Global and Public Health in Emergency Medicine

• Medical direction of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County and Kenosha County
• Development of innovative programs to utilize EMTs and paramedics to provide influenza immunizations
• National leadership of NIH funded studies to improve EMS resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest and severe traumatic injuries
• Collaborative leadership of community-wide web-based system to monitor and reduce emergency department diversion due to overcrowding
• Leadership of CDC funded Injury Research Center which conducts research on the prevention, acute care and rehabilitation of injuries
• Implementation of community-based projects to prevent domestic violence, falls, suicides, and other injuries

• In collaboration with the Center for International Health and the Polish Ministry of Health and Social Wealth Fare, the department implemented a three-year Emergency Medical Services Development project in Poland which entailed training of Polish EMS faculty in the United States and training of EMS instructors in Poland
• Participation in the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) which develops international consensus guidelines on emergency cardiac care and includes members from Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, South America and North America
• Consult on emergency medical system development and training in China, India, Malaysia, Canada and Kosovo
• Short-term training of emergency medicine physicians from China, Singapore, and other countries

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