Department of
Emergency Medicine

Prehospital Medicine Experiences

EMS response vehicle with life flight helicopter

EM residents experience longitudinal pre-hospital medicine experience during their training at WVU, starting in the second half of intern year. Components of the EMS experience include:

  • Regularly scheduled EMS “experiences” per quarter,  which can include clinical experiences via ground or air shifts (Health Net aeromedical services), administrative EMS experiences, mass gathering EMS coverage, didactic EMS/teaching opportunities, EMS related QI opportunities, etc.
  • Medical command physician experience on every shift as a PGY 2/3 resident.  WVU serves as the home for Medical Command for all EMS crews in a 27 county region throughout Northern, Central, and Eastern West Virginia.  You will learn how to help direct the prehospital care of critically ill patients and forge strong working relationships with EMS providers.
  • Development of EMS fellowship, slated to start in Summer of 2021, and a dedicated fellowship emergency response vehicle, giving residents more exposure to pre-hospital medicine alongside fellows and EMS board certified EM faculty.