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Government Emergency Medical Security
Services
The Division of Emergency Medicine
sponsors a
Fellowship in Government Emergency Medical
Security Services. The Program Director is Kathy Rinnert and the overall coordinator is the Chair of the
Division of Emergency Medicine, Paul Pepe.
 Over the past decade, there has
been a growing need for Emergency Physicians to provide
specialized expertise for various governmental agencies,
ranging from local police, Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Secret Service to health
agencies and political groups, both at the regional and
federal level. In 1998, Dr. Paul Pepe, then Commonwealth
Emergency Medical Director for the state of Pennsylvania
in the administration of Governor Tom Ridge, developed
the concept of an academic Government Emergency Medical
Security Services (GEMSS) Fellowship. The curriculum for
the proposed GEMSS fellowship went beyond the
traditional medical-related elements of tactical EMS and
weapons of mass effect (WME) training. It provided a
more comprehensive extension to traditional EM physician
education that ranged from VIP protective service
details and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
activities to the political, legislative and mass media
activities involved in effectively providing emergency
medical security for the public.
There is much overlap in the
curriculum of the GEMSS and Toxicology Fellowships.
This provides opportunities to enhance both
Fellowships. For example, the Toxicology Fellows now
attend the Homeland Security Training Center in
Anniston, AL; along with the GEMSS Fellows; in order to
take the Incident Command and Hands-On-Training
courses. These course address chemical exposures,
assessment, decontamination, and management. The
attention to detail is high. Participants actually work
with live agents during the training! Participation of
Medical Toxicology Fellows in the GEMSS activities may
be tailored to meet the needs of individual Fellows.
However, some of the training shared by the Fellowships
is mandatory.
The Division of Emergency Medicine
at UT Southwestern was one of the founding groups of the
AMA endorsed Advanced Disaster Life Support and Core
Disaster Life Support courses. Faculty and fellows from
the Division actively participate teaching within these
courses.
Click here to visit the HomeSite of the GEMSS
Fellowship
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