Transport Services

REX Transport Services provides safe solutions for your emergency and non-emergency transport needs.

Call 888-787-4579 or 919-784-4788 to request a transport or for more information.

Hospital Emergency Transport

REX Transport helps patients with transport needs that require medical supervision. For example, from a nursing home to the hospital or from the hospital to a rehab facility.

Our transport fleet consists of three Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulances and two wheelchair vans. Each unit is staffed with state-certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) trained in providing on-the-spot medical care.

BLS ambulance service is available Monday – Saturday from 9 am to 7pm.

Wheelchair van service is available Monday – Friday from 8 am – 4 pm.

Critical Care Transport

REX Critical Care Transport services work closely with neurologists, pulmonologists, emergency physicians, hospitalists and cardiologists to provide a continuum of care between tertiary facilities and UNC REX Hospital.

Our transport services include Critical Care Transport (CCT) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) transportation to and from UNC REX Hospital, UNC Hospitals, affiliates and other regional medical facilities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our CCT teams are trained and equipped to transport post-cardiac arrest, STEMI, CVA, respiratory failure, sepsis, trauma, high-risk obstetrical and other critical patients. They also have the ability to:

Intubate and operate ventilators
Administer narcotics, sedatives, IV medications and infusions
Transport patients receiving blood or blood products
Operate specialty devices and invasive monitoring devices such as intracranial pressure monitors, cardiac pacing and chest tubes

All paramedics, nurses and EMTs also attend mandatory continuing education and specialty programs and advanced certification classes including: