Ambulance Services

911 Emergency Ambulance Services:  Rural/Metro's certified paramedics and emergency medical technicians arrive on the scene with the skills and expertise to rapidly administer care, coordinate with on-scene first responders, communicate with emergency department physicians and transport patients to the most appropriate facilities.

 Interfacility Ambulance Services: From large hospital networks and healthcare systems to skilled nursing facilities dotted throughout our service areas, we are the trusted ambulance provider that healthcare professionals turn to for their patient transportation needs. With a high number patients requiring interfacility transportation on a non-emergency basis, we are experts at ensuring our customers’ needs are met.  Rural/Metro is proud to partner with Sanford Health, Sanford Children's Hospital, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota, Select Specialty Hospital, Avera McKennan Behavioral Health Hospital and the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Medical Center, among others.

 We respond to all emergency and non-emergency transports with experience and efficiency, including:

 Advanced Life Support (ALS) 

• CCU and ICU - Critical Care Transfers
• ER dischargest to acute care facilities
• Pediatric and neonatal tranports
• Multi-trauma and burn patients

Basic Life Support (BLS) 

• Interfacility transfers
• Dialysis, chemotherapy and other scheduled treatments
• Hospice transports
• Psychiatric patient transports
• Bariatric transports

Special Event Ambulance Services: Rural/Metro Ambulance also provides ambulance standby services at a variety of speical events throughout the area, including Jazz Fest, Downtown Sioux Falls Hot Summer Nights, Hot Harley Nights and the Sioux Falls Marathon and Half-Marathon. 

With Rural/Metro, you can expect clinical excellence and standardized best practices, response time reliability, industry-leading safety and compliance standards, superior technology, expert customer care and cost-saving business models.  Because that's what you want in your trusted ambulance service provider.