EMS Partners

For a swimmer caught in a rip current, floating unresponsive in frigid waters off Galveston in the heart of winter, the two or three minutes it can take to get to shore can mean the difference between life and death.

Dr. Dietrich Jehle, chair of UTMB Department of Emergency Medicine, expects future emergency medical residents in his department to respond to emergencies in the field by working shifts with EMS agencies, riding with crews, meeting them in ambulance bays and reviewing cases with them.