Prehospital

 

Responsibilities

Prehospital Committee Chair

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Emily Smith, MD

Fayette County; EMS Medical Director Austin Travis County EMS; Associate Medical Director Emergency Medicine Physician at multiple site within the Seton System

  • Focus on performance improvement of prehospital response, treatment, and transport, as well as DSHS RAC Assessment Criteria
  • Monitor and develop regional systems for patient care and transport among pre-hospital care providers (including ground and air medical providers)
  • Enhance relationships with regional healthcare partners to efficiently maintain continuity care for patients
  • Develop common communications criteria, including patient report and handoff
  • Develop and review annually regional guidelines for pre-hospital care
  • Development of plans for pre-hospital care using Whole Blood

Workgroups

Whole Blood Workgroup Chair

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Emily G. Kidd, MD, FACEP, FAEMS

Texas Medical Director Acadian Ambulance Service

Whole Blood

Mission: To ensure all hospitals, EMS agencies, and blood banks in the CATRAC region are communicating, collaborating, cooperating, and all moving toward a regional goal of providing life-saving whole blood to all patients with life-threatening hemorrhage at the earliest possible time of intervention, and ensuring the highest quality of care to those patients.  

 

Vision: To ensure all patients in the CATRAC region have access to life-saving whole blood for life-threatening hemorrhage at the earliest possible point of care.  

EMS Medical Directors Workgroup Chair

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Andrew Chou, MD

Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services physician; Deputy Medical Director with Austin-Travis County EMS; faculty member with Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin for the EMS Fellowship program

EMS Medical Directors

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