Emergency Medical Services Expert Witnesses in Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Emergency Medicine - incarcerated, jail, prison, arrest, trauma, residents, residency, supervisor, police, medical director, department chair, level 1, tertiary care center, opiate, gun shot, EMS, emergency medical services, misdiagnosis, medical board, community hospital

Dr. Eliot Blum is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with over 14 years of experience managing a broad spectrum of urgent and emergent medical conditions. He is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and an Assistant Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital. Additionally, he serves as a certified expert witness for the Florida Department of Health and consults as a peer reviewer for the Georgia Composite Medical Board. He is actively involved in professional organizations such as the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the American Medical Association, and the Medical Association of Georgia. His medical licensure has spanned multiple states, including Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. Dr. Blum earned his medical degree from the Tel Aviv University – Sackler School of Medicine (American Program) in 2011, followed by residency ...

Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine - Ambulance Operations, EMS, EMT, Paramedic, Standard of Care, Medical Malpractice, Cardiac Arrest, Airway, Intubation, Chemical Restraint, Refusal of Care, Patient drops, Violent Patient Management, Ambulance Response, Trauma Care, Delay of Care, Sedation, Overdose, Wrongful Death, Negligence

I am an actively practicing paramedic, providing direct patient care. For over 35 years my career path has included public and private sector fire and emergency medical services. Extending into leadership, incident management, design and implementation of immersive educational scenarios, physician training, and emergency planning, I have experience in several widely varying aspects of my profession. In addition to management of countless incidents in a broad array of emergency services, I have also mitigated events ranging in complexity from multiple alarm fires to mass casualty incidents. I am a paramedic supervisor for both a municipal, fire-based EMS system, and a county emergency medical services system. I have participated in the design and implementation of educational, operational, safety, quality improvement, standard of care and EMS policies and procedures for EMTs, paramedics and physicians. As an expert witness specializing in pre-hospital emergency medicine, I hav...