Non-emergent ambulance
Stretcher transport for patients who require clinical monitoring or who cannot sit upright safely.
Floyd County, Georgia
Non-Emergency Medical Transport in Floyd County, Georgia
Patriot Emergency Medical Services provides non-emergency ambulance, wheelchair van, MedVan, and long distance medical transport across Floyd County, including Rome and Cave Spring. Floyd County calls are answered at the Patriot Communications Center in Rockmart, our West Georgia headquarters.
To request transport, call (404) 902-2628.
Rome, Cave Spring, and the Floyd County Medical Corridor
Rome is the regional hub of West Georgia healthcare. Two large hospital campuses, multiple dialysis centers, specialty clinics, skilled nursing facilities, and a steady stream of outpatient appointments anchor a market that needs reliable non-emergency medical transport every day of the week.
Patriot serves Floyd County from our Rockmart headquarters in Polk County. The drive between Rockmart and Rome is one of our regular routes, and our crews know the US-27 corridor and the Rome bypass as part of normal weekly work, not as a one-off long trip. Learn more about our Polk County headquarters and how the Rockmart Communications Center coordinates trips across the region.
Patients in Floyd County frequently travel between the Rome hospital campuses for imaging, infusion, cardiology follow-up, and orthopedic appointments. Patriot also supports discharge transport from those facilities back to home, skilled nursing, or hospice settings throughout Floyd County and the surrounding region.
Cave Spring and the more rural southern end of the county generate steady wheelchair van and MedVan demand. Trips that originate in less-densely-populated parts of the county often combine recurring dialysis runs with quoted longer-distance moves when a patient's care plan changes.
Who Patriot Transports in Floyd County
Floyd County medical transport is dominated by recurring care patients and discharge traffic from the Rome hospital campuses. Most Floyd calls fall into one of a small set of predictable categories.
Dialysis transport is the largest. Floyd County has multiple dialysis centers serving patients on standing schedules, and missing a pickup or being late for the chair time has real clinical consequences. Patriot books these trips on a recurring schedule and assigns vehicles accordingly so the trip happens the same way each week.
Hospital discharge work is the second large category. Patients leaving a Rome hospital campus often need a wheelchair van, a MedVan ride, or a stretcher ambulance depending on their condition. Patriot coordinates with the discharge team to confirm the time and level of service before the crew rolls.
Skilled nursing facility transfers are common too. When a patient moves from an inpatient stay to an SNF, or from one SNF to another for level-of-care reasons, Patriot dispatches the appropriate crew and documents the trip cleanly.
Patriot also receives calls from Floyd County families after a previously scheduled provider failed to arrive or left a patient waiting. We do our best to recover the trip when a crew is available, and we work with the caller to make the next trip more predictable.
Long Distance Transport To and From Rome
Floyd County's position near the Georgia-Alabama border and at the intersection of US-27, US-411, and the Rome bypass makes it a frequent origin or destination for long distance medical transport.
Patriot quotes long distance trips individually based on pickup, destination, distance, vehicle type, and clinical considerations. Common requests include patients returning home to Rome from tertiary hospitals in Atlanta, Chattanooga, or Birmingham; patients moving from a Rome hospital to a specialty facility outside the immediate region; and family-arranged transports across state lines when a loved one needs to be closer to relatives.
A supervisor reviews each request, provides a written quote, and follows up directly with the caller. Patriot does not run long distance trips on a flat rate sheet because the right vehicle and crew depend on the patient.
Services Available in Floyd County
Floyd County transport is dispatched through the Patriot Communications Center in Rockmart, with the transport type matched to the patient's condition and mobility needs.
ADA wheelchair van
Accessible transport for passengers who use a wheelchair and do not require clinical monitoring.
MedVan ambulatory
Transport for riders who can walk or transfer with minimal assistance.
Long distance transport
Quoted trips to or from Rome for regional and out-of-state medical destinations.
Contact Patriot for Floyd County Transport
Floyd County transport is dispatched from Patriot's Rockmart headquarters. Call dispatch to start a request, or use our contact form for non-urgent inquiries.
- Dispatched from
- 67 New Street, Rockmart, GA 30153
- Phone
- (404) 902-2628
- Contact form
- Open the secure message form
Call our Rockmart Communications Center to schedule Floyd County transport.