. In October 2006, Acadian acquired the assets of MetroCare EMS and began providing non-emergency transports in Travis County, Texas
Travis County, Texas
As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...
.
Acadian Ambulance Service also provides ALS Ambulance Service to Jackson County, Mississippi.
In October 2007, Acadian took over the service area from MetroCare in Travis and Jefferson county, in the Austin area.
In April 2009, Acadian won the contract to cover unincorporated parts of Bexar County and San Antonio.
In May 2011, Acadian purchased Central Texas Regional EMS
Coverage areas
- Louisiana Parishes: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafource, Livingston, Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Vernon, and West Baton Rouge.
- Mississippi Counties: Jackson
- Texas Counties: Bell, Bexar, Coryell, Falls, Hardin, Hays, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Travis, and Williamson
In May 2010, Acadian acquired Stat Care EMS in Southeast Texas, adding service areas in Jasper, Newton and Sabine counties. As part of the expansion, the company established a communications center in Beaumont and now dispatches all Southeast Texas calls from that site.
Acadian also has contracted with 10 cities bordering San Antonio and in Bexar County; Castle Hills, China Grove, Fair Oaks Ranch, Grey Forest, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, St. Hedwig, Somerset, Von Ormy and Windcrest; to be the sole provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance transport.