EMS: Interface Between Out-of-Hospital & Hospital-Based Providers
- Continuing Education

Explore advanced, evidence-based approaches to EMS and hospital integration in this dynamic 2-day course led by emergency medicine experts from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
$650
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Continuing Education Credits
Earn up to:
17.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
17.00 Pre-hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) Credits.
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Overview
This course is a 2-day, 17-hour course that provides participants with the knowledge and skills to expand their knowledge of out-of-hospital medicine. Through a dynamic and interactive format, the course focuses on lecture, panel, and QA-based formats to optimize provider knowledge around the pre-hospital system and the hospital’s integration with EMS. This course is designed for physicians, PAs, NPs, and RNs who interact with the prehospital health care system frequently, likely emergency, critical care, or internal medicine providers. This course is also designed for EMTs, paramedics, and other pre-hospital care providers who would like to gain knowledge in EMS-hospital systems integration.
The goal of this course is to teach providers to improve their EMS knowledge on:
- EMS certification, scope of practice, and limitations of different provider levels.
- EMS system design and systems of care.
- Protocols and online medical control with basic federal/regional rules and regulations.
- Provider awareness of their responsibilities and liability for medical control, as well as interfacility transportation.
- Awareness of upcoming controversies and expansions in EMS.
Learning Objectives
- Identify EMS provider-level scope of practice and limitations.
- Explain basic EMS system organization.
- Recognize provider and hospital legal responsibilities and risks related to EMS.
- Understand helicopter vs ground EMS capabilities and limitations.
- Apply knowledge to choose the optimal transport modality for patients.
- Learn about mass casualty and disaster incidents, and how hospital based providers participate and integrate into systems.
- Identify and appraise upcoming EMS controversies, and potential for expansion.
- Understand best practices for pediatric pre-hospital transport.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Monday, November 17, 2025
Welcome
Stephen Thomas; Christie Fritz
7:45-7:55 am
Keynote: Pre-hospital Preservation of Circulating Volume and Minimizing Blood Loss
TIM HARRIS
7:55-8:50 am
History of EMS
Matt Bivens
8:50-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:35 am
Prehospital Provider Types
William Porcaro
9:35-9:55 am
EMS System Types/Design
Daniel Willner
9:55-10:15 am
Systems of Care (Trauma, STEMI & Stroke)
Nichole Bosson
10:15-10:35 am
Medicolegal Pitfalls & EMTALA
Jonathan Burstein
10:35-11:30 am
Rural EMS
Daniel Davis
11:30 am-12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00-12:55 pm
IFT vs Scene Response
Colby Redfield
12:55-1:20 pm
Online Medical Control Pearls
Christie Fritz
1:20-2:00 pm
Prehospital Cardiac Arrest
Jason Cohen
2:00-2:25 pm
Break
2:25-2:40 pm
ECMO, Advanced Cardiac Topics
Paul Rees
2:40-3:15 pm
HEMS Safety/Selection
Ira Blumen
3:15-3:40 pm
Pearls and Pitfalls of IFT
Andrew Reimer
3:40-4:15 pm
Panel - Challenges/Choosing the Optimal Transport Mode
Edward Ullman; Stephen Thomas; Christie Fritz; Lincoln Zernicke; Jonathan Burstein; Andrew Reimer; Jason Cohen; Matt Bivens
4:15-5:10 pm
Learning Points of Day 1
Christie Fritz; Stephen Thomas
5:10-5:15 pm
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Welcome
Christie Fritz; Stephen Thomas
7:45-7:50 am
Translating Prehospital Research to Clinical Practice: Airway and Transfusion
Henry Wang
7:50-8:45 am
Pediatrics in EMS
Caitlin Farrell
8:45-9:25 am
Patient Safety in the Out-of-Hospital Setting
Russell MacDonald
9:25-9:40 am
Cutting-Edge Care and Controversies in Pre-Hospital Medicine
Russell MacDonald
9:40-10:15 am
Break
10:15-10:20 am
Pediatric Airway Management
10:20-10:40 am
Pre-Hospital Transfusion
David Schoenfeld
10:40-11:00 am
EMS Procedures: Intubation & Pedi Airway Management
Sam Galvagno
11:00-11:40 am
Mass Casualty Incidents
Paul Biddinger
11:40 am-12:20 pm
Lunch
12:20-1:15 pm
Politics in EMS and the ED
Jeffrey Goodloe
1:15-1:45 pm
Mobile Integrated Health & Future Topics
David Schoenfeld
1:45-2:15 pm
Military/Tactical Medicine (three 15-min presentations + panel)
Bill Justice; Michael McCartin; Paul Roszko
2:15-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Disaster Medicine
Gregory Ciottone
3:15-4:10 pm
Panel Discussion: Advanced Cases in EMS
Edward Ullman; Stephen Thomas; Christie Fritz; Russell MacDonald; Jeffrey Goodloe
4:10-5:10 pm
Learning Points of Day 2
Stephen Thomas; Christie Fritz
5:10-5:20 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Christie Fritz, MD, MS
Course Director
- EMS Division Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stephen Thomas, MD, MPH
Course Director
- Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
- Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Faculty
Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP
Chief Preparedness and Continuity Officer, Mass General Brigham
Chief of the Division of Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham Ann L. Prestipino MPH Endowed Chair, Division of Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Matt Bivens, MD
Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Attending Physician, St. Luke’s Hospital
EMS Medical Director, St. Luke’s Hospital
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Ira Blumen, MD
Emergency Physician & Medical/Program Director, University of Chicago Aeromedical Network Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center
Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, FAEMS
Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
EMS Fellowship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA
Instructor, J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute
Jonathan Burstein, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Emergency Department Quality, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center State EMS Medical Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Greg Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FFSEM
Director, Division of Disaster Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Editor-in-Chief, Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition
Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Jason Cohen, DO
Chief Medical Officer, Boston MedFlight
Intensivist, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Emergency Physician, US Army
Daniel Davis, MD
EMS Medical Director, Logan Health
Medical Director, Rural Emergency Care Alliance
Chief Medical Officer, Logan Chester
Medical Director, Air Methods Regional
Caitlin Farrell, MD
Director, EMS and Prehospital Care, Boston Children’s Hospital
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Sam Galvagno, MD
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Professor of Emergency Medicine, EMS Section Chief, and Director of the Oklahoma Center for Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Control Board, EMS System for Metropolitan Oklahoma City & Tulsa, Oklahoma Medical Director, Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Attending Emergency Physician, Hillcrest Medical Center Emergency Center, Tulsa, OK
Tim Harris, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
Program Director, Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine Program, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Bill Justice, NREMT-P, TEMS-I
Program Manager, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Active Threat Response Programs Director, Office of the Medical Director Special Operations and Outreach
Associate Director, University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine Center for Pre-Hospital and Disaster Medicine
Russell D. MacDonald, MD, MPH, FCFP, FRCPC, DRCPSC
Medical Director, Toronto Paramedic Services
Medical Director, Toronto Central Ambulance Communications Centre
Professor and Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs, University of Toronto
Michael McCartin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, The University of Chicago
Assistant Medical Director, The University of Chicago Aeromedical Network
Medical Team Manager, Illinois Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, UChicago Medicine
William Porcaro, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Emergency Physician, Mount Auburn Hospital
Colby Redfield, MD
EMS Physician, Redfield EMS Medical Direction
Paul Rees, MD
Senior Lecturer, Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine program & Director, Tactical and Acute Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
Interventional Cardiologist & Prehospital Resuscitation Physician, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust HEMS Consultant, East Anglian Air Ambulance
Surgeon Commander & Consultant Advisor in Medicine, Royal Navy UK
Andrew Reimer, PhD, RN, CFRN
Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
Research Coordinator and Transport Nurse, Critical Care Transport, Cleveland Clinic
Lt. Commander Paul Roszko, MD
Lead for VA 4th Mission & NDMS Telehealth Integration, VA Office of Connected Care
Emergency Physician, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Suburban Hospital and San Francisco VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University
David Schoenfeld, MD
EMS Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, EMS Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Attending Physician, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Shecter, DO
EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
Edward Ullman, MD
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Needham (BIDN)
Associate Director, Emergency Cardiology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, STEMI Quality Assurance, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Assistant
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Henry Wang, MD, MS, MPH
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University
Editor in Chief, Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Daniel Willner, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Franklin County EMS
Assistant Medical Director, Carolina Air Care
Assistant Professor, UNC School of Medicine
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Role | Standard Price | Early Registration Price |
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Physician (MD/DO) | $650.00 | $585.00 |
Nurse (RN/APRN) | $450.00 | $405.00 |
PA | $650.00 | $585.00 |
Psychologist | $550.00 | $495.00 |
Resident/Fellow | $550.00 | $495.00 |
Social Worker | $450.00 | $405.00 |
Allied Health Professional / Other | $650.00 | $585.00 |
EMT/Paramedic pricing is also available for this course: $350 / $315