Episode Details

Episode 158 is Peter Fischer. Peter E. Fischer MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. Prior to and during residency, he worked as a Firefighter/Paramedic. He was previously at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC before returning to Memphis in 2016. He currently serves as the Director of Trauma Process Improvement, Interim Trauma Medical Director, and Interim Chief of Trauma at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center. He also is the Medical Director for Hospital Wing Air Ambulance Service. He has a strong clinical and research interest in prehospital and trauma system
development. Our discussion spans from the new position statement regarding Spinal Motion Restriction in the Trauma Patient, the use of the backboard, EMS, and even a little Elvis.

• Greg’s path through EMS, flight medicine, leadership, and technology
• The experience of surviving sudden cardiac arrest as an EMS clinician
• Seeing cardiac arrest care from the patient’s perspective