Pickett, Jason
Dog Days of Summer: TEMS Lessons Learned During Civil Unrest During a Pandemic in Austin, 2020

This will be an overview and case study of EMS response challenges during civil unrest operations in Austin during the summer of 2020. Large, moving, and sometimes hostile crowds, the variety of illnesses and injuries and multiple casualty incidents, interface with other public safety units as well as ad-hoc civilian medical organizations complicated preparedness in ways not often faced with other mass gathering events. Prolonged operational medical support unmasked challenges of maintaining force health protection at a time when COVID cases in Austin were skyrocketing.

Jason Pickett - Bio
Dr. Jason Pickett is the Tactical EMS Chair for the NTOA. He serves as the EMS Fellowship Director in the Dept. of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. He is the non-military Vice President of the Special Operations Medical Association and is a member of the Guidelines and Practice Committee for the National Association of EMS Physicians. He is also a member of the Guidelines Committee for the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care. He has a nearly 20 year career in SWAT, having been a member of teams in the Dayton, OH region and Austin, TX.