Millin Michael G, Hawkins Seth, Demond Anthony, Stiller Gregory, McGinnis Henderson D, Baker Rogers Janna, Smith William R
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Dr Millin).
Burke County EMS, and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC (Dr Hawkins).
Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Jun;26(2):256-60. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.07.012. Epub 2015 Feb 16.
The National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians' (NAEMSP) position on the role of medical oversight within an operational Emergency Medical Service (EMS) program highlights the importance of integrating specially trained medical directors within the structure of these programs. In response, the NAEMSP Wilderness EMS (WEMS) Committee recognized the need for the development of an educational curriculum to provide physicians with the unique skills needed to be a medical director for a WEMS agency. This paper describes the Delphi process used to create the subject matter core content, as well as the actual core content developed. This core content was the foundation for the development of a specific WEMS medical director curriculum, the Wilderness EMS Medical Director Course.
