A major training site and role for the fellow is with the UT Health San Antonio Office of the Medical Director (OMD) for Emergency Health Sciences. Under the direction of Dr. David Miramontes, the OMD provides medical direction for the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) EMS and several other suburban and rural agencies in the San Antonio area ...

The dispatch algorithm, developed by the OMD and SAFD, allows paramedic discretion when dispatching prehospital whole blood units for patients in hemorrhagic shock. Approximately 76% of calls that result in EMS blood transfusions are the result of traumatic injury.

As members of the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD), EMS personnel must also take continuing education classes on structural firefighting. These are approved by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. The EMS Division offers other special programs that provide high-quality, immediate medical care, including:

Mr. Lewis currently serves as a Civilian Training Officer for SAFD. He has over 20 years of experience as a flight nurse taking care of the most critical patients in South Texas on their way to comprehensive care. Current focus areas of quality improvement are narcotic administration and cardiac arrest. Domingo Guerrero, LP, NRP

2019年10月1日 · SAFD EMS and UT Health San Antonio Office of the Medical Director (OMD) employ the concepts of damage control resuscitation and point of injury care. These strategies include permissive...

2020年3月3日 · The Whole Blood Program at San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) led by C.J. Winckler, MD, LP, of UT Health San Antonio Office of the Medical Director (OMD), has gained sweeping recognition in the...

Your SAFD was out in District 3 installing smoke and CO alarms, helping to keep our community safe. Learn more about keeping your home safe at www. firesafesa.com

2018年12月10日 · The UTHSCSA Department of Emergency Health Sciences’ Office of the Medical Director (OMD) provides medical direction for the SAFD. EMS physicians and fellows provide all online medical direction. The SAFD deploys a four-person fire company and two dual-paramedic-staffed mobile intensive care ambulances to all OHCA calls.

2021年1月18日 · Very early in the pandemic, the OMD, which provides medical direction to the SAFD, determined that albuterol nebulizers had a theoretical risk of increasing aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 virus.

SAFD OMD’s very own Dr. CJ Winckler is on the national stage at #NAEMSP2020. Low Titer O-positive While Blood and the Brothers-in-Arms saving live in San Antonio and now across Country and world. @STRAC