Notable Medical Directors
- Dr. Peter Safar - credited as the inventor of CPR and the Intensive Care Unit, and founding medical director of the Freedom House Ambulance Service (America's first paramedic ambulance service).
- Dr. Nancy Caroline - Co-founder of Freedom House, one of the first EMS medical directors in America, and first formal medical director of the Magen David Adom (Israeli EMS).
- Dr. R Adams Cowley - Founding medical director of America's first dedicated trauma centre (ShockTrauma — Baltimore) and of the first dedicated air ambulance operation in the U.S. (Maryland State Police). Creator of the concept of the Golden Hour for trauma care.
- Dr. Norman McSwain - Founding medical director of the New Orleans paramedic training program and New Orleans Police EMS Detail (now New Orleans EMS), inventor of the McSwain Dart (for paramedic emergency management of tension pneumothorax).
- Dr. Ronald Stewart - Founding medical director, Los Angeles County paramedic program, Pittsburgh EMS, substantial role in the founding of Toronto, Canada, paramedic program, and Nova Scotia, Canada, paramedic program.
- Dr. Leonard Cobb - Founding medical director, Seattle, Washington, 'Medic One' paramedic program.
- Dr. Eugene Nagel - Founding medical director, Miami, Florida paramedic program.
- Dr. Jullette Saussy - Medical director of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services and a nationally recognized female leader in emergency medical services.
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