Emergency Medical Services Expert Witnesses in California

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Emergency Medical Services expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including emergency medicine, paramedicine, critical care, trauma nursing, and disaster medicine. Some of the most common specialties among Emergency Medical Services expert witnesses also include pre-hospital care, airway management, cardiac life support, pediatric emergency care, and ambulance service standards. They have provided opinions on the effects of response times, patient handling techniques, medical equipment usage, protocol adherence, and emergency scene management.

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Emergency Medical Services Experts in California

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Review Fee $350/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This expert has worked as a registered nurse for over 42 years. She earned her RN diploma from Massachusetts General Hospital and BSN and Masters in Nursing from California State University. She is a Board Certified Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist for 34 years and Certified Emergency Nurse for 30 years. She has done clinical practice as an RN in ICU, ED, PACU, Telemetry, and Med Surg. She also teaches Emergency Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing, and ICU Nursing. She supervises and mentors pre-licensure and graduates nursing students on related acute care clinical units. She is a member of multiple professional societies including Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and Emergency Nurses Association. She is currently a full-time Faculty at an MEPN Program in a top ranked medical university in California.

Clinical Professor, A Medical School in CA

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), University of California, Los Angeles

Sonoma |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $250/hr

This expert is a member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, California Council of EMS Educators, California Fire Chiefs, California EMS Educator/QI Group, and National Association of EMS Educators. He is currently the President and Education Program Director of a private EMT training center. He has 26 years of experience in Emergency Medical Services and 20+ years as an Educator. This expert also has extensive expert witness experience.

Field Paramedic, An Emergency Medical Care Company in CA

Master of Science (MS), University of Maryland

Simi Valley |

California

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Review Fee $150/hr
Deposition Fee $150/hr
Court Fee $150/hr

This expert has over 13 years of experience as a Physician Assistant. His expertise consists of Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology/Oncology, Infusion Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Urgent Care. He currently serves as a Physician Assistant for the Bone Marrow Transplant team at a major university medical center.

Physician Assistant, A laboratory and biotechnology company in CA

Master of Health Science (MHS), Quinnipiac University

Candia |

California

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Review Fee $275/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This highly qualified expert has 44+ years of experience in Structural and Wildland Firefighting, Emergency and Disaster Response, which includes from basic hand crew work and entry level firefighter, up to and including being Incident Commander on thousands of emergency incidents. For the past 37 years he has been an instructor and an educational designer, developing and instructing courses in all types of Firefighting, Incident Command, and Emergency Response. He currently holds the title of Part Time Battalion Chief where he responds to major wildland fires and other all hazard incidents throughout the United States. Although partially retired now, he was a Battalion Chief with the Orange County Fire Authority where he was a manager of field Battalion consisting of 9 fire stations, 35 career firefighters including 13 captains, 13 fire engines, 3 ladder trucks, 4 medic units, 1 air unit, and 1 water tender. Notable accomplishments include but are not limited to being selected as Operations Section Chief on the Incident Management Team for 2002 Salt Lake Olympics for month of February 2002, in Park City Utah. He has been the Commander in charge of running various teams when responding to disasters and emergency incidents and knows how to develop the incident management processes on-site to manage the emergency and ensure his team's safety and that of everyone present at the scene.

Instructor, Various Fire Instruction Programs

Associate of Science (AS), San Diego Miramar College

Mission Viejo |

California

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Review Fee $600/hr

This qualified emergency medicine physician has practiced in several large healthcare centers throughout the country, and has both published and presented lectures in his field. He is residency trained, board certified in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine and practicing since 1984 to this day. He has a Masters in Public Health, Preventive Medicine, and Toxicology. He has seen hundreds of patients with pelvic fractures and currently works in a Level III Trauma Center in California. He is also a founding member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.

Consultant and Field Physician, A CA Toxicology Clinic

Doctor of Medicine (MD), George Washington University School of Medicine

Miami |

California

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $600/hr

This highly-qualified expert in emergency medicine received a B.A. and B.S. from the University of California, at Davis. He went on to graduate from the prestigious Washington University in St. Louis Medical School. He completed residency in emergency medicine and fellowship in international emergency medicine at Loma Linda University. He is well-published and currently serves as an assistant professor of emergency medicine at an elite university medical center on the west coast.

Medical Director, A Medical Evacuation Help Agency

Doctor of Medicine (MD), Washington University in St. Louis

Lafayette |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $400/hr
Court Fee $400/hr

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience in emergency, trauma, and ICU specialties. She earned her BA in psychology and her BS in nursing from Dominican University. She then completed her MS in nursing administration at Holy Names University. This expert is certified in basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, and pediatric advanced life support. She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She formerly was a staff and charge nurse at emergency, trauma, and ICUs throughout California and Hawaii. Currently, she serves as the director of nursing, emergency, and trauma services at an adult level one trauma center in California.

Registered Nurse and Case Manager, A home health and hospice company in CA

Master of Science (MS), Holy Names University

Richmond |

California

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Review Fee $600/hr

This qualified emergency medicine expert earned his BS in biology from California Polytechnic State University and his MD from University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He then completed an internship at Scripps Mercy Hospital and a residency in emergency medicine at UCSD Medical Center. Previously, he served as an attending physician in the emergency department at Scripps Memorial Hospital and as the chief of the department of emergency medicine at Sharp Memorial Hospital. This expert currently is an emergency physician for the largest emergency and trauma center in San Diego County.

Education Director, A Hospital in CA

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of California, San Diego

Alpine |

California

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Review Fee $600/hr
Deposition Fee $800/hr
Court Fee $800/hr

This highly qualified emergency medicine expert has over 25 years of experience in his field. He completed his BS in biology from the University of California at Irvine and his MD from the University of California at San Francisco. After finishing his internship at Highland Hospital, this expert went on to complete his emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. He is boarded by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and holds additional certifications in advanced cardiopulmonary life support and pediatric advanced life support. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Formerly, this expert has served as the chief medical officer at PPI, as a physician consultant at Eclipsys, as a staff physician at The Permanente Medical Group, and as an adjunct clinical professor at the University of California at Davis medical school. Currently, he is a physician for a CA sheriff's department, the chief medical officer at a healthcare staffing agency, a staff emergency medicine physician at a CA health center and a self-employed consultant.

Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, A health center in CA

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of California at San Francisco

Rancho Cordova |

California

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Review Fee $600/hr
Deposition Fee $700/hr
Court Fee $800/hr

This qualified expert has 8 years of experience in medical toxicology. He received his BS in microbiology from the University of California San Diego before pursuing his MPH at the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health. He then earned his MD from the University of Toledo. Following medical school, he completed an internal medicine internship and an emergency medicine residency at George Washington University. He then subsequently completed a fellowship in medical toxicology at the University of California San Francisco. This expert is board-certified in emergency medicine, subspecializing in medical toxicology. He is active in his field as a member of the American College of Medical Toxicologists and the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is also involved in research, having authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and presented several posters. His former positions include emergency medicine physician at Eden Medical Center and assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of California San Francisco. Currently, this expert serves as an assistant professor of clinical pharmacology at a major California medical school, the assistant medical director for the state poison control system, and an emergency medicine physician for a California medical center.

Emergency Medicine Physician, A Medical Center in CA

Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Toledo

San Francisco |

California

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr

This expert is board-certified in preventive medicine and specializes in urgent care, occupational medicine, preventive medicine, and osteopathic medicine. She received her BA in English literature at the University of Pittsburgh and subsequently completed a formal post-baccalaureate program at San Francisco State University. She earned her DO from Lake Erie College of Osteopathy, followed by the completion of an internship at NYP-Columbia University and an integrative medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona. This expert also earned her MPH in health policy and leadership and completed a preventive medicine residency at UCLA. She is active in her field as a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Preventive Medicine. She has formerly served as a staff physician for Concentra and the medical director of US Healthworks. Currently, this expert serves as a staff physician at a medical center and locums provider for a healthcare startup in CA.

Locums Provider, A healthcare startup in CA

Master of Public Health (MPH), University of California Los Angeles

Manhattan Beach |

California

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Review Fee $400/hr

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 20 years of experience as a paramedic. He earned an AS in nursing at Excelsior College and a JD at Lincoln Law School. He holds certifications as a critical care paramedic and a rescue diver, and is licensed as an emergency medical technician and paramedic in California. He previously served as a death investigator at the coroner's office in the Sierra County Sheriff Department, a paramedic in both private companies and for multiple counties. More recently, he moved into supervisory roles as a clinical care coordinator and as a field supervisor for a number of counties in Northern California. Currently, this expert serves as a sole proprietor at an investigation firm and as a prehospital care coordinator for a county in Northern California.

Sole Proprietor, A private investigation firm in CA

Juris Doctor (JD), Lincoln Law School

Martinez |

California

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FAQs for Emergency Medical Services Expert Witnesses

What is the role of an Emergency Medical Services expert witness?

An Emergency Medical Services (EMS) expert witness provides insight and testimony on cases involving emergency medical care, such as ambulance services, paramedic procedures, and emergency response protocols.

In what types of cases can an EMS expert witness be beneficial?

EMS expert witnesses are crucial in personal injury cases, malpractice suits, wrongful death claims, and any case where the quality or timeliness of emergency medical care is in question.

Are there subspecialties within the field of Emergency Medical Services that an expert witness might focus on?

Yes, some EMS experts may specialize in areas like pediatric emergency care, disaster response, air ambulance services, or specific treatment protocols.

How can an EMS expert witness help clarify standards of care in a legal case?

An EMS expert can explain the accepted practices in emergency medicine, assess whether these were followed correctly, and determine if any deviations from standard care contributed to harm.

Can an EMS expert witness provide insight into complex medical terminology and procedures?

Absolutely. Part of their role is to break down complex medical jargon and procedures into understandable terms for judges and juries.

How does Expert Institute select its Emergency Medical Services expert witnesses?

Expert Institute offers a personalized approach to help you find the highest quality experts. We source actively-practicing professionals who match all your requirements for specialty areas, work experience, litigation history, fee range, certifications, location, and more.

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