UPMC EMS Fellowship

11/28/2025

Highlights of our recent Wilderness EMS and Search & Rescue training earlier this month. Shout out to the many search and rescue members from teams in Pennsylvania and West Virginia who participated in the exercise.

10/28/2025

Congratulations Dr. Morris, our EMS Fellowship’s Associate Program Director! 👏

Last week, the Association of Air Medical Services announced the winners of the inaugural “40 Under 40: Rising Leaders in Medical Transport” Award. STAT MedEvac is honored to have two employees that were nominated and one recipient 👏 Congratulations John Kuchma & Dr. Dylan Morris on your achievements!

You can read more about the awards on our website ▶️ https://www.statmedevac.com/blog/40-under-40/

07/04/2025

We would like to welcome our 2025–2026 UPMC EMS Fellows, Dr. Benjamin Miller and Dr. Jay Zhang!

As part of the UPMC EMS Fellowship, they’ll sharpen their expertise in out-of-hospital care, serve our communities as Prehospital and Flight Physicians, and grow into the next generation of EMS Medical Directors. We’re thrilled to have them on the team!

06/22/2025

Congratulations to our EMS Fellowship graduates Drs. Jon McMahon and Ben Williams! We appreciate everything you have contributed to our EMS systems over the past year.

04/03/2025

The NAEMSP Prehospital Trauma Compendium presents expert guidance on blood product transfusion in trauma care. Hemorrhagic shock is a leading cause of preventable death, and prehospital blood transfusion is evolving as a critical resuscitation strategy. This position statement offers consensus recommendations to improve prehospital trauma care and patient outcomes. Co-authors include Pitt faculty: Drs. Brown, Martin-Gill, and Guyette.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40131241/

03/23/2025

New publication from Univ Pitt EMS faculty! 🚑👶

How often is spinal motion restriction (SMR) used in pediatric EMS care, and what factors influence its application? This study analyzed over 620,000 injured children transported by EMS and found that 10.8% received SMR. Key factors linked to SMR use included older age, longer transport times, altered consciousness, high pain scores, and certain injury mechanisms (e.g., pedestrian or non-traffic MVCs).

These findings can help refine pediatric EMS guidelines and ensure SMR is used appropriately in prehospital care.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39938235/ Stay informed on the latest in pediatric trauma research!

We identified multiple factors associated with SMR use. These findings provide an opportunity to evaluate practices, track changes, and assess the impact of updated SMR guidelines in pediatric EMS.

03/22/2025

New publication from Univ Pitt EMS faculty! 🚑🩺

Night shift workers face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but why? This study highlights blunted blood pressure (BP) dipping (when BP doesn’t drop 10-20% during sleep) as a key, modifiable factor linked to increased CVD risk. Research suggests strategic napping could help restore normal BP patterns and reduce risk. Future studies are needed to explore this mechanism and improve shift worker health.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39953922/

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of adult death in the United States. Numerous studies show that night shift workers face a disproportionately higher risk of CVD compared to non-shift workers. Despite these data, the scientific and medical communities have not identified the physiol...

03/22/2025

Dr. Williams providing a great talk on left ventricular assist devices at EMS West 2025.

12/22/2024

EMS Crews, please enjoy a holiday meal at one of these locations. Thank you for being in service 24/7.