Cape County Private Ambulance Service, Inc. has been providing Emergency Ambulance Service to Cape Girardeau County Missouri since 1968. A leader in the field of EMS, emergency calls are handled by full time certified Emergency Medical Dispatchers using Medical Priority's EMD protocols. This provides the caller with life saving and injury preventing pre-arrival instructions, including phone instruction on critical life-saving maneuvers such as CPR, Choking, Serious Bleeding and others. Each emergency ambulance is equipped with cutting edge technology including 12 lead EKG and telemetry capability, leading emergency drugs, and staffed with Missouri Licensed and National Registry certified Paramedics and EMTs.
CCPA provides Non-Emergency medical transportation within the Midwest region. Non-emergency transportation may be provided using Advanced Life Support vehicles and crews if special or advanced services are required or may be provided by Basic Life Support crews if appropriate. Please contact the dispatch center at 573-335-3306 to make a reservation or request Non-emergency Services. The dispatcher will determine the level of service necessary and provide an estimate for the cost of the trip. Certain rules apply for coverage for non-emergency transportation by Medicare and Medicaid, CCPA will try to the best of its ability to determine before the trip is made whether it may be covered by these agencies. Generally speaking, the patient will be asked to be responsible for charges incurred for non-emergency transportation.
CCPA can meet all your medical standby needs, whether you are running a rodeo, motocross race, large social gathering or football game. CCPA can provide a well trained crew to handle any emergency or injury that may arise, either with participants or the crowd. Minor first aid can be provided on scene or, transportation to a medical facility can be provided in a timely fashion for more serious injury or illness. Service is by reservation only. Please contact our dispatch center at 573-335-3306 for more information about this service.