Emergency Medicine EMS Fellowship
Program Goals
- Experience with the design and operation of various types of EMS systems.
- Experience in pre-hospital emergency care; routine participation in EMS base station activities.
- Active participation in education of EMS providers at all levels.
- Active participation in the administrative, legislative, and financial aspects of EMS systems.
- Active participation in EMS research.
- Active participation in disaster preparedness.
- Further development of clinical skills and knowledge requisite for care of the acutely ill or injured patient.
Curriculum Overview
- EMS overview
- EMS system design
- EMS Personnel
- Medical Control
- Communications
- EMS equipment/vehicles
- EMS agencies
- EMS Receiving Facilities
- Air Medical
- Legal considerations
- Disaster management
- Special operations
- Funding
- Public Relations
- Research
- Operations Management
Experiential Activities
- Participation in field activities as observer, educator and care-provider
- Training in the proper use of EMS equipment
- Emergency Vehicle Operator Course
- Training in appropriate rescue and extrication techniques
- Base station physician activities
- Participation as an emergency medicine physician in the ED
- Participation in an air medical program
- Participation in EMS education
- Participation in communication center activities
- Participation in protocol development
- Participation in the quality assurance program
- Participation in local, regional, state and national EMS organizations and societies
- Participation in system planning, budget and financial development and disciplinary activities
- Close interaction with EMS medical directors
- Participation in development and maintenance of EMS and hospital disaster plans
- Participation in mass gathering events, MCIs, and disaster planning events
- Awareness of hazardous materials training
- Assist in negotiations for new EMS services or training venues
- Attendance at local, regional, state and national conferences
- Participation in education of physicians on prehospital care
- Participation in the investigation and management of complaints
- Conducting an EMS research project suitable for submission to a peer review journal
- Participation in grant writing process
- Opportunity to pursue an advanced degree in public health, business, or hospital administration
- Opportunity to collaborate with Emory CEPAR on disaster preparedness
- Opportunity for collaboration with the Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center at Rollins School of Public Health, the Emory Center for Injury Prevention and emergency medicine’s international health and toxicology initiatives
The Emory Department of Emergency Medicine, Section of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine is recruiting one and two year fellow applicants. More information is available at http://pdm.emory.edu/education/fellowship/index.html