Ep 10 NAEMT Radio – A Gathering of Eagles with Dr Jeff Jarvis

Ep 10 NAEMT Radio – A Gathering of Eagles with Dr Jeff Jarvis In this edition of NAEMT Radio, Rob Lawrence and NAEMT’s Associate Medical Director, Dr Jeff Jarvis travelled to Florida to the 2023 Metropolitan Medical Directors, EMS State of the Science XXIV Conference, more popularly known as the ‘Gathering of Eagles’. The Eagles have evolved into a cohesive global consortium, known for cutting-edge education and intrepid operational advances in out-of-hospital emergency care. The group is comprised of the accountable jurisdictional Medical Directors of the 60 to 70 largest municipalities in the U.S., Europe and other global regions as well as several key counterparts from U.S. federal agencies. Despite minimal advertising of their meetings, Eagles’ audiences are often comprised of more than 1000 attendees, all by word of mouth. In this edition, Rob and Dr Jarvis discuss the highlights of the conference and cover topics including Traumatic Cardiac Arrest, Whole Blood usage, Heads Up CPR, Call Volume and triaging life threatening from non-life-threatening calls, ECMO and much more. For total coverage of the event, please read the amazing blog from Lee Turpen here:  http://leeturpenffff.blogspot.com/2023/06/eagles-xxiv-notes-from-2023-ems-state.html About Dr Jeff Jarvis Dr. Jarvis is the Medical Director for Metropolitan Area EMS Authority, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Fort Worth Texas. He was previously the EMS medical director for the Williamson County EMS system in Texas. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and EMS. He began his career as a paramedic with Williamson County EMS in 1988 and continues to maintain his paramedic license. Dr. Jarvis received his paramedic license in 1988, bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University in 1990, master’s degree from New York Medical College in 1991 and Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2005. He completed his residency at the Texas A&M College of Medicine/Scott & White Hospital in Texas. Dr. Jarvis is an educator, accomplished researcher, author, speaker and blogger. He serves on the boards and committees of several state and national organizations and has received several awards About NAEMT About NAEMT Formed in 1975 and more than 72,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians is the only national association representing the professional interests of all emergency and mobile healthcare practitioners, including emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, paramedics, advanced practice paramedics, critical care paramedics, flight paramedics, community paramedics, and mobile integrated healthcare practitioners. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military. Join the NAEMT https://www.naemt.org/join/join