Medical Care During Periods of Protest

Gregory Jasani, University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Dr Greg Jasani, MD is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and on faculty with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has spoken on medical care during periods of protest at state and national conferences. He is the author of over ten academic book chapters, and the author of numerous op-eds published in the Baltimore Sun, LA Times, MedPage Today and Stat News. Dr. Garrett Cavaliere is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, the medical director of Life Lion Critical Care transport, an operational EMS/flight/tactical physician as well as a medical team manager for Pennsylvania Task Force 1. He is board certified in both emergency medicine and EMS. Matthew F. Steenberg, Rutgers University, Newark NJ. Matthew F. Steenberg is a board-certified EMS and Emergency Physician from New Jersey. His interests include delivering high quality medical care in austere environments and medical education. He has experience with planning and response for protests, mass gatherings, and disaster deployments at the federal, state, and local levels.

• Introduction David Tan, Gregory Jasani and Garrett Cavaliere; 1. Chemical irritants Bobbi-Jo Lowie and Carolina Mendoza; 2. Kinetic impact projectiles Robert Flint and Larissa Unruh; 3. Conducted energy weapons Michael Sibel and Jason David; 4. Stun grenades Kayla Luliucci and Navin Ariyaprakai; 5. Molotov cocktails Kayla Luliucci, Sarah Lee and Jaclyn Dibello; 6. Dog Bites/Water cannons Heather Groves and Gabriella Miller; 7. Smoke grenades Aaron Frey and Chris Holstege; 8. Protestor caused injuries Gregory Jasani and Satya Vedula; 9. Stampede/crowd injuries Kyle Herbert and Samuel Walther; 10. Prehospital safety/security Satya Vedula, Matt Steenberg and Garrett Cavaliere; 11. Field triage Kyle Herbert and Alexander Barrett; 12. Medical care in a contentious environment Simon Johnson, Faroukh Mehkri, Jason Pickett and Garrett Cavaliere; 13. Emergency department considerations Carolina Mendoza and Bobbi-Jo Lowie; 14. Hospital/system level preparation Robert Flint; 15. Mental health Afrah Ali and David Mancini; 16. Recovery Satya Vedula and Gregory Jasani.