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David R. Boyd (born February 2, 1937) was an American surgeon and pioneer in emergency medicine. Boyd is considered to be one of the "fathers of EMS systems." [1] His colleague John Otten noted that Boyd "had been responsible for saving thousands of lives - more than anyone in the medical profession."
The Hopkins Emergency Response Organization (HERO) is the Johns Hopkins University's student-run emergency medical services organization, providing care to the Homewood community in Baltimore, Maryland. HERO's operational arm, the Hopkins Emergency Response Unit, provides patient care under the supervision of the organization's Board of Directors.
Samuel Tisherman, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is the leader of a team that has successfully put a human being in suspended animation. Describing the successful operation as "a little surreal," Professor Tisherman in November 2019 told how he removed the patient's blood and replaced with ice-cold saline solution.
Advanced cardiac life support, advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical guidelines established by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the urgent and emergent treatment of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions that will cause or have caused cardiac arrest, using advanced medical procedures, medications, and techniques.
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a private, not-for-profit corporation founded in 1984 and based in Baltimore, Maryland. As of 2023 [update] , it owns and operates 11 hospitals in Maryland , 4 free-standing emergency rooms and over 150 care locations, including a network of urgent care centers. [ 1 ]
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (abbreviated UMSOM), [1] [2] located in Baltimore City, Maryland, U.S., is the medical school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System. [3]
In May 2007, Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, presented a case at the University of Maryland Medical School's annual historical clinicopathological conference in Baltimore on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and whether the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved ...
Any provider between the levels of Emergency medical technician and Paramedic is either a form of EMT-Intermediate or an Advanced EMT. The use of the terms "EMT-Intermediate/85" and "EMT-Intermediate/99" denotes use of the NHTSA EMT-Intermediate 1985 curriculum and the EMT-Intermediate 1999 curriculum respectively.