Medical Quality Assurance

JOHN L. MEADE

MD, FACEP

STATDOC CONSULTING, INC.

PO Box 847, Gulf Breeze, FL 32562

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CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT POSITIONSPresident/CEOStatdoc Consulting, Inc.

April 2007-present

Senior Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Hospital Resources Management, LLC

Dallas, TX

Consulting on Best Practices for physicians & hospitals

July 2008-presentMedical DirectorFaulkner State Community College EMS Program

Medstar, Baldwin County, AL

Gulf Shores (AL) Fire/Rescue

North Baldwin (AL) EMS

Orange Beach (AL) Fire/Rescue

Orange Beach (AL) Police Department Special Response Team

Reserve Officer, Special Response Team

Orange Beach Police Department

SWAT Team

January 2007-present

Medical Advisory Board & Instructor

Alabama Terrorism & Tactical Operations Medical Support (ATTOMS)

Teaching of Tactical EMSSeptember 2009-present

Director of Tactical MedicineSuarez International

Teaching of Tactical EMSDecember 2009-present

Liaison between the International Association of Chiefs of Police Physician

Section and the American College of Emergency Physicians Tactical EMS Section

October 2009-present

Member, EMS Protocol CommitteeAlabama Department of Public Health

July 2006-present

EMTALA Compliance & Quality of Care Reviewer

Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation (AQAF

)

Medicare QIO

July 2004-presentFlorida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. (FMQAI

)

Medicare QIO

August 2009-presentStaff Emergency PhysicianEglin Air Force Base Hospital

Ft. Walton Beach, FL

Sept 2008-presentVolunteer Clinic PhysicianPathways For Change

Pensacola, FL

Residential treatment & work-release program associated with

Escambia County JailJuly 2008-present

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Emergency Medicine1993 (recertified 2002

; expires 2012)

FELLOWSHIP

Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) 1993

LICENSURE

Alabama, Florida

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Locum Tenens Staff Emergency Physician

Several emergency departments in FL and AL for EmCare, Pegasus and others

Oct 2007- August 2008

Chief Executive OfficerEmerald Healthcare Group, P.A.

Gulf Breeze, Florida

March 1998-September 2007

A multi-specialty medical group, providing physicians and physician extenders in

Emergency Medicine & Ambulatory Care settings.

Chief Executive OfficerDoctor s Resource Group, Inc.

Foley, Alabama

Nov 1999- Jan 2007

Medical billing and collections company, specializing in Emergency Medicine and

Ambulatory Care, with both Facility and Professional components.

Chief of Emergency Medicine

South Baldwin Regional Medical Center

Foley, Alabama

May 1997- September 2007

26,000 patient/year volume, in rapidly growing beach resort.

Medical Director of Life Flight

hospital-based helicopter service

Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, Florida

Attending Emergency Physician

Baptist and Gulf Breeze Hospitals, Pensacola, Florida

July, 1992-June, 1997

Combined 45,000 patient/year volume. Baptist is a trauma center, and Gulf Breeze is a

suburban satellite.

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Residency in Emergency Medicine

Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, Florida, 1989-1992

Residency in General Surgery

University of Alabama Medical Center

Birmingham, Alabama, 1986-1988

EDUCATION

University of Alabama School of Medicine

Birmingham, Alabama

July 1982-June 1986

MD

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

Sept 1978-June1982

BS in Biology

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

ACLS (instructor & provider)

PALS (instructor & provider)

ATLS (provider)

NRA Basic Pistol Instructor

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

International Association of Chiefs of Police, Physicians Section

Special Operations Medical Association

American College of Emergency Physicians

including the EMS, Tactical EMS and Disaster Medicine sections

Medical Association of the State of Alabama

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

o Alabama Tactical and Terrorism Operator Medical Support Course (ATTOMS)-

December 2010-Instructor in 36 hour course involving classroom and extensive field

exercises, to teach EMS personnel to integrate police SWAT tactics with emergency

medical care in a tactical environment.

o DAMN (Direct Action Medical Network) Invitational Winter Conference 2010,

Alexandria, LA, February 26-17, 2010

o Alabama Tactical and Terrorism Operator Medical Support Course (ATTOMS) -

November 2009-Instructor in 40 hour course involving classroom and extensive field

exercises, to teach EMS personnel to integrate police SWAT tactics with emergency

medical care in a tactical environment.

o International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October

4, 2009- Presentation on Should We Be Teaching Tactical EMS to Everyone?

o 1st Annual Gulf Coast Trauma & First Responder Symposium, Ft Walton Beach,

FL, March 4, 2009- Presentation on SWAT Medicine .

o DAMN (Direct Action Medical Network) Invitational Winter Conference 2009,

Alexandria, LA, February 27-28, 2009

o International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA,

November 9, 2008- Presentation on Integration of EMS into SWAT Teams .

o International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA,

October 14, 2007- Presentation on Emergency Treatment of Hemorrhagic Trauma in a

Tactical Setting .

o Alabama Tactical and Terrorism Operator Medical Support Course (ATTOMS) -

August 2007-40 hour course involving classroom and extensive field exercises, to teach

EMS personnel to integrate police SWAT tactics with emergency medical care in a

tactical environment.

o Appointed by Alabama Attorney General to his Methamphetamine Task Force, 2005.

Chair of the Medical Sub-group of the Task Force. Charged with helping create

statewide policies and protocols to address this growing drug abuse problem.

o Selected by the American Heart Association to be an original member of the

Development Task Force and a charter instructor/course director for "Advanced

Cardiac Life Support for the Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP)", 1998-2000.

o Emergency Medicine Member, Task Force on Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial

Infarction, sponsored by the Florida Society of Internal Medicine, 1997.

o ACEP Washington, DC Fly-In

The Access to Emergency Medical Services Act (HR815/S356) - Selected by the

National Office of the American College of Emergency Physicians to be one of several

Emergency Physicians to go to the Capitol June 23-24, 1997, for a concerted effort to

help pass this important legislation.

American College of Emergency Physicians, Florida Chapter -

? Secretary/Treasurer, 1998-99

? Board of Directors, 1991-99

? National Councilor, 1996-97, 1999-2000

? Chairman, ClinCon, 1998

? Member, Government Affairs, Membership & Education Committees, 1991-99

? Member, Emergency Medicine Scope of Practice Workgroup, 1996

? Chairman, Symposium by the Sea, 1993

? Resident Representative to Board of Directors, 1990-1991

? Participant in "Emergency Medicine Day," in Tallahassee, 1991-1993

Florida Medical Association -

? Committee on Emergency Medical Services, 1990-1995

? Governing Council Resident Physicians Section, 1990-1992

? Delegate to AMA-RPS, 1990-1991

? FMA Delegate, 1990-1992

Escambia County (FL) Medical Society-

? Alternate Delegate, FMA Annual Meeting, 1996 and 1997

? Credentials Committee, 1994-1996

? Member, Long Term Direction Workgroup, 1994

Orange County (FL) Medical Society -

? Board of Directors, 1990-1992

? Medical-Legal Program, Community Affairs and Membership Committees

? Representative to Orlando Anti-Drug Coalition (Orlando Fights Back)

? Coordinator AMA/ABA Drug Awareness Program

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

? Credentials Committee, South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, Chairman, 2002-

2006

? Medical Executive Committee (ex officio), 2002-2005

? Special Care Committee, South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, 1997-present

? Chair, Crash Cart and Code Task Force, SBRMC, 1998

? Patient Care Committee, Baptist Hospital, 1994-96 (Chairman, 1996)

? Cardiac Arrest Review Task Force, Baptist Hospital, 1995

PUBLICATIONS

1.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

? Co-creator and Instructor, Shivs, Shanks & Tourniquets, Urban Survival, and

Combat Fit Camp, a series of groundbreaking classes that combine first aid training

with self-defense training for laymen

? Preceptor of the Year Award, Interservice Physician Assistant Program, Eglin Air

Force Base, 2009

? Medical Director and Instructor for Faulkner State Community College EMS Program

? Instructor of clinical Emergency Medicine for Osteopathic Medical students from both

Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine & Arizona College of Osteopathic

Medicine

? Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Affiliate Faculty and Instructor

? Charter instructor (1998) for ACLS for the Experienced Provider .

? Medical Director for numerous ACLS Provider and Instructor Classes at South

Baldwin Regional Medical Center, Baptist Hospital, US Naval Flight Surgeon

Training Program, Pensacola Junior College, Orange Beach Fire/Rescue and

Rural Metro Ambulance.

? Previously instructor status in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and

Prehospital Advanced Trauma Life Support (PHTLS).

? Instructor in Paramedic Training Program, Pensacola Junior College, 1992-2000.

? Areas of instruction included:

? Airway Management

? Paralytic Drugs for Intubation

? Chest Trauma

? Firearms & Gunshot Wound Management

? Advanced Cardiac Life Support

? Integration of Air & Ground Components of EMS

? The Future of EMS

? Presentations at Grand Rounds, Baptist Hospital, Pensacola

? Snake Bite Management

? Assessment and Treatment of Head Injury

? Child Abuse and Neglect

? Firearms & Gunshot Wound Management

PROFESSIONAL INNOVATIONS

Created the "STAT CARD", a pocket-sized card with pediatric and adult drug dosages

precalculated, based on expected weight for age. This precludes the need for mental

mathematical calculations in a crisis. Hundreds of these have been distributed free of

charge to Gulf Coast area paramedics and hospital personnel.

COMMUNITY & INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

? Awarded The President s Volunteer Service Award, for my activities with the

Pathways For Change, 2010

? Appearance on international Discovery Channel s Shark Week, to discuss the

care I provided two victims of a shark attack, 2000

? Medical Mission Trips

o Peru, at least annually, 2005-present

o South Dakota Indian Reservation, 2002o Honduras,

2001

o Honduras,

2000

Love For Peru Foundation

o www.loveforperu.org

o Board of Directors, 2006-present

o

Medical Director, Medical/Dental Mission Trips, 2004-present

? Grace Christian Music Festival, Pensacola, FL

o Chair of Medical First Response Team, from inception of festival in 2001,

to conclusion in 2007

President, Homeowners Association, 2009-2011

? Multiple presentations to civic organizations on Emergency Medicine & EMS topics.

? Newspaper columns on Emergency Medicine issues

? Frequent appearances on local television and radio

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