Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006
Dr. Slevinski Honored with EMS Leadership Award
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) has named Dr. Richard Slevinski of Pace the 2006 recipient of the Roy M. Baker, M.D., Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Provision of Emergency Medical services by a Physician or Layperson. The award will be presented to Dr. Slevinski at the Escambia County Medical Society’s Annual Ball on Jan. 20.
Dr. Slevinski has served patients in the Emergency Department at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola for six years. He also serves as associate medical director of AIRHeart, Sacred Heart’s air ambulance service. For the past 20 years, Dr. Slevinski has served as Florida’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) medical director. He developed the concept of EMS medical direction in Florida and is active in EMS long-term planning on the state level. Dr. Slevinski also is the medical director for Florida Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Florida DMAT-1.
“I am honored by the thoughtfulness of my colleagues for this recognition,” said Dr. Slevinski. “I have been lucky to work with many skilled people these past 30 years in the development of our field. We must continue to recognize new trends in patient care and use education to prepare our emergency responders.”
Dr. Slevinski has been instrumental in leading the development of emergency and disaster response in Florida and the nation. He remains active in Trauma Center development, helping to write and implement standards in use by EMS today.
Dr Slevinski helped develop the concept of Medical Direction for EMS Systems. He was the author of the first course to teach doctors the principles of EMS Medical Direction. It was developed in Florida and has been adopted as the official training course of the National Association of EMS Physicians. In the 1990s, he became interested in improving stroke care and led the statewide committee that developed the concept of using clot-buster drugs for strokes and developing stroke care as a system response that starts with patient recognition and ends with timely care in stroke centers. Florida had the first statewide stroke care protocol in 1997 – years ahead of the nation. In 2000, Dr. Slevinski was recognized nationally by the American Stroke Association as the “Stroke Advocate for the Year.”
The Roy M. Baker Award was established in 1995 by the FMA House of Delegates to be given to a physician or layperson whose efforts have greatly contributed to the protection, health and safety of the citizens of their community, or the state of Florida, either in preparation for or during the time of a natural or caused disaster.
For more information, please contact Beth Brunner of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians at (407) 281-7396, ext. 14.
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