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Dr. Shields during Tactical Medic course |
Richard O. Shields, Jr.,
M.D., FACEP
Medical Director
In 1984, Dr. Shields moved to
Savannah to join Emergency Medical Group at
Memorial Medical Center. While at MMC he served
as Medical Director of the Emergency Department and
Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and
served on many hospital committees including Medical
Executive, Occurrence Screening, Utilization Review,
Critical Care, and Trauma.
At the
end of 1997, Dr. Shields left MMC to help establish
SouthCoast UrgentCare. In early 1999
he was recruited to join the expanding group of
physicians at GEA. He currently staffs
four of the GEA hospital ED's and currently serves as
Medical Director of the Candler ED. He also is the web
master for
GEA Online. Dr. Shields was Board
Certified by the American Board of Emergency
Medicine (ABEM) in 1984, and re-certified in
1994. He also serves as an Oral Board
Examiner for ABEM. He is a member and Fellow of
the American College of Emergency Physicians.
He has held numerous offices with the Georgia
College of Emergency Physicians including a
two-year term as President. He currently serves on the
GCEP Board of Directors.
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 David
E. Hall, Jr., NREMT-P
CEO / Instructor
Dave has over 30 years as
a Medic, Instructor and an EMS Administrator. As one of
the founders of the MedStar / LIFESTAR
programs at a level one trauma center, Dave spent 16
years managing and growing the agency to become one of the largest ground and helicopter EMS
services in Georgia. Prior to that he served 7
years as a medic and supervisor for Chatham County
EMS. he has recently served as a part-time MEDDAC
Paramedic with Ft. Stewart / Hunter A.A.F EMS.
Dave's certifications
include: Flight Paramedic; Tactical Medic
Instructor, Dave was the first "Tactical Medic"
for the Savannah Police Dept. and went on to
serve as staff member for the CONTOMS (Counter
Narcotics Tactical Operations Medical Support) program
at FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center) in Brunswick, Ga; EMT-Intermediate Instructor;
Nationally Registered Paramedic and holds a
Paramedic license in the states of Georgia and
Florida. He is also a licensed US Coast Guard
Captain (Charter Boat).
Dave is also an EMS consultant and
has published several EMS articles. Dave is a
board member of several companies and is a past (two
term) chairman of the
Chatham County Local Emergency
Planning Committee (LEPC). Dave is
also a member of the
Chatham County Citizen Corp Council
and the Coordinator of the Chatham County Medical
Reserve Corps.
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Staff
Carol
Crockett, NREMT-P
