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Reshaping the Rural EMS IFT Paradigm | September 17, 2022

Date of Presentation: September 17, 2022

Type: Training  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities/IHS  

Keywords: #ems  

In this presentation, Dr. Chelsea White, MD, NRP, FAEMS, FACEP, Director of the University of New Mexico Center for Rural and Tribal EMS, discusses the challenges EMS providers face in transferring patients between hospitals.

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Dr. Chelsea White

Chelsea White, MD, NRP, is an Emergency Physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of New Mexico, where he serves as EMS Faculty and as Director of the UNM Center for Rural and Tribal EMS.  He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in EMS Medicine.  He completed EMS Fellowship at the University of New Mexico, Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Michigan, and is a Nationally Registered Paramedic.  Dr. White currently serves as EMS Medical Director for Cibola County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Navajo Nation EMS, Pueblo of Acoma EMS/Fire Department, Pueblo of Isleta EMS, Pueblo of Laguna Fire Protection Program, Pueblo of Zuni Fire and EMS, Pine Hill Emergency Medical Services, and the U.S. National Parks Service El Morro and El Malpais National Monuments.  He serves on several national and state EMS policy committees and is the Immediate Past President of the New Mexico Chapter of the National Association of EMS Physicians.  His areas of research interest are in rural, frontier, and Tribal EMS, community paramedicine, and EMS telemedicine.

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Date added: September 23, 2022