Community Impact
Emory Emergency Medicine's Prehospital and Disaster Medicine section provides medical oversight for 911 medical communications centers, fire-based emergency medical first responders and 911 Advanced Life Support ambulances who serve the citizens of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County.
Partnerships and Special Programs
Research is an important focus for Emory Emergency Medicine's Section of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Members of our faculty are involved in developing innovative programs to enhance the prehospital care and ultimate outcome of patients sustaining an acute ST-segment myocardial infarction.
Faculty members also play a key role in support of the department's NIH-funded clinical trial of a promising treatment for traumatic brain injury and are interested in developing and evaluating strategies to involve Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in injury prevention and public health.