Medix provides Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support (including Critical Care) ambulance services to Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties. Curtis-Universal Ambulance is the oldest private ambulance service in the United States and has been in the ambulance industry since 1858. The ambulance service at that time was operated by the Curtis family, utilizing horse drawn ambulances and served
Wisconsin's oldest hospital, St. The service remained with the Curtis family through three generations until 1950, at which time the Baker family purchased it. Medix Ambulance Service is a division of Curtis-Universal and is currently based in Burlington, WI. Medix staffs 4 stations and has been serving Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties as a division of Curtis-Universal since 2005. We provide BLS, ALS, and Critical Care emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation. Medix also staffs ems personnel for Kansasville Fire Department and Delavan Fire Department. As a member of this elite team, employees are given the opportunity to broaden their experience in both private ems and 911 services. Medical Direction is local, provided by Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, and allows us to be one of the most medically progressive services in the state of Wisconsin with the most advanced protocols and utilization of the MD-1 program.
