EMS Focus webinar on Tuesday, May 12, at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT will feature local EMS medical directors and Federal officials discussing COVID-19 testing and implications for EMS organizations and clinicians

EMS and COVID-19 Testing

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
3:00 PM ET / 12:00 AM PT

As we continue to learn more about the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, we’re also learning more about COVID-19 testing: Who should get tested, and when? How accurate are the tests? In this webinar, hosted be NHTSA’s Office of EMS, you’ll learn:

• The local experience of some of the first EMS systems to have personnel quarantined and test positive for COVID-19
• The latest guidance on testing of first responders and other healthcare personnel
• What the result of a COVID-19 test or antibody test really means for individuals and EMS organizations

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Three panelists deeply involved in the EMS and public health response to COVID-19 will share their expertise:

Jonathan Jui, MD, MPH, FACEP, is EMS medical director for Multnomah County, Oregon, including the City of Portland and the county 911 center. He is also a member of the Oregon 2 Disaster Medical Assistance Team and a professor of emergency medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Jui is board certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine, EMS, and infectious disease.

Michael Sayre, MD, is medical director for the Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Medic One program and an emergency physician at Harborview Medical Center. He is a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the medical director for the Michael K. Copass Paramedic Training Program and leads the EMS Medicine Fellowship program.

S. Michele Owen, PhD, is associate director for laboratory science at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB prevention. She is also currently serving as Co-Lead for the COVID-19 Laboratory Task Force in the CDC Incident Management Structure.

The webinar will be moderated by Jon Krohmer, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, director of the NHTSA Office of EMS and co-chair of the EMS/Pre-hospital Team within the FEMA Healthcare Resilience Task, which is leading the development of a comprehensive strategy for the US healthcare system to facilitate resiliency and responsiveness to the threats posed by COVID-19.

Note: This live webinar will be limited to the first 3000 people to login using the link provided. Attendees will be encouraged to submit questions during any point of the discussion. The webinar and Q&A will last approximately one hour. A recording of the webinar will be shared as soon as it is available.