Keith Conover, M.D., FACEP
March 27,
2022
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Name: |
Keith Conover (no middle name) |
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Home
Address: |
55 Sigrid Drive |
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Home
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412-276-1980 |
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Business
Address:
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Department of Emergency Medicine, UPMC
Mercy |
E-Mail Address: |
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Business Phone: |
412-232-8382 |
Business Fax: |
(412) 232-5569 |
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UNDERGRADUATE |
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9/71 to 8/76 |
University of Virginia, |
B.A. |
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Major studies: |
w Environmental
Sciences |
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Minor studies[1]: |
w Social
Psychology |
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POST-BACCALAUREATE UNDERGRADUATE |
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9/76 to 5/80 |
University of Virginia |
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MEDICAL SCHOOL |
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7/80 to 6/84 |
George Washington
University |
M.D. |
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POSTGRADUATE: |
INTERNSHIP |
DIRECTOR |
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7/85 to 6/87 |
George Washington University |
Claude Joyner, M.D. |
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RESIDENCY |
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7/84 to 6/85 |
Allegheny General Hospital |
Jorge Rios, M.D. |
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DATES |
INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION |
POSITION |
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Academic |
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2021-date
1991-2021 |
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA |
Clinical
Associate Professor Clinical
Assistant Professor |
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1993-1996 |
Duquesne University, Rangos
School of Health Sciences, Dept. of Physician Assistant, Pittsburgh, PA |
Adjunct
Clinical Instructor |
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1996-2006 |
Assistant
Professor |
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10/17/2000-1/31/2011 |
Department of Internal Medicine / Emergency
Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA |
Adjunct
Clinical Assistant Professor |
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1/31/2011-5/31/2013 |
Adjunct
Clinical Associate Professor |
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Non-Academic Teaching |
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6/87-1991 |
University of Pittsburgh Affiliated
Residency in Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA |
Teaching physician (no academic
appointment) |
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7/88-3/90 |
Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy
Hospital of Pittsburgh |
Ward teaching physician (no academic
appointment) |
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11/92-11/99 |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA; Wilderness EMS Institute |
Director and Preceptor, Wilderness EMS
Rotation (for R-2/3/4 EM residents) |
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1995-2011 |
Pennsylvania College of Emergency
Physicians |
Associate Course Director, International
Emergency Department Information Systems Symposium |
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5/05-5/11 |
Member, Board of Directors |
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1995-date |
member, Emergency Medical Services/Disaster
Committee |
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2003-2008 |
Chair, Emergency Medical Services/Disaster
Committee |
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1996-1998 |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania and U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA. |
Subject Matter Expert, Environmental Emergencies
and Rescue Awareness, national EMT-Paramedic revision project |
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Non-Academic |
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12/85-1997 |
Sewickley Valley Hospital, 720 Blackburn
Road, Sewickley, PA 15143 412.741.6600 |
Attending Staff, Emergency Department
(part-time) |
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6/87-date |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (changed to
UPMC Mercy in 2009), 1400 Locust St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15219-5166; was
initially Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh, but in 7/08 switched
to University of Pittsburgh Physicians |
Active Staff, Department of Emergency
Medicine |
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6/94-12/03 |
Mercy Providence Hospital, 1004 Arch St.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15212 |
Active Staff, Department of Emergency
Medicine |
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3/97-6/97 |
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 4800
Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 |
Associate Staff, Emergency Department
(part-time, a few shifts, as per coverage arrangement with the Emergency
Medicine Association of Pittsburgh group at Mercy) |
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3/97-6/97 |
Uniontown Hospital, 500 West Berkeley
Street, Uniontown, PA 15401, (724) 430-5000 |
Courtesy Staff, Emergency Department
(part-time, a few shifts, as per coverage arrangement with the Emergency Medicine Association
of Pittsburgh group at Mercy) |
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11/03/-12/04 |
UPMC Northwest Hospital |
Emergency Medicine Staff |
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8/05-5/09 |
Magee-Women’s Hospital, 300 Halket St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3180 |
Active Staff, Emergency Department |
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12/05-6/08 |
Monongahela Valley Hospital, 1163 Country
Club Road, Monongahela, PA 15063-1095,
(724) 258-1988 |
Courtesy Staff, Emergency Department |
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10/09-9/11 |
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086
Franklin Street, Johnstown, PA
15905-4398 |
Courtesy Staff, Teaching Faculty for
Emergency Medicine Residency |
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1/11-1/18 |
MedExpress Urgent Care |
Attending Physician |
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11/03-12/05 |
Ohio Valley General Hospital, 25 Heckel Road, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 |
Active Staff, Emergency Department |
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Other |
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1972-76 |
Yosemite National Park, Shenandoah National
Park, National Capital Parks, and C&O Canal National Historical Park |
Park
Ranger (summer seasonal) |
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American Board
of Internal Medicine |
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Passed exam September 1987; diploma issued
January 1988 |
116603 |
no expiration date |
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American Board of Emergency Medicine |
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Met credentialing requirements September
1995 |
950749 |
12/31/2026 |
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Medical Licensure |
Number |
Expiration |
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Pennsylvania Medical Physician and Surgeon |
MD-034564 |
12/31/2020 |
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Pennsylvania Medical Command Physician |
1748 |
3/31/2022 |
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Pennsylvania Health Professional (EMS)
Physician |
010702 |
permanent |
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Pennsylvania Prehospital Physician |
010702 |
12/31/21 |
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Date |
Society |
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1967-date |
National Speleological Society |
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1983-1992 |
National Association of EMTs |
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1985-date |
Wilderness Medical Society |
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1987-2010 |
National Association of EMS Physicians |
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1987-date |
ASTM |
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1989-date |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
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Date |
Type of Honor |
Institution |
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1970 |
National Merit Letter of Commendation |
National Merit Scholarship Program |
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1971 |
Scholarship to tour Europe with orchestra
(playing French horn) |
International Festival of Youth Orchestras
Foundation, London |
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1/84 |
Service Award |
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, Washington,
DC |
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1/84 |
Commendation (Mountain Rescue) |
Director, U.S. National Park Service,
Washington, DC |
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11/92 |
Outstanding Presentation Award |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
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10/96 |
Fellowship |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
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9/97 |
“Golden Rule” award |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
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1/01 |
First Annual Achievement in Emergency Medical Informatics Award |
Emergency Medical Informatics Section,
American College of Emergency Physicians |
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10/03 |
“Putting People First” service excellence
award |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
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3/08 |
Outstanding Achievement Award: NDMS
Response Team Distinguished Member of the Year, DMAT PA-1 (2007) |
National Disaster Medical System |
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4/09 |
Outstanding Achievement Award |
Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of
Emergency Physicians |
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10/10 |
Customer Service Award |
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center |
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6/12 |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Mountain Rescue Association |
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5/13 |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference |
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11/15 |
Elected Fellow |
Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group,
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference |
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4/18 |
Elected first Fellow |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference |
Published in Refereed
Medical Journals
1. Feied CF,
Handler JA, Smith MS, Gillam M, Kanhouwa M, Rothenhaus R, Conover K,
Shannon T. Clinical information systems: instant ubiquitous clinical data for
error reduction and improved clinical outcomes. Acad Emerg Med 2004;11(11):1162-9.
2. Conover
K. EMTs should be able to clear the
cervical spine in the wilderness [editorial]. Journal of
Wilderness Medicine 1992;3(4):339-343.
3. Conover
K. Chemical burn from automotive air bag
[letter]. Annals of
Emergency Medicine 1992 Jun;21(6):770.
4. Conover
K. Eppur si muove [letter]. Nature 1993;
364:96.
5. Conover
K. Cervical Spine Injury [letter]. Journal of Wilderness Medicine
1995; 6(1).
6. Conover K.
Earache. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
2013;31:413-42.
7. Millin, M. G., et
al. (2017). “Medical Oversight, Educational Core Content, and Proposed Scopes
of Practice of Wilderness EMS Providers: A Joint Project Developed by
Wilderness EMS Educators, Medical Directors, and Regulators Using a Delphi
Approach.” Prehospital Emergency Care 21(6):
673-681.
Monographs, Books,
and Book Chapters:
1. Conover
K. Belaying. Huntsville, AL: National Speleological
Society, 1975. (NSS Caver Information
Series) 8 pages
2. Conover K,
ed. Ground Search and Rescue
Manual. Richmond, VA: Virginia Wing,
Civil Air Patrol, 1979, 152 pages
3. Conover K.
Environmental Emergencies in the Wilderness Context. in:
Stewart CE. Environmental
Emergencies. Williams and Wilkins, 1990
4. Conover
K. Wilderness. In:
Kuehl AE, ed. National Association of EMS Physicians’ Prehospital
Systems and Medical Oversight, 2E. St.
Louis: Mosby, 1994.
5. Forgey WW [ed].
Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care
(formerly Position Statements).
Merrillville, IN: ICS Books,
1995. [acknowledged contributor]
6. American
Red Cross. First Aid—When Help is Delayed. Washington, DC: ARC, 1996. [acknowledged contributor].
7. American
Red Cross. Emergency Response, 2E. Washington, DC: ARC, 1996. [acknowledged contributor as
Medical Director of Wilderness EMS Institute].
8. Stewart C, Conover K.
Rescue. In: Pons P, Cason D. Paramedic Field Care: A Complaint-Based
Approach. Dallas: American College of
Emergency Physicians Paramedic Textbook, 1997.
9. Conover
K. Wilderness. In:
Kuehl AE, ed. National Association of EMS Physicians’ Prehospital
Systems and Medical Oversight, 3E. St.
Louis: Mosby, 2001.
10. Conover K,
and others. Medical Kits. Initial In-Cave Actions. Hypothermia.
Entrapment. In: On Call:
A Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques.
Huntsville, AL: National
Speleological Society, 2001.
11. Conover, K.
Computer Tracking System Functional Requirements. In: The Emergency Department
Manual, Supplement to Emergency Department Manual: Clinical and Administrative
Forms, Checklists & Guidelines, Emergency Department Compliance Manual,
2003 edition, Aspen Publishers, 2003.
12. Prehospital
Trauma Life Support Committee, National Association of EMTs, Committee on
Trauma, American College of Surgeons. PHTLS: Basic and Advanced Prehospital
Trauma Life Support, 6E. (Named editorial reviewer) St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2004.
13. Conover K,
et al. “Backcountry Trauma.” In: Prehospital Trauma Life Support Committee,
National Association of EMTs, Committee on Trauma, American College of
Surgeons. PHTLS: Basic and Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 7E, 2006.
14. Conover, K.
“Cave Rescue” in: Hawkins S., ed., Wilderness EMS, 2017, Wolters-Kluwer.
15. Conover, K., Circh
R, Koester R. “Search & Rescue and non-Snow/Glacier Mountaineering Rescue”
in: Hawkins S., ed., Wilderness EMS, 2017, Wolters-Kluwer
Other
Publications:
1. Conover
K. Hiking Medicine. American Hiker 1984; (May):4-6.
2. Conover
K. Hiking Medicine: I. Potomac
Appalachian 1984; 13(9):67.
3. Conover
K. Hiking Medicine: II. Potomac
Appalachian 1984; 13(10):6-7.
4. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, US Department of Transportation.
Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic: National Standard Curriculum (Second
Edition): Instructor’s Lesson
Plans. US Govt. Printing Ofc.,
1986. (Contributor to Div. 4, Sec. 7
[Toxicology, Alcoholism, and Drug Abuse] 9 [Environmental Injuries], and Div.
7, Sec. 5 [Rescue]).
5. Conover
K. Automatically configuring the arrow
keys on entering and leaving WordStar. FOGHORN (monthly CP/M publication of the
First Osborne Group) 1986; 5(4):45-47
6. Conover
K. Footnote programs: review and
comparison; Foghorn (monthly CP/M publication of the First Osborne Group) 1986;
5(5)
7. Conover
K. Making CP/M think it has some MS-DOS
capabilities. Foghorn (monthly CP/M
publication of the First Osborne Group) 1986; 5(5)
8. Conover K. [ibuprofen; dextromethorphan]. [letter]
Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1991; 2(1):12.
9. Conover
K. Hypothermia and Cave Rescue. The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official
Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society
1992; 1(15):3-11.
10. Conover
K. Wilderness Emergency Medicine
Curriculum. The Muddy Litter Letter:
The Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National
Speleological Society 1992; 1(15):13-15.
11. Conover
K. Snakebites, tourniquets, and ipecac
[letter]. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter
1992; 3(1):6-7.
12. Conover
K. Prevention is key to wilderness
safety [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1992; 14(9):3.
13. Conover
K. Pain-killers in the wilderness
[letter]. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter
1992; 3(5):7.
14. Conover
K. Why we need Wilderness EMT
courses. Keystone Star (Pennsylvania
Emergency Health Services Council) 1992; 2(1):19-24.
15. Conover
K. More on pain in the wilderness
[letter]. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter
1992; 3(6):10-12.
16. Conover
K. Oral Fluids and Cave Rescue. Wilderness Response: The Official Publication of the Rescue
Section of the National Speleological Society 1992; 1(1):4,10-12
17. Conover
K. Wilderness EMS Case Reports: Case Report #1: Lethal Body Entrapment in a Cave. Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official
newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1993; 10(2):1,8-9.
18. Conover K.
The Nuances of Cave Rescue [letter]. Emergency Medicine News 1993; 15(5):42.
19. Conover
K. Burns [letter]. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1993; 4(3):12.
20. Conover
K. Physician proscribes antichill pills [letter].
Science News 1993; 144(13):195.
21. Conover
K. Letter from a friend. [ ubj.:
anaphylaxis] [letter]. Wilderness
Medicine Newsletter 1993; 4(5):6.
22. Conover
K. Reply to articles on hypothermia
[letter]. The Muddy Litter Letter: The
Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological
Society 1994; 17a:4-5.
23. Conover
K. Medical Considerations for Patient
Tie-ins. The Muddy Litter Letter: The
Official Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological
Society 1994; 17a:5-7.
24. Conover
K. Wilderness EMS Case Report #2: Caver in a Crevice. Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official
newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1994; 11(4):1,12-14.
25. Conover
K. Principles of Wilderness EMS: Caver in a Crevice. [featured reprint of
above article] Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1994; 5(6):1-4.
26. Conover
K. Crevice Entrapment: Medical Aspects. The Muddy Litter Letter: The Official
Newsletter of the Cave Rescue Section of the National Speleological Society
1994; 21:5-8
27. Conover K.
Debriding Helps for Patients Who Step on Nails. [letter]. Emergency Medicine
News 1995; 17(1):15-16.
28. Conover
K. Wilderness EMS Case Report #3: A Backpacker Falls. Wilderness Medicine Letter (the official
newsletter of the Wilderness Medical Society) 1995; 12(3):1,6-9.
29. Conover
K. Us vs. Them? [letter] Skeptical
Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason (published by the Committee for
the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) 1995;19(3):61.
30. Conover
K. Crevice entrapment: medical aspects. Wilderness Medicine
Newsletter 1995; 6(2):5-7 [reprint of above article]
31. Conover K. Misprostol contraindication [letter]. Emergency Medicine
News 1995;17(8):43.
32. Conover
K. Exposing psychic sleuths. Skeptical Inquirer 1995; 19(6):63.
33. Conover
K. Representativeness [letter]. Skeptical Inquirer 1996; 20(4):62-63.
34. Conover
K. Pennsylvania ACEP Computer Symposium
Notes. Computers in Emergency Medicine
1997;4(3):2,4.
35. Conover K.
The charcoal vest: A hypothermia treatment device for search and rescue teams.
Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 1998; 9(3):1-4.
36. Conover K.
The Art of Search. Mountain Rescue Association Rescue Forum No. 29, August 1998
37. Conover K.
Contract Management and ACEP News [letter]. ACEP News (American College of
Emergency Physicians) 1999;18(3 March):3.
38. Conover K.
The charcoal vest hypothermia treatment device. Mountain Rescue Association
Rescue Forum No 31, April 1999.
39. Conover K.
Oral Fluids and Cave Rescue. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter 2000; 11(2): 4,5,7.
40. Conover, K.
Emergency Portable Lighting for Hospital Disasters. Section News: Section of
Disaster Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians. 2003;12(1):5.8.10
41. Conover, K.
Water Disinfection Update: Mixed Oxidants. Section News: Section of Disaster
Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians. 2005;14(1):5-6
42. Conover, K.
Human-Computer Interfaces in the ED (ongoing series). Section News: Section of
Emergency Medical Informatics, American College of Emergency Physicians.
43. Conover, K.
Self-Sufficiency, Command and Control for Medical Disaster Responders: the
Wilderness Search and Rescue Perspective. Section News: Section of Disaster
Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians 2006: 15(5), reprinted in All-Section Newsletter,
Best of the Best 2005-2006, American College of Emergency Physicians: 7-8, 28;
reprinted in Wild Med News E-letter, Wilderness Medical Associates, November
2006.
44. Conover, K.
Informatics Acronym Salad: A-C. Emergency Medical Informatics Section Newsletter
– December 2008 – Vol 14, American College of Emergency Physicians
45. Appalachian Search and Rescue (self-published wilderness search
and rescue textbook); published chapter-by-chapter as completed starting in
2019, freely available under a Creative Commons license at http://www.conovers.org/ftp/AppSAR.
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Date |
Activity |
HOURS |
Sponsor/Location |
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2/12 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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5/12 |
Weekly ED Resident Lecture: Vertigo |
1 hour |
UPMC Mercy |
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11/12 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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11/12 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Renewal |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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12/12 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support – Experienced
Provider |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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12/12 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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12/12 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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1/13 |
ENT Emergencies (EM Resident Inservice
Review) |
3 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
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3/13 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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6/13 |
Plant Contact Dermatitis |
1 hour |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
6/13 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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6/13 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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7/13 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
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7/13 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
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8/13 |
Weekly ED Resident Lecture: Open Fractures |
1 hour |
UPSOM EM Residency |
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9/13 |
UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student
Interest Section Lecture: Ticks and tickborne diseases |
1 hour |
UPSOM |
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9/13 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
9/13 |
Disaster Preparedness for Medical Responders
|
2 hours |
UPSOM Global Health Residency |
|
11/13 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
11/13 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
11/13 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
1/14 |
Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar
(facilitator) |
3 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
1/14 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
3/14 |
Oral Board Exam Simulation |
7 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
4/14 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
5/14 |
Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar
(facilitator) |
3 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
5/14 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
4 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
9/14 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
10/14 |
UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student
Interest Section Field Exercise |
6 hours |
UPSOM |
|
11/14 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
4 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
11/14 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
8 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
1/15 |
EM Grand Rounds: Diarrhea |
1 hour |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
2/15 |
Second Year EM Resident Leadership Seminar
(facilitator) |
3 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
2/15 |
MS-I elective: bystander first aid,
didactic/simulation |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
3/15 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
5/15 |
MS-2 Preclerkship
Course |
6 hours |
UPSOM |
|
5/15 |
MS-1 wilderness first aid class with
clinicopathologic correlation with course material |
4 hours |
UPSOM |
|
5/15 |
UPSOM Wilderness Medical Society Student
Interest Section Noon Lecture: Survival and Medical Kits |
1 hour |
UPSOM |
|
7/15 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
7/15 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
9/15 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
4 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
10/15 |
Disaster Response |
1 hour |
UPSOM Global Health Residency |
|
10/15 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
5 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
10/15 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
8 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
11/15 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
1/16 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
2/16 |
MS-I elective: bystander first aid,
didactic/simulation |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
4/16 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
9/16 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
4 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
10/16 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
10 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
11/16 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
12/16 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
9/17 |
MS-1/2 Suturing Lab |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
12/17 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
10 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
12/17 |
EM Journal Club (facilitator) |
2 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
1/18 |
Wilderness Search and Rescue/Medicine Field
Exercise |
4 hours |
Pitt EM Undergrad Program |
|
1/18 |
Wilderness Search and Rescue/Medicine Field
Exercise |
8 hours |
Pitt EM Undergrad Program |
|
2/18 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
2/18 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
2/18 |
Austere Medicine |
2 hours |
UPSOM Resuscitation Area of Concentration |
|
2/18 |
MS-I elective: bystander first aid, didactic/simulation |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
3/18 |
UPMC AnywhereCare Clinical Review:
Pharmacology |
1 hour |
UPP-EM |
|
4/18 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
4/18 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
7/18 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
7/18 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
10/18 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
4 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
10/18 |
UPMC Mercy Internal Medicine noon
conference: pulmonary embolism |
1 hour |
UPMC Mercy |
|
10/18 |
Austere EMS |
2 hours |
Pitt Student EMS |
|
10/18 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
10 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
12/18 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
1/19 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
2/19 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
2/19 |
MS-I elective: bystander first aid,
didactic/simulation |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
3/19 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
9/19 |
Wilderness EMS Lecture Day |
2 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
9/19 |
Teaching UPMC EMR to emergency physicians
at UPMC Sunbury |
44 hours |
UPMC |
|
10/19 |
Precepting PittEM
Undergrad Student |
4 hours |
Pitt EM Undergrad Program |
|
10/19 |
Wilderness EMS Day Field Exercise |
10 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
10/19 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
11/19 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
11/19 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
12/19 |
Austere EMS at eMERgenCY
conference |
2 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
1/20 |
MS-1/2 Suturing Lab |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
3/20 |
MS-I elective: bystander first aid,
didactic/simulation |
2 hours |
UPSOM |
|
6/20 |
MS-2 Preclerkship
Course |
6 hours |
UPSOM |
|
8/20 |
MS-1 Introduction to Being a Physician |
8 hours |
UPSOM |
|
8/20 |
Wilderness EMS Didactics |
2 hours |
UPSOM EMS Fellowship |
|
9/20 |
Critical Care Neuro cases for PGY-1 EM
residents |
4 hours |
UPSOM EM Residency |
|
9/20 |
ACLS |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy |
|
10/20 |
2020 Interprofessional Forum |
4 hours |
University of Pittsburgh Schools of Dental
Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Public Health and Social Work |
|
10/20 |
University of Pittsburgh Interprofessional
Covid 19 Nursing Home Challenge (judge) |
4 hours |
University of Pittsburgh Schools of Dental
Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Public Health and Social Work |
|
2/21 |
Bystander Emergency Response: Wilderness
Cases (MS-1 elective) |
2 hours |
19 MS-1 students |
|
3/21 |
MS-I Suturing Elective |
2 hours |
3 MS-1 students |
|
3/21 |
UPSOM EM Residency Emergency Medicine
Education Conference small group facilitator |
4 hours |
20 EM residents |
|
5/21 |
UPSOM MS-2 Preclerkship
Course |
5 hours |
4 groups of 10 students each for 1 hour and
15 minutes |
|
6/21 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
4 hours |
UPMC Mercy nurses and APPs |
|
6/21 |
Wilderness EMS Day |
5 hours |
2 EMS Fellows |
|
7/21 |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 3 courses |
8 hours |
10 UPMC Mercy and UPMC Children’s nurses |
|
8/21 |
“Introduction to Being a Physician” |
7 hours |
7 MS-1 students |
|
8/21 |
EM Journal Club: aerosolized ketamine |
2 hour |
10 EM residents and medical students |
|
9/21 |
EM Journal Club: Zofran and Pregnancy |
2 hours |
10 EM residents and medical students |
|
10/21 |
Suture Lab MA-1 elective |
2 hours |
23 MS-1 and MS-2 students |
|
10/21 |
“Austere EMS” |
1.5 hours |
45 Pitt undergraduate students |
|
12/21 |
EMS Day: presented “Austere EMS” lecture
and facilitated small group discussions |
2 hours |
36 Emergency Medicine residents |
|
2/22 |
Taught ACLS |
2 hours |
10 UPMC nurses |
|
2/22 |
Bystander Emergency Response MS-1 elective |
2 hours |
16 MS-1 students |
|
DateS |
Journal |
Position |
|
1989-date |
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |
Peer Reviewer |
|
2019-date |
Prehospital Emergency Care |
Peer
Reviewer |
|
2019-date |
Journal of Search and Rescue |
Peer
Reviewer |
Other than assiduously
enrolling patients in studies since the 1980s, and as peer reviewer for Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Care, and Journal of Search and Rescue, no
significant research involvement
|
Presentation |
Sponsor/Location |
|
|
10/87 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic Pilot Class (2
lecture and 6 practical hours) |
Virginia Division of Emergency Medical
Services |
|
7/87 |
Survival for Flight Crews |
Life Flight, Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, PA |
|
8/87 |
Grand Rounds: “Personal Computers and the Emergency
Physician” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
11/88 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (11 lecture and 9
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
5/89 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (15 lecture and 12
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
1988 |
Grand Rounds: “Nikola Tesla and Medical
Quackery” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
1989 |
Grand Rounds: “Frostbite” |
Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA |
|
3/90 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (14 lecture and 9
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
6/90 |
“History of the Wilderness EMT” |
National Assn. of EMS Physicians Annual
Meeting |
|
7/90 |
Regional Aeromedical Case Review and
Lecture: Severe Hypothermia |
Center for Emergency Medicine, Special
Treatment and Transport (STAT) |
|
10/90 |
“Wilderness Medicine” |
International Congress on Emergency and
Trauma Medicine |
|
11/90 |
Advanced Cave Rescue Medical Training |
National Cave Rescue Commission, Eastern
Region, Morgantown, WV |
|
11/90 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (18 lecture and 12
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
2/91 |
“Wilderness Rescue” |
Trauma Tactics 1991, Park City, UT |
|
3/91 |
“Hypothermia” |
Sierras Emergency Care Conference 1991,
Lake Tahoe |
|
4/91 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (12 lecture and 16
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
4/91 |
Search and rescue Orientation for
EMT-Paramedics |
Erie, PA, Emergency Medical Services |
|
5/91 |
Mountain Rescue Orientation |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania Career-track Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Class |
|
6/91 |
“Disaster Management: Search and Rescue”
(EMS Grand Rounds) |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
7/91 |
“Wilderness Emergency Medicine Curriculum
Development” |
First World Congress on Wilderness
Medicine, Whistler, British Columbia |
|
2/92 |
EMS Grand Rounds: “Wilderness Rescue”,
Grand Rounds: “Medical Control of
Wilderness EMS,” and Journal Club:
“Resuscitation of the Patient with Accidental Hypothermia” |
York Memorial Hospital, Emergency
Department and Residency in Emergency Medicine, York, PA |
|
6/92 |
“Medical Considerations for Cave Rescue”
(part of two-week National Cave Rescue Commission class; was rated by
students as best instructor) |
Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue
Commission, Dailey, WV |
|
11/92 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic; Wilderness
Command Physician (30 lecture and 16 practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania |
|
3/93 |
“Wilderness Trauma” |
1993 Pennsylvania Basic Trauma Life Support
State Conference, Gettysburg, PA |
|
3/93 |
“Controversies in Frostbite and Hypothermia
Management” |
Mercy Hospital/Wisconsin ACEP Fifth
Emergency Care Conference, Crested Butte, CO |
|
4/93 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 12
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
6/93 |
Cave Rescue Basic Team Member class,
medical portions (4 hours) |
Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue
Commission |
|
11/93 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 12
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
11/93 |
Wilderness Command Physician (12 lecture
and 5 practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania |
|
11/93 |
“Winter Emergencies” |
Sewickley Valley Hospital |
|
11/93 |
“Alternative Health Care, Quacks, and
Emergency Medicine” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
1/94 |
Lectures: “Arterial Blood Gas
Interpretation” |
Duquesne University PA Program |
|
4/94 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (8 lecture and 18
practical hours) |
Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
6/94 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (6 lecture and 6
practical hours) and Basic Team Member class (1 hour) |
Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue
Commission |
|
7/94 |
Testimony:
Wilderness EMS needs |
Pennsylvania House of Delegates Health and
Welfare Committee |
|
|
“Heat Emergencies” |
EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Providence Hospital |
|
9/94 |
“Wilderness EMS in Maryland” |
Region I, Maryland Institute for EMS
Systems (MIEMSS) |
|
11/94 |
“Kids, Cold, and Trauma” |
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, Trauma
Conference |
|
11/94 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (7 lecture and 6
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
11/94 |
Wilderness Command Physician class (12
lecture and 4 practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
2/95 |
“Improvising Emergency Care –What to do
when you ain’t got much to work with” |
Center for Emergency Medicine, “Emergency
Medicine – Tools and Talent Conference” |
|
2/95 |
“Wilderness EMS: Interstate Issues” |
Atlantic EMS Council Meeting, Washington,
DC |
|
3/95 |
Wilderness EMT/Paramedic (7 lecture and 4
practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
3/95 |
Wilderness Command Physician (4 lecture
hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
4/95 |
“Animal Bites” |
1995 Pennsylvania Basic Trauma Life Support
State Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA |
|
4/95 |
“Principles of Wilderness Emergency
Medicine” (8-hour pre-conference workshop) |
EMS Care ’95 (Maryland State EMS
Conference) |
|
4/95 |
Wilderness EMT (8 small group and practical
hours) |
Quest/Bloomsburg State Univ./Geisenger Medical Center |
|
5/95 |
“Wilderness EMS Interstate Issues: Update” |
Atlantic EMS Council, Washington, DC |
|
5/98 |
“Wilderness EMS: Medical Control Issues” |
Medical Advisory Committee, Pennsylvania
Emergency Health Services Council |
|
5/95 |
“State Search and Rescue Council and State
SAR System: role in medical disasters” |
Disaster Committee, Allegheny County EMS
Council |
|
6/95 |
Topics in Wilderness Emergency
Medicine: Wound Management |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania, Mercy Hospital,
Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
6/95 |
Wilderness EMT (Course Coordinator) |
National Cave Rescue Commission, Eastern
Region |
|
7/95 |
“Crevice Entrapment: Medical and
Psychological Aspects” |
1995 annual conference, National
Speleological Society |
|
8/95 |
“Non-discogenic Acute Sciatica: The Piriformis Syndrome” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine. |
|
8/95 |
“Wilderness Education, How to Reach the
Public: The National Cave Rescue Commission Orientation to Cave Rescue
Fifteen-Year Experience” “Organizational Cooperation in Wilderness
Medicine, Toward True Congress: Wilderness Medicine vs. Emergency Medical
Services” |
Second World Congress on Wilderness
Medicine (Wilderness Medical Society, International Society of Travel
Medicine, and International Society for Mountain Medicine), Aspen, Colorado |
|
9/95 |
“Wilderness Trauma: Principles and Pearls” |
Wilderness EMS Institute, Topics in
Wilderness Emergency Medicine lecture series |
|
9/95 |
“The U.S. Wilderness EMT Curriculum
Development Programme” “Principles of Wilderness EMS” “C-Spine Clearance and other Wilderness
Protocols” |
Countryside Management
Association/Paramedic UK/South Wales Search and Rescue Association: National
Mountain Rescue Conference 1995, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom |
|
10/95 |
“Hypothermia and Frostbite in the Pediatric
Population” |
Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics,
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
10/95 |
“Principles of Wilderness Emergency Medical
Services” |
West Virginia Annual State EMS Conference
1995 |
|
11/95 |
EMS Grand Rounds/Topics in Wilderness
Emergency Medicine: “Hypothermia:
Pearls and Pitfalls.” |
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and Wilderness
EMS Institute |
|
12/95 |
“Computerizing the ED: an Introduction to ED Computing” |
“First Annual Emergency Department
Informatics Seminar: How to Computerize your ED the Right Way” (Pennsylvania
Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians), Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
|
2/96 |
“Acute Diarrhea: 1996 Update” |
“Hot Topics in Emergency Medicine,” Hawk’s
Cay, Florida |
|
5/96 |
“Wilderness Medicine: Case Studies” |
“Wilderness Medicine 1996,” Lehigh Valley
Medical Center (invited as featured speaker but unable to attend due to
family medical emergency.) |
|
9/96 |
“Why We Do What We Do: Mountain Rescue and the Psyche.” |
One of two keynote addresses, 1996 annual
British/Irish Mountain Rescue Conference, Dublin, Ireland; other keynote
address delivered by Irish President Mary Robinson. |
|
9/96 |
Wilderness EMT and Wilderness Command
Physician classes (first ones in Ireland) |
Irish Mountain Rescue Association and Irish
Civil Defence, Dublin, Eire |
|
10/96 |
Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
class (8 lecture and 8 practical hours) |
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania/Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
11/96 |
“Computerizing the ED: Do it Now: Emergency
Informatics for the 21st Century” and |
Chang Gung Hospital and Medical Center,
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 20th anniversary conference
“Filling the Cracks in Emergent Care:
Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery” |
|
12/96 |
“Confessions of a User: Moderated Panel Discussion Between an
Emergency Physician, a Nurse, and Two MIS Officers” “ED Tracking Systems: The Problem and Interface Design” “ED Tracking Systems: Moderated Panel Discussion with User
Representatives for Nine ED Tracking Systems” |
“Second Annual ED Informatics
Symposium: Computerize Your ED the
Right Way.” American College of
Emergency Physicians and Pennsylvania Chapter, ACEP. |
|
1/97 |
Wilderness EMT (8 lecture + small group
hours) |
Maryland Institute for EMS Systems (MIEMSS)
and Wilderness EMS Institute |
|
1/97 |
Wilderness Medicine |
Medical Student Interest Group: Emergency
Medicine. School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. |
|
4/97 |
Acute Diarrhea - 1997 Update |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
5/97 |
Medical Myths in the ED |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
9/97 |
“Casualty Care Developments: Bringing the
Hospital to the Patient, Part II” |
Mountain Rescue Council of England and
Wales, Annual Conference, University of Derby |
|
9/97 |
Wilderness EMT and Wilderness Command
Physician classes |
Irish Mountain Rescue Association, Dublin,
Eire |
|
9/97 |
Cave Rescue – Advanced Medical Practicum |
Irish Cave Rescue Organisation,
Co. Clair, Eire |
|
9/97 |
Emergency Medicine in China |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
10/97 |
“The history of backcountry care” (keynote address)
& |
North Country (New Hampshire state) EMS
Conference, North Conway |
|
11/97 |
“Wilderness EMS” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine. |
|
12/97 |
Third Annual Emergency Department Informatics
Seminar (senior member of conference committee, moderator for two panels, and
lectured on tracking systems and user interface design) |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
4/98 |
“Medical Command for Wilderness/Backcountry
EMS” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
4/98 |
“Computers in the ED: How Can They Help Me?
Choosing Tracking and Charting Systems” |
25th Annual Scientific Assembly,
Pennsylvania Chapter, ACEP |
|
5/98 |
“Search and Rescue Trauma Care – What To Do
When the Golden Hour’s Shot” and “History of Wilderness EMS” |
SAREX-98:
1998 Pennsylvania State Search and Rescue Weekend. |
|
7/98 |
“Suggestion, Guided Imagery, and Hypnosis
for the Emergency Department” (with Richard Busch, DCH) |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
7/98 |
“Clearing the Spine in the Field” “When Do
You Start CPR?” “Hypothermia Wraps” “Ethical and Legal Aspects of Wilderness
EMS Legislation” “Developing Educational Objectives and Performance Standards
for Wilderness Medicine Providers” “Do we need standardization and
accreditation of similarly-named wilderness medical programs?” [debate topic] |
Wilderness Medical Society, 1998 Scientific
Assembly and Colloquium on “Critical Issues in Wilderness Medicine Education” |
|
8/98 |
“Wilderness Medicine for the Pediatrician” |
Pediatric Faculty grand rounds, Mercy
Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
9/98 |
“Computer ED Tracking and Charting Systems
– How to Decide?” |
EM Grand Rounds, CEM |
|
11/98 |
“Medical Aspects of Cave Rescue” |
Speleological Union of Ireland/Irish Cave
Rescue Organisation annual symposium, Bally Vaughn,
Co Clare, Eire |
|
11/98 |
“Wilderness Emergency Medical Services” |
Irish Mountain Rescue Association
Wilderness EMT Course, Co Dublin, Eire |
|
12/98 |
“Tracking Systems,” “User Interface Design,”
“Niche vs. Universal Systems,“ and “Confessions of a User” |
1998 ED Information Systems Symposium,
American College of Emergency Physicians/PaACEP |
|
1/99 |
“Wilderness EMS: The Wilderness is Closer Than You Think.” |
Annual Scientific Assembly, National Association
of EMS Physicians, Marco Island, FL |
|
1/99 |
“Environment Emergencies for the Pediatric
Resident: Hypothermia and Frostbite” |
Pediatric Residency Emergency Medicine
Conference Series, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
3/99 |
“Hypothermia and Frostbite” |
Continuing Paramedic Education Series,
Somerset Area Ambulance, Somerset, Pennsylvania. |
|
7/99 |
“ENT Emergencies” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
8/99 |
“Legal Aspects of Rescue and Wilderness
EMS” |
1999 National Cave Rescue Commission annual
training college (with Earl Maxwell, West Virginia State Prosecuting
Attorney, Elkins, WV) |
|
8/99 |
“Bites and Stings” “Dislocations” “Surgical
Procedures” |
1999 National Cave Rescue Commission annual
Medical Specialist Level 3 (Wilderness EMT) course |
|
9/99 |
“Against Medical Advice – the legal
principles” |
EM Grand Rounds, Center for Emergency
Medicine of Western Pennsylvania |
|
9/99 |
“Ocular Emergencies” |
Current Concepts 1999 Emergency Nursing
Conference, Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh |
|
11/99 |
“Winter Emergencies” |
EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh |
|
11/99 |
“Modern Medicine, Primitive Places” |
1999 Regional Trauma Meeting, British
Association for Immediate Care and Faculty of Prehospital Care, Royal College
of Surgeons (Edin.), Royal Orthopaedic Hospital,
Birmingham, England |
|
11/99 |
Wilderness Command Physician course and Wilderness
EMT lectures and practical exercises (first in U.K.) |
Outward Bound school Aberdovey,
Wales |
|
3/00 |
“Orthopedics in the Wilderness” |
Wilderness Medical Society Medical Student
Section, University of Pittsburgh |
|
6/00 |
Acute
Cave Orthopedics – or “What Do We Do with a Broken Caver?” |
Annual Convention, National Speleological
Society |
|
9/00 |
“SAR
101 – or search and rescue for the uninterested” |
CEM Grand Rounds first hour presentation
and CEM Prehospital Grand Rounds |
|
10/00 |
“ED
Automation” |
Current Concepts 2000 ED Nursing Conference |
|
11/00 |
Wilderness
EMT and Wilderness Command Physician Classes (first ones in Scotland) |
Mountain Rescue Scotland, Glenmore Lodge,
the Cairngorms, Scotland, U.K. |
|
1/01 |
“Computer
Terminology” “User Interface Design” “Tracking Systems” |
Sixth National ED Information Systems
Symposium, Las Vegas |
|
1/01 |
“SAR
101 – or search and rescue for the uninterested” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Allegheny
General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA |
|
4/01 |
”SAR
101: Search and Rescue for the Uninterested.” |
“Tools and Talent” – 2001 annual EMS
Conference, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh, PA |
|
12/01 |
“Terminology”
“User Interface Design” “Tracking Systems” “Deinstallation” |
Seventh National ED Information Systems Symposium,
New Orleans |
|
12/01 |
“Noncardiac
Chest Pain” |
eMERgenCY EMS Conference. Mercy Hospital
of Pittsburgh |
|
10/02 |
“Overcrowding
and Nursing Shortages in the ED – What Can Be Done?” |
Current Concepts 2002 Emergency Nursing
Conference, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and Emergency Medicine Association
of Pittsburgh |
|
12/02 |
“Upper
Extremity Orthopedics” |
Pediatric Emergency class, Department of
Pediatrics, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
12/02 |
“The
Bleeding Edge” (coordinator for advanced track) |
Eighth National ED Information Systems
Symposium, San Diego |
|
3/03 |
“Backcountry
Orthopedics” |
Wilderness Medical Society Student Section,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
|
4/03 |
“How
the Internet Can Help You Realtime” |
Annual Scientific Assembly, Pennsylvania
Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
7/03 |
“Heat-Related
Illness” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University
of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine |
|
12/03 |
“Computer-based
Practitioner Order Entry” “Tracking the past and future” “Creating your own
EDIS system. |
Ninth National ED Information Systems
Symposium, New Orleans (Assistant Course Director) |
|
2/04 |
“Out
in the Cold: Medical Aspects of Cold Exposure” |
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of
Pittsburgh |
|
2/04 |
“I’LL
SUE YOU FOR KIDNAPPING!: Signing Out Against Medical Advice and Medical
Restraint In The ED” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University
of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine |
|
2/04 |
“Prehospital
Clearing of the Cervical Spine” |
EMS Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital of
Pittsburgh |
|
4/04 |
EMS
Advances “Disaster Preparedness: How Prepared is the Pit Doc?” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, Pennsylvania
Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
5/04 |
“Killer
‘A’s: Allergy, Angioedema, and Anaphylaxis” |
Prehospital Grand Rounds, Ohio Valley
General Hospital, McKee’s Rocks, PA |
|
12/04 |
“Toxic
Shock, Cellulitis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, an’ ‘at” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, University
of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine |
|
12/04 |
Advanced
Track: “Are any new technologies really going to really change the way we do
our work in the ED? Disruptive Technologies.” and “Should your ED’s software
be free? Open Source software and sales tactics.” |
10th National Emergency
Department Information Systems Symposium, Chicago, IL: Pennsylvania Chapter,
American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
5/05 |
“User
Interaction Design and |
TEPR 2005: The Medical Records Institute
conference on Electronic Patient Records |
|
9/05 |
“Dental
Skills Lab” |
Annual Conference, American College of
Emergency Physicians, Washington, DC |
|
10/05 |
“National
Disaster Medical System: Hurricane Katrina” |
The 14th Annual Emergency
Nursing: Current Concepts Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA |
|
12/05 |
Advanced
Track: “Disruptive Technology: What new technology should change your ED this
year?” and “This computer system stinks! Usability, User Interface Design and
Workflow: what can the ED staff do?” |
11th National Emergency
Department Information Systems Symposium, Phoenix, AZ: Pennsylvania Chapter,
American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
2/05 |
Disaster
Response: Katrina |
Tools and Talent EMS Conference, Emergency
Medical Services Institute, Seven Springs Resort, Pennsylvania. |
|
12/05 |
“Out
in the Cold: Hypothermia, Frostbite, Non-Freezing Cold Injury.” |
Mercy Hospital, Prehospital Services; at
Independence EMS, Beaver County. |
|
2/06 |
“Disaster
Medicine: Strike Team Operations” |
The Tools and the Talent, annual Center for Emergency
Medicine of Western Pennsylvania EMS/emergency nursing conference. |
|
3/06 |
“Disaster
Medicine: DMAT Orientation” |
EMSI Annual EMS Conference, Emergency Medical Services
Institute, Seven Sprints, PA |
|
4/06 |
“Wilderness
First Aid” |
Recreational Equipment, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA |
|
7/06 |
“Secondary
Triage” |
Disaster Medical Assistance Team PA-1 Team
Training |
|
7/06 |
“Preparing
Yourself for Disaster” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
10/06 |
“Dental
Skills Lab” |
Annual Conference, American College of
Emergency Physicians, New Orleans, LA |
|
12/06 |
“EDIS
Live” |
12th National Emergency
Department Information Systems Symposium, Orlando, FL: Pennsylvania Chapter,
American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
5/07 |
“Why
we do what we do” |
Keynote address, 2007 annual Pennsylvania
Search and Rescue Conference, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council. |
|
5/07 |
“Advanced
SAR Medical Cases” |
2007 annual Pennsylvania Search and Rescue
Conference, Pennsylvania Search and Rescue Council. |
|
6/07 |
“arterial blood gas analysis” |
University
of Pittsburgh CRNP Critical Care course |
|
6/07 |
“Land
Navigation for EMS” |
Camping for Con-Ed, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh |
|
10/07 |
“Dental
Skills Lab” |
Annual Conference, American College of
Emergency Physicians, Seattle, WA |
|
12/07 |
“User
Interaction Design” “EDIS Live: An Interactive Forum” “IT vs. Disasters”: |
13th National Emergency
Department Information Systems Symposium, New Orleans, LA: Pennsylvania
Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians |
|
3/08 |
“EMS
Self Sufficiency for Disasters” |
EMS Update, Seven Springs, PA |
|
4/08 |
“IT
in the ED: A Worst-Case Scenario Every Time” |
Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) Virtual Conference 2008 |
|
5/08 |
“Advanced
Search and Rescue Medical Case Review” “Self-Sufficiency for Disasters” |
2008 Annual SAREX, Pennsylvania Search and
Rescue Council. |
|
8/08 |
“EMS
Self-Sufficiency for Disasters” (half-day preconference workshop) |
Annual Pennsylvania EMS Conference |
|
10/08 |
“Dental
Skills Lab” |
Annual Conference, American College of
Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL |
|
3/09 |
“Altered
Standards of Care” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
3/09 |
“Visual
Usability” |
University of Pittsburgh Medical
Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483) |
|
3/10 |
“Visual
Usability” |
University of Pittsburgh Medical
Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483) |
|
4/10 |
“Altered
Standards of Care” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
5/09 |
Wound
and Soft Tissue Infections: Disaster Management” |
Disaster Medical Assistance Team PA-1
Skills Day |
|
5/10 |
“Dr.
Strong! Restraint in the ED” |
Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds |
|
6/10 |
“Transient
Global Amnesia” |
Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds |
|
8/10 |
“Acute
Diarrhea” |
Conemaugh EM Residency Grand Rounds |
|
8/09 |
“AMA,
302, and Medical Restraint” |
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, Department
of Emergency Medicine |
|
9/10 |
“Water-Borne
Diseases and Water Purification” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
11/09 |
“Blast
Injuries” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
10/10 |
“Dental
Procedures” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, Las Vegas, NV |
|
11/10 |
“Talk
to Me: Communication Technologies in the ED” “A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum: The Keith and Todd Show” “Documentation for Compliance and Cash”
“Data that Matters: Quality and Core Measures” |
International Emergency Department
Information Systems Symposium, Miami, FL |
|
3/11 |
“Visual
Usability” |
University of Pittsburgh Medical
Informatics Course BIOINF 2117 Applied Medical Informatics (CRN 37483) |
|
4/11 |
“Respiratory
Emergencies” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
10/11 |
“Medical
Disaster Self-Sufficiency” |
Global Health Residency, University of
Pittsburgh |
|
10/11 |
“Dental
Procedures” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, San Francisco, CA |
|
1/12 |
“Hypothermia
and Frostbite” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
3/12 |
“Austere
EMS: Boosting your IQ” |
EMS Update 2012, Emergency Medical Services
Institute |
|
3/12 |
“Ticks
and Tickborne Diseases” |
Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group training |
|
6/12 |
“Plant
Contact Dermatitis” “Ticks and Tickborne Diseases” |
MedExpress Annual Educational Conference |
|
8/12 |
“Plant
Contact Dermatitis” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
10/12 |
“Dental
Procedures” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, Denver, CO |
|
12/12 |
“Ticks
and Tickborne Diseases” |
DMAT PA-1 team training |
|
1/13 |
“ENT
Emergencies” |
Inservice Review, University of Pittsburgh
EM Residency |
|
6/13 |
“Plant
Contact Dermatitis” |
Emergency Grand Rounds, University of
Pittsburgh |
|
8/13, 9/13 |
“Austere
EMS” |
PA State Emergency Medical Services
Conference; Lancaster, PA; Altoona, PA. |
|
9/13 |
“Disaster
Preparedness for Medical Personnel” |
University of Pittsburgh Global Health
Residency |
|
10/13 |
“Dental
Emergencies” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, Seattle, WA |
|
10/14 |
“Dental
Emergencies” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL |
|
10/15 |
“Dental
Emergencies” |
Annual Scientific Meeting, American College
of Emergency Physicians, Boston, MA |
|
11/15 |
“Austere
EMS” |
Maine Committee on Trauma Annual Conference |
|
3/17 |
“Austere
EMS” |
EMS Update 2017, 7 Springs |
|
9/17 |
“Lyme
Disease” |
UPMC AnywhereCare Clinical Review |
|
1/18 |
“Basket
Hitch vs Wrap-3, Pull-2 Anchors” |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
Annual Retreat Conference |
|
2/18 |
“Austere
Medicine” |
Resuscitation Area of Concentration,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
|
11/19 |
“Disaster
Medical Self-Sufficiency” |
University of Pittsburgh Student Emergency
Medical Services |
|
1/20 |
“Modified
Basket Hitch” and “New Tech for Semi-Technical Evacuations” |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
Annual Retreat Conference |
|
1/20 |
“Tickborne
Diseases” |
National Disaster Medical System, DMATs
PA-1/OH-1 Continuing Medical Education |
|
10/20 |
“Austere
EMS” “Ticks and Tickborne Diseases” |
Annual Meeting, Appalachian Search and
Rescue Conference |
|
10/20 |
“Disaster
Medical Response” |
University of Pittsburgh Doctors without
Borders Student Chapter and Global Health Student Association |
|
10/20 |
“Acute
Diarrhea” |
National Disaster Medical System, DMATs
PA-1-OH-1 continuing medical education |
|
1/21 |
“Communications
101, 102, 103, 104” |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
annual Winter Retreat |
|
3/21 |
“DMAT
Communications” |
National Disaster Medical System, DMATs
PA-1-OH-1 continuing medical education |
|
10/21 |
“Cave
Rescue” |
Eastern Region, National Cave Rescue
Commission “Introduction to Cave Rescue” (2-day class) |
|
12/21 |
“Austere
EMS” |
UPSOM EM Residency Emergency Medicine
Education Conference |
|
3/22 |
“Hypothermia
Update” |
Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference
Tuesday Training |
|
11/22 |
“Austere
EMS” |
International Trauma Life Support Conference,
Tampa, FL (invited) |
|
ORGANIZATION |
DATES |
RESPONSIBILITIES |
|
Blue
Ridge Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC |
1972-1976 |
Founder
and Chair |
|
|
1972-1980 |
Field
Team Leader, Incident Commander |
|
|
1977-1980 |
Training
Officer |
|
|
1977-1980 |
Wilderness
EMT Instructor |
|
Appalachian
Search and Rescue Conference (500-member search and rescue organization, VA/WV/MD/PA/OH) |
1972-1975 |
Founder
and Director of Operations |
|
1972-1975 |
Vice
President |
|
|
1985-2014 |
Medical
Director for Pennsylvania |
|
|
1972-95,
2003-08, 2015-date |
Member,
Board of Directors |
|
|
2006-8,
2015-17 |
Vice-Chair,
Board of Directors |
|
|
2013-date |
Archivist |
|
|
2017-2020 |
President/Board
of Directors Chair |
|
|
|
2019-date |
Chair,
Publications Committee |
|
Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club, Washington, DC |
1972-84 |
Appalachian
Trail: Shelter Overseer, Trail
Overseer, (first) Trail Patrol (“Ridgerunner”),
Maps Committee Member |
|
Outing
Club, University of Virginia |
1973-5 |
President |
|
Intercollegiate
Outing Club Association |
1974-75 |
Executive
Secretary |
|
Western
Albemarle Rescue Squad, Crozet, VA |
1977-1980 |
Crew
Chief (volunteer) |
|
Virginia
Division of Emergency Medical Services, Charlottesville and Northern Virginia |
1977-1985 |
EMT
Instructor |
|
Shenandoah
Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC |
1980-1983 |
Founder
and Chair |
|
|
1980-1984 |
Field
Team Leader, Incident Commander |
|
|
1982-1984 |
Training
Officer |
|
Northern
Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA |
1982-1985 |
Paramedic
Instructor |
|
American
Hiking Society, Washington DC |
1983-1985 |
Moderator,
Wilderness Medicine Seminars (at annual Conference) |
|
Center
for Emergency Medicine and Allegheny General Hospital |
1984-1995 |
Paramedic
Instructor (12-18 hours/year) |
|
Allegheny
Mountain Rescue Group, ASRC |
1985-1986 |
Founder
and Chair |
|
|
1985-1988 |
Training
Officer, Incident Commander |
|
|
1985-date |
Field
Team Leader |
|
Pennsylvania
Search and Rescue Council |
1986-1988 |
Founder
and first President |
|
|
1990-1995 |
Secretary |
|
|
1995-1999 |
Member,
Board of Directors |
|
ASTM
Committee F-30 on EMS |
1987-date |
Member |
|
|
1991-93 |
Member,
D.O.T.-funded Accelerated Standards Development Task Group on EMT-Paramedic |
|
|
1994-96 |
Chair,
Task Group on EMT-Prehospital |
|
National
Association of EMS Physicians |
1987-2004 |
Rural
Affairs Committee (previously, Non-Urban Committee) |
|
|
1992-1994 |
Education
Committee |
|
|
1997-2004 |
Standards
and Practices Committee |
|
Pennsylvania
Emergency Health Services Council |
1987-2005 |
Member,
Rescue and Hazardous Materials Task Force |
|
|
1994-1999
|
Chair,
Wilderness EMT Subcommittee, Medical Advisory Committee |
|
|
1995-2009 |
Member,
Medical Advisory Committee |
|
|
2002 |
Act
45 Task Group |
|
|
2002-2004 |
Led
Task Group that created the Joint Position Statement: Guidelines for Hospital Ambulance-Diversion
Policies of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council and Medical
Advisory Committee and the Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of
Emergency Physicians: http://www.conovers.org/ftp/diversion.pdf |
|
|
2008-2010 |
EMS
Information Task Force |
|
|
2012-date |
Special
Operations Work Group |
|
Mercy
Hospital of Pittsburgh/UPMC Mercy |
1988-1989 |
Interim
Director, Urgent Care Center |
|
|
1989-1997 |
Infection
Control Committee Member |
|
|
1989-2006 |
Emergency
Preparedness Workteam (managed major revision of
hospital’s disaster plan in 1994) |
|
|
1992-2002 |
Information
Systems Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine |
|
|
1997-2012 |
Medical
Records/Health Information Management Committee (led redesign of hospital’s
standing order set) |
|
|
2002-2008 |
Member,
Medical Informatics Committee |
|
ASTM
Committee F-32 on Search and Rescue |
1989-1997 |
Chair,
Task Group on Personnel Assessment |
|
|
1994-1997 |
Chair,
Task Group on Incident Command System Unified Command |
|
|
1994-1997 |
Chair,
Subcommittee on Personnel, Training, and Education |
|
|
1994-1997 |
Member,
Executive Committee |
|
Eastern
Region, National Cave Rescue Commission |
2022-date |
Teaching
Specialist |
|
|
1989-date |
Staff |
|
|
2013-date |
Medical
Advisor |
|
|
9/94-2013 |
Assistant
Medical Director |
|
|
7/93-9/94 |
Medical
Director |
|
|
9/89-7/93 |
Region
Medical Coordinator |
|
Eastern/Appalachian
Region, Mountain Rescue Association (NC/TN/VA/WV/MD/PA/NY) |
1990-1992 |
Chair |
|
“Dogwood
Half-Hundred” 50K Wilderness Foot Race, VA/WV |
1991 |
Medical
Director |
|
Wilderness
Medical Society |
1992-1996 |
Section
Editor, “Wilderness EMS Case Reports,” Wilderness Medicine Letter |
|
|
1997-2005 |
Web
Committee |
|
Wilderness
EMS Institute |
1993-2005 |
Medical
Director |
|
Allegheny
County EMS Council |
1994-2005 |
Disaster
Committee |
|
UPSOM,
Wilderness Medical Society Student Interest Section |
1995-date |
Faculty
Advisor |
|
Borough
of Green Tree |
1996-2000 |
Nature
Center trails supervisor |
|
Pennsylvania
College of Emergency Physicians |
1996-date
|
Member,
EMS Committee |
|
|
1997-2006 |
Member,
Web Committee |
|
|
2003-2009 |
Chair,
EMS Committee |
|
|
2005-2011 |
Member,
Board of Directors |
|
Department
of Homeland Security, National Disaster Medical System |
2002-date |
Supervisory
Medical Officer, PA-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team |
|
|
2004-date |
Chief
Medical Officer/Team Medical Director, PA-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team |
|
Joint
Readiness Center (Pittsburgh Air Force base realignment) |
2005-2010 |
member,
Medical Subcommittee |
|
Borough
of Carnegie |
2005-date 2021-date |
Member,
Planning Commission Chair,
Planning Commission |
|
American
College of Emergency Physicians |
2007-2008
|
EMS Committee
member |
|
|
2005-2011 |
Legislative
Council member |
|
Homeland
Security Institute, Department of Homeland Security |
2009 |
Member,
advisory working group on Austere Emergency Medical Services |
|
UPSOM
EMS Fellowship |
2014-date |
Developed
and conduct Wilderness EMS didactic and practical curriculum |
|
National
Disaster Life Support Foundation |
2018-date |
Subject
Matter Expert, Basic Disaster Life Support and Advanced Disaster Life Support
classes, section leader for ADLS Preparations
and Implementation of Surge Operations - Phases, Conventional, Contingency
and Crisis |
[1] The
* Only last 8 years listed; numbers
of students and residents vary and do not have precise counts. ACLS and PALS
courses generally have 5-8 students for each contact hour, with mix of
attending and resident physicians, APPs, nurses and allied health personnel.
Does not include bedside student and resident teaching in the ED which occurs
essentially every shift.
* Does not include non-featured
presentations at UPMC Mercy or University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine
Grand Rounds (e.g., core content, cases), ATLS/ACLS/PALS teaching, or frequent
teaching appearances for Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference, Allegheny
Mountain Rescue Group, National Cave Rescue Commission, Pennsylvania Search and
Rescue Council or Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference. Does not include
bedside teaching and mini-lectures for medical students and residents in the
Emergency Department @ UPMC Mercy since becoming faculty in 1987.