Acudir Emergencias Médicas

What Acudir Emergencias Médicas does

Acudir Emergencias Médicas (legal entity Acudir S.A.) is a privately held Argentine pre-hospital emergency medical services provider founded in 2002 and headquartered at Av. Córdoba 4131 in Palermo, Buenos Aires. The company operates a fleet of more than 200 intensive care mobile units distributed across 36 operational bases spanning the City of Buenos Aires and the North, South, and West corridors of Greater Buenos Aires. Service delivery is coordinated through a centralized digital dispatch operation with real-time GPS fleet monitoring and includes specialized pediatric and neonatal transfer units developed with recognized specialists.

The commercial portfolio rests on three pillars. The first is institutional emergency and urgency coverage sold on a recurring basis to healthcare financing and provider entities — prepaid medicine plans, obras sociales, ART insurers, clinics, and sanatoriums — together with scheduled patient transfers billed per event. The second is the Área Protegida corporate channel, providing recurring coverage packages to businesses, shopping centers, factories, educational and sports institutions, with bolt-ons for cardio-protected space certification and event coverage. The third is CCEA, an American Heart Association International Training Center offering AHA-certified and proprietary courses (BLS, ACLS, PALS, Heartsaver, plus Acudir-branded paramedic and emergency modules), sold both directly and via its own virtual store and the MercadoLibre marketplace. Adjacent offerings include the Atención Médica Virtual telemedicine platform with online prescriptions and the AcuCheck corporate health screening service.

Quality and regulatory positioning is central to the business model. Acudir holds ISO 9001:2015 certification across its service lines, RESEM first-level complexity designation from the Buenos Aires City Undersecretariat of Emergencies (since June 2017) required for mass-gathering coverage under Law 5469, and AHA International Training Center status (since May 2017). The company was recognized as one of 23 Mejores Empresas de Argentina 2025 (MEdA 2025) by Deloitte, Banco Comafi, UCEMA, and Cadena 3. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity, and Go-to-Market is executed exclusively through a direct enterprise sales motion supported by content marketing and the CCEA training channel.

Name

Acudir Emergencias Médicas

Legal name

Acudir S.A.

Website

https://acudiremergencias.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Acudir Emergencias Médicas is an Argentine pre-hospital emergency medical services provider operating 200+ mobile units across 36 bases in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, serving healthcare entities, corporations, and patients through emergency response, transfers, telemedicine, and AHA-certified training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Dispatch, Communications & Medical Control Centers (PSAP/ECC) (HLAFANAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Medical Services (EMT/Paramedic) Training (EDAOAMAC)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Pre-hospital care
• Ambulance services
• Patient transport
• Medical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Palermo, Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices36 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cobertura de Emergencias y Urgencias Médicas: Recurring service contracts with healthcare entities (prepagas, obras sociales, clínicas) providing emergency medical coverage. Pricing based on service scope, volume, and geographic coverage requirements.
2. Traslados Programados de Pacientes: Scheduled patient transport services in ambulances of varying complexity levels, including pediatric and neonatal transfers.
3. Área Protegida Corporativa: Comprehensive emergency coverage packages for businesses, shopping centers, factories, and educational institutions, including fixed emergency unit placement.
4. Cobertura de Eventos: Event medical coverage services for sports, corporate, cultural, and social events with customized resource planning.
5. AcuCheck - Chequeos de Salud Laboral: Corporate health screening services for groups of 20+ employees, measuring blood glucose, blood pressure, BMI, and providing medical interviews.
6. Traslados Neonatales y Pediátricos: High-complexity specialized transfers for neonatal and pediatric patients in equipped ambulances with specialized medical teams.
7. Centro de Capacitación y Entrenamiento (CCEA): Medical training courses including AHA-certified programs (ACLS, BLS, PALS, Heartsaver) and proprietary courses, generating revenue from course fees.
8. Atención Médica Virtual (Telemedicina): Virtual medical consultation services for patients with mild conditions not requiring in-person care, including online prescriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acudir provides pre-hospital emergency and urgent medical care through a fleet of 200+ mobile intensive care units coordinated across 36 operational bases in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires. Its portfolio includes scheduled and specialized pediatric/neonatal patient transfers, a proprietary telemedicine platform for virtual consultations, corporate emergency coverage packages (Área Protegida), event medical coverage, cardio-protected space certification, and the AHA-certified CCEA training center offering emergency medicine courses.

Product overview

Acudir Emergencias Médicas is a medical emergency services provider operating a comprehensive pre-hospital care ecosystem centered on emergency and urgent medical response. The core offering consists of emergency medical services with 200+ mobile intensive care units (UTIM) across 36 operational bases, complemented by scheduled patient transfers (including specialized pediatric and neonatal transports), virtual medical consultations (telemedicine), and corporate health protection services (Área Protegida). Additional offerings include event medical coverage, cardio-protected space certification (Espacio Cardio Protegido), health screening (AcuCheck), and the Centro de Capacitación y Entrenamiento Acudir (CCEA) training center providing AHA-certified and proprietary medical training courses. Operations are coordinated through a digital dispatch center with real-time fleet monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centro de Capacitación y Entrenamiento Acudir (CCEA): Training and training center offering AHA-certified courses and Acudir's own emergency medicine courses for medical professionals, drivers, and operational staff.
• AcuCheck

Products and services

• Emergencias y Urgencias Médicas Core pre-hospital emergency and urgent medical care delivered through 200+ mobile intensive care units (UTIM) across 36 operational bases in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, with response for adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients at high, medium, and low complexity. Targeted at healthcare financing entities and institutions requiring recurring emergency coverage.
• Traslados Programados Scheduled ambulance transfers for patients requiring transport between facilities, with specialized personnel and equipped vehicles, following preventive maintenance and biosafety protocols. Targeted at healthcare institutions and patients needing non-emergency transport at varying complexity levels.
• Traslados de Pacientes Pediátricos y Neonatales High-complexity pediatric and neonatal patient transfers in equipped ambulances with specialized medical teams and technology for critically ill children and neonates. Acudir is positioned as the private system's reference for these transfers.
• Atención Médica Virtual (Telemedicina) Virtual medical consultation service via Acudir's proprietary telemedicine platform for adult and pediatric patients with mild pathologies not requiring in-person care, and follow-up of chronic disease patients in home hospitalization. Includes online prescriptions and attendance certificates.
• Área Protegida Corporate emergency protection package for businesses, shopping centers, factories, educational and sports institutions, providing emergency medical coverage, optional fixed emergency unit placement, DEA equipment, CPR training, and cardio-protected space certification.
• Cobertura de Eventos On-site medical coverage for sports, corporate, cultural, and social events with high-complexity units and trained emergency teams, including RESEM-authorized coverage for mass gathering venues. Personalized planning based on event type and attendance.
• Espacio Cardio Protegido Cardio-protected space certification combining automated external defibrillators (AED), personnel trained in CPR and AED use, action protocols, and protected area access for comprehensive cardiac emergency response at workplaces and public spaces.
• AcuCheck Corporate health screening service for groups of 20 or more employees measuring blood glucose, blood pressure, BMI, and providing brief medical interviews on prevention of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and vascular disease.
• Centro de Capacitación y Entrenamiento Acudir (CCEA) Training and instruction center delivering AHA-certified courses (BLS, ACLS, PALS, Heartsaver, Family and Friends CPR) and Acudir's own proprietary emergency medicine courses for doctors, nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers, and operational staff, both at the CCEA facility and on-site at client organizations.
• Cursos AHA (American Heart Association) American Heart Association-certified courses including Heartsaver (CPR, AED, First Aid), HeartCode BLS, ACLS, and PALS, delivered by certified instructors with international credentials valid for two years.
• Cursos Acudir Proprietary Acudir training courses covering paramedic integral modules, pediatric emergencies, pre-hospital trauma care, advanced airway management, emergency cardiology, critical patient transfer, triage, and dispatching.

Quantifiable outcome

• Controlled and continuously improved arrival times, even during high-demand periods
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• American Heart Association (AHA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2017Acudir serves as an International Training Center for the American Heart Association since May 2017, with certified medical instructors providing AHA-certified courses including BLS, ACLS, PALS, and Heartsaver. This partnership provides access to internationally recognized emergency medicine training curricula and credentials for healthcare professionals.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Falck: Global ambulance and emergency services operator headquartered in Denmark, serving healthcare systems, corporates, and public-sector clients worldwide — comparable as a broader, established incumbent in the same EMS category with overlapping enterprise and healthcare contracts.
• Global Medical Response (American Medical Response): One of the largest U.S. and international providers of medical transportation, including ambulance services, event medical coverage, and managed transportation — operates at significantly greater scale than Acudir but in the same core EMS category.
• SAME (Sistema de Atención Médica de Emergencias): Public-sector emergency medical service of the City of Buenos Aires, providing pre-hospital emergency response across the metro. Competes in the same geography as Acudir but operates as a public, broader-mandate incumbent rather than a private B2B provider.

Direct peers

• Emerger: Argentine private emergency medical services company providing ambulance response, scheduled transfers, and corporate coverage packages — operates with a comparable service model and customer segments to Acudir.
• Vittal: One of the largest private pre-hospital emergency medical services providers in Argentina, operating its own ambulance fleet, dispatch center, and coverage contracts with healthcare entities and corporates across multiple metros — a direct competitor to Acudir in the same product category and customer base.
• Aparam: Argentine private paramedic and emergency response provider serving healthcare entities, corporates, and events with ambulance coverage in Buenos Aires, overlapping directly with Acudir's core offerings.
• UCM (Unidad Coronaria Móvil): Long-standing Argentine private EMS provider offering ambulance services, emergency response, and patient transfers to healthcare entities and corporates, directly competing with Acudir in the Buenos Aires metropolitan market.
• Paramédic: Argentine EMS company offering emergency response, patient transfers, and corporate area protegida services in the Buenos Aires metro — comparable in service mix and target customer base to Acudir.
• EmHSA (Empresa de Medicina y Salud Integral): Argentine EMS operator with comparable service offerings in pre-hospital emergency care and patient transfers in metropolitan areas — directly comparable in product mix and customer base to Acudir.

Emerging players

• International SOS / MedAire: Global provider of medical assistance, travel risk management, and telemedicine services — intersects with Acudir's telemedicine and corporate traveler health offerings, though focused on cross-border assistance rather than domestic ambulance response.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/acudiremergenciasmedicas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acudir-emergencias-m%C3%A9dicas
• Instagraminstagram.com/acudiremergencias

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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