How should EMS systems be organized and medically directed?
The problem
The problem
Emergency care begins long before the hospital doors: at dispatch, on scene and in the ambulance. This work studies how prehospital systems, medical direction and mass-casualty response can get the right care to patients faster.
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What this work wants to know
How should EMS systems be organized and medically directed?
How do responders triage many patients at once in a mass-casualty event?
Where can decision support help medics in the field?
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News
Dr. Thomas Hartka and UVA colleagues secure third place in the DARPA Triage Challenge (UVA Emergency Medicine news)
UVA Emergency Medicine · 2025
Andrew E. Muck, MD, MBA
Professor & Chair, Marcus L. Martin Distinguished Professor
Research interests: ED Throughput & AI · Medical Direction · Global Health · Medical Education
George F. Glass III, MD
Associate Professor & Assistant Research Director, EMRO
Research interests: Operations · Emergency Management · Predictive Analytics · Trauma Biomechanics
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