COVID-19 Case Presentation: A Complication EMS Professionals Cannot Miss
COVID-19 continues to amaze the medical community with its breadth of clinical presentations and its catastrophic effects.
In this webinar, we explore one of COVID-19’s most devastating presentations. UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine will present a real-life clinical case, a case with far-reaching implications and life-saving lessons.
About the Presenters:
Dr. Paul Rosenberger has over 30 years of EMS experience, with over 20 years of adult education instruction. He has performed ground and flight paramedic duties and leadership in town administration during his service. He has served as a faculty member and assistant program director for UT Southwestern. Currently, Dr. Rosenberger is the associate director of the EMS continuing education program at UT Southwestern and an adjunct faculty member for the Emergency Services Administration BAAS program at the University North Texas – Dallas. He is also the co-chair for the National EMS Education Standards Developmental/Revision Team.
Dr. Gil Salazar is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern. He serves as the medical director of EMS education and oversees both initial and continuing education of area EMS professionals. He practices clinically at Parkland Hospital Emergency Department. Dr. Salazar is dually board-certified in Emergency Medicine and EMS and serves as core faculty for the Emergency Medicine Residency and the EMS Fellowship programs of UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is the creator of Campus Emergency Preparedness and Survival Training (Campus EPAST)SM. His main goal is to improve the quality of education in the management of natural and human-made disasters.
Virginia Smith is a licensed paramedic for Cypress Creek EMS in Spring, Texas, which utilizes aggressive emergency protocols, including whole blood in the field. She is currently completing training to serve as the in-charge paramedic position in ambulance teams responding to 911 calls. Virginia received her bachelor’s in biology from Texas A&M and her master’s in biomedical sciences from the University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine. Virginia is a medical school applicant and hopes to be accepted and start medical school fall of 2021. Virginia’s training has included medical care in wilderness settings and rural poverty in Latin America where medical resources are limited.
