VIDA Emergências Médicas

What VIDA Emergências Médicas does

VIDA Emergências Médicas is a privately held Brazilian emergency medical services provider operating mobile intensive care units (UTIs Móveis) and 24-hour dispatch. Founded approximately in the mid-1990s (firmographic data lists 1992; company-published history references 30 years from 2025), the company is headquartered in Brasília with a regional office in Rio de Janeiro, and serves both the Southeast (Rio de Janeiro) and Central-West (Brasília) regions of Brazil. Its core operational capability is the dispatch of fully equipped mobile ICU vehicles staffed by trained medical teams to the patient's location, with on-site stabilization and, when necessary, transfer to a hospital reference facility. Where the presenting situation does not carry immediate risk of death or sequela, physicians provide medical guidance by telephone.

The company sells four service products: (1) Plano Individual ou Familiar, a subscription plan for individuals and families starting at R$60/month; (2) Convênio Coletivo, a corporate collective plan with volume-based pricing extensible to employees' families via payroll deduction; (3) Área Protegida, a flat-rate or subscription service covering defined venues such as hotels, gyms, malls, clubs, restaurants, and commercial centers; and (4) Eventos, a professional service providing event medical risk assessment, mobile ICU deployment, and medical posts for event organizers. Revenue is principally subscription-recurring for the individual, corporate, and venue lines, and per-event for the event line. Distribution is direct, conducted over a central 0800 line and regional phone numbers, with service requests routed through the company's dispatch centers.

VIDA markets a 30-year brand history and a set of self-reported clinical outcome metrics — including resolution of nearly 9 in 10 cases on-site, an 8x reduction in heart attack mortality, reversal of more than 35% of cardiorespiratory arrests, and a 5x reduction in cardiac arrests during transport. The company is privately held, has no disclosed funding rounds, no disclosed acquisitions, no management team listed publicly, no mobile app, and no public API. Compliance posture includes documented LGPD, QSMS, anticorruption, and human rights policies published between 2023 and 2025.

Name

VIDA Emergências Médicas

Legal name

VIDA Emergências Médicas

Website

https://www.utivida.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

VIDA Emergências Médicas is a Brazilian emergency medical services provider operating mobile ICU units and 24/7 physician-guided dispatch in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, serving individuals, families, corporations, venues, and event organizers via subscription and contract-based plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFANAI

Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH/CP) Programs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency Medical Services

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Mobile ICU services
• Pre-hospital care
• Medical subscription plans
• Corporate health plans

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio De Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual/Family Subscription Plans: Monthly or annual subscription for individuals and families providing 24h emergency medical coverage wherever they are, with mobile ICU dispatch and hospital transfer if needed.
2. Corporate Collective Plans (Convênio Coletivo): Corporate plans offering employee medical emergency protection 24h/day, with volume-based pricing and family extension through payroll deduction.
3. Protected Area Service: Flat-rate or subscription service for defined geographic areas such as hotels, gyms, stores, clubs, restaurants, and shopping centers, providing emergency response within the area.
4. Event Medical Services: Specialized medical support services for events including assessment for ideal structure, mobile ICU provision, and medical posts during event duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

VIDA Emergências Médicas provides 24-hour emergency and urgency pre-hospital medical care through a centralized dispatch system that deploys fully equipped mobile ICU (UTI Móvel) units staffed with trained medical teams to the patient's location, with telephone-based medical guidance for non-immediate-risk situations. The company packages this core capability into individual/family subscriptions, corporate collective agreements (Convênio Coletivo), protected-area coverage for venues, and dedicated medical support for events.

Product overview

VIDA Emergências Médicas operates as a unified emergency medical services platform offering 24-hour emergency and urgency medical care throughout Brazil. The company provides mobile ICU units with trained medical teams and offers four main service products: Plano Individual ou Familiar (individual/family emergency plans), Convênio Coletivo (corporate collective agreements), Área Protegida (on-site emergency coverage for businesses), and Eventos (event medical support). All services operate on a subscription or contract basis with centralized dispatch coordination connecting patients to medical professionals and hospital facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plano Individual ou Familiar 24-hour emergency and urgency medical care subscription for individuals and families, providing fully equipped mobile ICU dispatch to the subscriber's location, hospital transfer to a reference facility when needed, and physician telephone guidance for situations of reasonable doubt.
• Convênio Coletivo Corporate emergency medical protection plan providing 24-hour employee coverage through volume-based pricing, with family extension via payroll deduction. Targets businesses seeking to protect employees against major medical crises.
• Área Protegida Immediate emergency medical response within a defined geographic perimeter for hotels, gyms, stores, clubs, restaurants, and shopping centers, providing on-site intervention by trained medical teams.
• Eventos Event medical support service providing pre-event assessment to define the ideal medical structure, mobile ICU and medical post provision during the event, and access to VIDA's broader operational infrastructure.
• Atendimento Médico de Emergência e Urgência 24h Core 24-hour emergency and urgency medical service dispatching fully equipped mobile ICU units staffed by trained medical teams, with centralized triage that determines risk imminence and provides telephone guidance when immediate risk is not present.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 9 out of 10 cases resolved on-site without hospital transfer
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Falck A/S: Global ambulance and emergency medical services provider operating subscription and B2B healthcare response services worldwide. Most directly comparable to VIDA's mobile ICU and emergency response subscription model, though at much larger scale and geographic breadth.
• Acadian Ambulance Service: US private EMS company providing ground and air ambulance, mobile health, and event medical services. Highly comparable service mix to VIDA's mobile ICU, corporate plans, and event coverage.
• AmeriCare Medical Services: US private ambulance and mobile integrated healthcare provider offering subscription-style membership programs and event medical services. Comparable subscription and pre-hospital care model to VIDA.

Broad incumbents

• Global Medical Response: One of the largest private EMS providers in the US, offering ground and air ambulance, mobile health, and event medical services. Comparable through its integrated emergency response and B2B/B2C subscription offerings, with a much larger footprint.
• International SOS: Global medical and travel security services firm providing emergency medical response, evacuation, and on-site medical care to corporate clients. Comparable to VIDA in serving corporate clients with subscription-based emergency medical coverage.

Emerging players

• Air Ambulance Worldwide: Specialized air medical transport and emergency response provider. Comparable in delivering critical care transport services, though focused on air rather than ground-based mobile ICU like VIDA.
• LifeMed (US): US-based critical care transport and mobile integrated healthcare provider. Comparable in providing ICU-level mobile medical services and subscription/membership programs.

Regional players

• Resgate Brasil (private operators): Brazilian private emergency medical response and patient transport operator. Directly comparable as a regional competitor offering private EMS services in Brazil.
• SAMU (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência): Brazil's public emergency mobile pre-hospital care service operated by the Ministry of Health. Comparable in service offering (emergency mobile medical response and transport) but free, public, and nationwide, making it the dominant public alternative to VIDA's private model.
• Emergência 24h / private Brazilian UTI móvel operators: Regional private Brazilian providers of mobile ICU and emergency medical services. Most directly comparable services and target market to VIDA, operating in other Brazilian metros.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/vidauti
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vida-emerg-ncias-m-dicas

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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