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Galveston County Health District - Providing Credible Service since 1971

 

1207 Oak Street La Marque, Texas 77568 - Phone - 409-938-7221

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GCHD Headquarters
1207 Oak Street
La Marque, TX 77568
Emergency Medical Services
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Phone: 409-765-2524
Fax:
409-765-2503

Primary Role: Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
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Operates out of five stations with six twenty-four hour MICU ambulances and a Supervisor unit covering the 140 square miles of Galveston County, Texas. The service area includes the Cities of Galveston, Tiki Island, Bayou Vista, Hitchcock and the unincorporated areas of Galveston County on east Highway Six and in the Bayshore area off of Highway 146. Call 911 for emergencies or (409) 765-2524 for EMS business


Secondary Role: Non-emergency transport – Galveston (EMS)
GAAA dedicates two ambulances twenty four hours daily and up to five during periods of peak demand to provide non-emergency transport of ambulance patients. patients in the southern portion of Galveston County, including the cities of Texas City, La Marque, Dickinson, Galveston, Hitchcock, Bayou Vista and Tiki Island. Additional units can be called into service should the requests for service dictate.
Phone: (409) 938-2424 or 1-800-687-8133

Additional Programs

pic of emergency helecopterAir Med One – Off shore aero-medical rescue
GAAA responds with PHI Helicopters, Inc. to rescue the sick and injured in the adjacent coastal waters from Corpus Christi to the Louisiana border. Air Med One has responded to more than 150 rescues.
Phone: (409) 765-3703