Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellow

Johns Hopkins University•Baltimore, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The goal of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fellowship is to prepare highly qualified and motivated academic emergency physicians for leadership and medical oversight of pre- and out-of-hospital emergency care systems with advanced competencies in EMS system design, administration, and clinical care. The main components of this fellowship include: Focused training in fundamental tenets of pre-hospital emergency care, Mentorship in the medical direction of EMS systems, Direct-field experience with local, state and federal EMS programs, and Progressively graded medical control responsibilities for complex EMS systems with acquired proficiencies in fire-based, inter-facility, commercial, air medical and tactical medicine services. Special areas of focus include: Education and training of EMS providers, Continuous quality improvement of EMS, Administrative and developmental aspects of EMS programs, and Research and scholarly activity in the field of EMS. The curriculum, delivered by experienced core faculty and supplemented by other experts, provides a comprehensive overview of EMS medicine based on the American Board of Emergency Medicine’s EMS Core Content, including frequent journal club discussions. The fellow’s comprehensive training will occur through exposure to multiple types of EMS systems, including Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services (longitudinal experience throughout the fellowship to a fire-based EMS system), Johns Hopkins Lifeline Critical Care Transport Program (ground and air transport of critically ill and injured patients), Maryland State Police, Aviation Command (scene transport of critically injured patients within a regionalized trauma system), Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (oversight and coordination of all components of a statewide EMS system), and Special Operations (exposure to federal, state and local agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, Maryland State Police Tactical Medical Unit and Howard County Police Tactical Unit).

Requirements

Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine
Ability to pass a criminal background check commensurate with institutional hiring policies
Psychomotor skills necessary to function in pre- and out-of-hospital environments

Responsibilities

Provide medical oversight of pre- and out-of-hospital emergency care systems.
Gain advanced competencies in EMS system design, administration, and clinical care.
Receive focused training in fundamental tenets of pre-hospital emergency care.
Receive mentorship in the medical direction of EMS systems.
Gain direct-field experience with local, state and federal EMS programs.
Assume progressively graded medical control responsibilities for complex EMS systems.
Acquire proficiencies in fire-based, inter-facility, commercial, air medical and tactical medicine services.
Focus on education and training of EMS providers.
Focus on continuous quality improvement of EMS.
Focus on administrative and developmental aspects of EMS programs.
Engage in research and scholarly activity in the field of EMS.
Complete a publishable research project under the guidance of a designated fellowship faculty mentor.