Are pre-hospital training opportunities available at Parkland/UT Southwestern?
Clearly one of the strengths of the program at UT Southwestern, a pre-hospital emphasis is a direct result of our Chairman’s vision on the communities’ chains of survival and recovery. Training opportunities include: Biotel – Parkland ED based command center where EM residents provide online medical control for the Dallas EMS and multiple suburban EMS systems; and an optional field aeromedical experience. Also, we have been chosen to be the athlete “docs” at the sideline to help oversee the paramedics for the Dallas Cowboys, Mavericks, and Stars games. We have participation in the unique and active disaster response and governmental emergency medical security programs, including tactical medicine, based within Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern and the Parkland ED.
