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Department of Emergency Medicine

EMS

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS)

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) section of the Department of Emergency Medicine serves the largest patient catchment area in the United States with broad EMS urban and rural coverage throughout Utah and the surrounding states.

Through our EMS Directorships, we strive to provide the highest level of care to our patients, even before they arrive at the hospital. 


 

Dr. Scott Youngqusit

Scott Youngquist

Section Chief, EMS Program

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

EMS DIRECTORSHIPS:

  • AirMed
  • Utah State EMS Medical Director
  • Unified Fire Medical Director
  • Salt Lake City Fire Medical Director
  • West Valley City Medical Director
  • Summit County EMS Medical Director
  • Mountain West EMS Medical Director

EDUCATION RESOURCES

  • Prehospital Education for EMS Providers 
  • EMS Contact Information 
Education Resources for EMS Providers

University of Utah Emergency Medical Services Faculty:

Scott Youngquist, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Section Chief, Emergency Medical Services Program at University of Utah

Chief Medical Officer, Salt Lake City Fire Department, Salt Lake City 911 and VECC911

Associate Editor, Prehospital Emergency Care

Peter Taillac, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

State EMS Medical Director, Office of EMS and Preparedness, Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Medical Director, West Valley City Fire and EMS

EMS Medical Director Representative, National EMS Advisory Council, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Eric R. Swanson, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, University of Utah AirMed

Editor-in-Chief, Air Medical Journal

Chair, Utah Air Ambulance Committee

Scott McIntosh, MD

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Summit County EMS

Associate Medical Director and Flight Physician, AirMed

Director, U of U Boeing and NASA Medical Landing Team

Graham Brant-Zawadzki, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

EMS Fellowship Program Director (i) 

Medical Director, Unified Fire Authority

Medical Director, Golden Spike & Dinosaur National Monuments and Capitol Reef National Park

Board of Directors, Wilderness Medical Society

Chris Ryba, MD

Clinical Attending, Department of Emergency Medicine

EMS Fellowship Assistant Program Director 

Medical Director, Event Medicine

Assistant Medical Director, SLC Fire

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

EMS FELLOWSHIP

Graham Brant-Zawadzki, MD

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Director (i)

EMS rescue

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES NEWS & INFORMATION:

Dr. Chris Ryba teaching CPR

 

 

Dr. Chris Ryba and University Event Medical Services teach the Utah Jazz to do CPR and use an AED


 

National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Meeting, Tampa, Florida; January 2023

Papers, Lectures, Abstracts & Posters by  U of U EMS Faculty: 

  • RAPToR Course: Can REBOA be used in medical cardiac arrest? 
  • Advanced Topics in Medical Direction: Early Intramuscular Epinephrine for Cardiac Arrest
  • Advanced Topics in Medical Direction: Best Practices in the Treatment of Patients with Behavioral Health Emergencies

"Prehospital Clinicians Perceive Benefit to the EMS System with Medical Director Scene Response"

Holbrook Hill Stoecklein, Christopher Ryba, Michael Stroud, Scott Youngquist

University of Utah, Salt Lake City Fire Department

"Appropriateness of Patient Transport beyond the Nearest Facility: A Descriptive Assessment of Resource Utilization in a Semi-Rural EMS System"

Holbrook Stoecklein, Christopher Ryba, Isabel Shimanski, Joe Carnell
University of Utah, Mountain West Ambulance Service

"Invest in Knowledge: a successful, education-based provider Vaccination Campaign"

Graham Brant-Zawadzki

Graham Brandt-Zawadzki, MD
Graham Brant-Zawadzki, MD poster presentation at NAEMSP, January 2023
Chris Ryba, MD
Chris Ryba, MD abstract presentation at NAEMSP, January 2023