Jeffrey Cain, MD
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Exceptional Emergency Center, Sachse, TX 75048 (Exclusive physician providing direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for emergency medical treatment. Leads an independent team of 2 RNs, one Midlevel provider (Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner), one Radiology Tech and two administrative personnel during each shift.)
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician (part time), Advance ER, Dallas, Texas, 75209.
(Exclusive physician providing direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for emergency medical treatment. Leads an independent team of 2 RNs, two mid-level providers (Nurse Practitioners), one Radiology Tech and two administrative personnel during each shift.)
Director, Operational Medicine, Constellis/Triple Canopy World Wide Protective Service, Task Order 2 – Bagdad (Responsible for oversight of 60 paramedics and Advanced EMTs; provide medical education, training, remote medical care advisement, and medical protocols for personnel contracted as Personal Security Detachment to the US Department of State mission Bagdad, Iraq. Primarily advises command element for risk/risk mitigation regarding medical issues for remote/austere environments. Provides liaison between US State Department and Department of Defense personnel and other non-Government organizations providing health care operations with the geographical region.)
Medical Director, Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT Program), Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Chief Medical Officer, Precision Trauma, Fortson, GA 31808
Former member, Department of Defense Trauma and Injury Subcommittee advisory board to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Guidelines Committee Member, Committee for Emergency Tactical Casualty Care
Former Vice-Chairman and current Advisory Board Member, Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (Committee serves as direct advisory body for Combat Casualty Care to the Department of Defense Health Advisory Board; publishes guidelines for Tactical Medicine under the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Program)
Medical Consultant: Hunt Oil Global Security, North American Rescue LLC, GEOS360, and PryTime Medical, LLC.
Tactical Medical Consultant and Instructor for numerous corporate entities
Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Previous Health Care Experience:
OCT 2019-JUL 2020
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, City Hospital Emergency Care Center, Mesquite, TX 75150 (Exclusive physician providing direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for medical treatment. Leads an independent team of 2 RNs, one Radiology Tech and two administrative personnel during each shift.)
OCT 2017-JUL 2020
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Trusted Emergency Center, Coppell, TX 75019 (Exclusive physician providing direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for medical treatment. Leads an independent team of 2 RNs, one Radiology Tech and two administrative personnel during each shift.)
AUG 2015- OCT 2019
Medical Director, Laboratory Director, and Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, City Hospital Emergency Care Center, McKinney, TX 75070. Administrative duties included (but not limited to): responsible for all staffing and medical care provided to the local community for a free-standing Emergency Center. Provided data analysis and recommendations for providing health care and improving the business model to enhance customer satisfaction and increase patient use of the facility. Responsible for all laboratory processes and certifications/licensure. Prepared facility for Joint Commission on Hospitals and Health Care Organizations inspection/certification that resulted in no negative findings. Responsible for forging and maintaining agreements with all local health care entities and hospitals for patient transfers/admissions and follow up care. Provided direct, clinical Emergency Medical Care for patients when working as a staff physician.
JUL 2017-DEC 2017
Medical Director and Staff Emergency Medical Physician, Neighbors’ Emergency Center, Paris, TX (served as Medical Director and Lab Director for a free standing Emergency Center in an underserved community. Responsible for opening the facility and obtaining all State licensure/inspections, arranging for transfer agreements between local hospital entities, conducting supervisory and chart reviews for 6 physicians, and overseeing marketing responsibilities. Also served as clinical staff physician providing direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for medical treatment. Leads an independent team of 2 RNs, one Radiology Tech and two administrative personnel during each shift.)
NOV 2015 – MAY 2017
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Family ER, Irving, TX (Provided direct medical care for patients and supervised staff in clinical setting of a free-standing community Emergency Department. Provided direct patient care in a free-standing Emergency Center environment for 24-hour periods of coverage. Responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, treating, and coordinating care for all patients presenting for medical treatment. Lead an independent team of 1 RN, one Radiology Tech and one administrative personnel during each shift.)
JUN 2010 – OCT 2015:
Tactical Medical Director, McKinney Fire Department, McKinney Texas; Plano Fire Department, Plano, Texas; Frisco Fire Department, Frisco, Texas: Provided direct medical support and medical supervision for Tactical Paramedics and one Physician Assistant for high-risk/high-threat law enforcement scenarios and SWAT Teams.
MAY 2008 – DEC 2016
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Medical Center of Plano (Level II Trauma Center), Plano, TX.
Provided clinical Emergency Medicine services for Community Hospital Level II Trauma Center.
JUN 2008 – AUG 2016:
Emergency Medical Services Physician, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX. Provided staff Emergency Medicine services to spectators and professional racecar drivers and staff during NASCAR and INDYCAR race events.
JAN 2012-1 AUG 2016
Tactical Medical Director Plano Fire Department Tactical Medical Section and Frisco Fire Department Tactical Medical Section. Provided medical training and direction, and direct medical support for 13 Tactical Medics and one PA in support of high risk Law Enforcement operations. Secured sponsorship for a 4-Medic Fire Department-based team to compete in an international military tactical medicine competition in Spain. As the only civilian team in this competition, “Team Texas” earned an unprecedented second place finish out of 14 military teams from 9 NATO nations.
May 2009-May 2011
Tactical Medical Director, McKinney Fire Department Tactical Medical Section. Provided medical training and direction, and direct medical support for 3 Tactical Medics and one PA in support of high-risk Law Enforcement operations for McKinney SWAT team. Established the First Responder Emergency Medical Treatment training program for the McKinney Police Department.
MAY 2008 – AUG 2014
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Medical Center of McKinney, McKinney, TX. Provided clinical Emergency Medicine services for Community Hospital Level III Trauma Center.
JUN 2007 – JUL 2008
Research Physician, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (responsible for continuing combat casualty care research initiatives on point-of-injury and far-forward trauma care conducted within tactical environments; provided Emergency Department staff physician coverage for Brooke Army Medical Center (Level 1 Trauma Center) where I oversaw Emergency Medicine residents and provided direct Emergency Medicine medical care/treatment; served as Adjunct Staff for the Brooke Army Medical Center Burn Center; provided educational lectures for Emergency Medicine residents and Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant fellows; provided educational lectures and training for Army Medical Officers regarding deployed, tactical, and combat medicine at the Army Medical Department Center and School)
AUG 2005-JUN 2007
Chief, Emergency Medical Services, Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Oklahoma (responsible for resourcing a 12 bed Emergency Department for a Community Hospital with an annual ED volume of approximately 27,000 patient visits; provided 100-200 hours/month Emergency Department coverage; Medical Director for the hospital’s EMS section consisting of 10 Paramedics and 14 EMT-Bs; also served as Medical Director for the hospital training/education division that conducted all pre-hospital provider training/education)
AUG 2003-AUG 2005
Chief, Academic Division, Department of Combat Medic Training, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas (responsible for all aspects of curriculum development for training, assessment, validation, and sustainment for all levels of pre-hospital care for the US Army; served as a Tactical Medicine Consultant to the US Marine Corps and other Department of Defense agencies for tactical medicine program development; provided pre-hospital health care for all student field training exercises)
AUG 2003-AUG 2005:
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio,
Texas (concurrent assignment with above position in order to maintain clinical Emergency Medicine skills while in primary pre-hospital academic position; provided direct Emergency Medicine care and supervised Emergency Medicine Residents and Physician Assistants in a Level 1 Trauma Center, served as guest lecturer for residents.)
AUG 2001-AUG 2003:
Battalion Physician, 1st Ranger Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, GA (primary health care provider for a US Army Special Operations 700+man unit; supervised a medical section consisting of 1 PA, one physical therapist, and 23 Ranger Special Operations Combat Medics; provided health care in clinical and field environments – to include two combat rotations in Afghanistan and one in Iraq; conducted humanitarian health care missions in Afghanistan and Iraq; provided emergency medical coverage during helicopter and fixed-wing casualty evacuations. Advised the Commander and planned/resourced a robust preventative health care program to include vaccines, routine health and dental care during deployed situations; supervised a Surgical Refractive Eyesight Correction program that provided refractive surgery for over 150 Rangers. Initiated a Ranger Trauma Registry documentation program for the Battalion that cataloged/tracked interventions and outcomes for all traumatic injuries; provided all physical exam requirements for diving, flight, High Altitude Low Opening parachute operations, and Ranger School personnel. Primarily responsible for planning/coordinating Joint Special Operations Task Force medical contingency plans in support of initial entry missions into Afghanistan and Iraq and subsequent sustained combat rotations in both theaters. Supervised the Ranger EMT program (provided advanced medical training and EMT-I and advanced Ranger Trauma Training certification for over 100 non-medical specialist Rangers to serve as medical assistants as needed during combat operations). Planned, coordinated, and resourced all medical support for all training events that occurred anywhere off of Hunter Army Airfield, GA to include civilian stand-by ground and air ambulance support and local Trauma Center support. Responsible for planning, resourcing and equipping non-medical specific aircraft and ground vehicles to be rapidly configured to transport/facilitate medical care for wounded Task Force personnel during combat operations. Primary Medical Officer who planned, coordinated and executed a successful Hostage Rescue mission during the initial entry missions into Iraq.)
AUG 2001-AUG 2003:
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Winn Army Community Hospital, Ft Stewart, GA
Staff Emergency Medicine Physician, Tuttle Army Community Health Clinic, Hunter Army Airfield, GA (concurrent staff physician assignments with above position; provided sole Emergency Medicine support at Tuttle Health Clinic – a satellite Army health clinic geographically separated from parent community hospital by 30 miles; provided augmentation to Winn Army Community Hospital Emergency Department to maintain clinical EM skills; served as evaluator for Winn Army Community Hospital Emergency Preparedness Mass Casualty exercises.)
JUL 1998- JUL 2001:
Emergency Medicine Resident, Darnall Army Medical Center, Ft Hood, TX (Provided supervised Emergency Medicine care during Emergency Medicine training program for an Army Community Hospital seeing in excess of 90,000 emergency visits annually)
Undergraduate Education:
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 7/84-5/88 (B.S.)
Graduate Medical Education:
Emergency Medicine residency, Darnall Army Medical Center, Ft. Hood, TX (6/98-6/01)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 8/94-5/98 (M.D.)
Post Graduate Training:
1) Basic Medical Care for the Tactical Canine, September 2010
2) GSACEP Emergency Department Director’s Course, 2005
3) Hyperbaric Medicine Team Training, 2003
4) Supervising and Evaluating Government Civil Service Employees, 2003
5) Detainee Health Care Issues for Special Operations Forces, 2003
6) Joint Special Operations Integrated Combat Trauma Management Training Instructor Course, 2002
7) Special Operations Physician Orientation and Training Course, 2001
8) Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Warfare Casualties Resident Course, 1999 (refresher training completed 2006)
9) Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course, 1998
Professional Data:
Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (2004, 2014)
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
Current Medical License State of Texas
Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support and Tactical Combat Casualty Care Instructor
Publications:
Boyer, Seiffert, Cain. “Recurrence phenomena after immunoglobulin therapy for snake envenomations: Part 2 Guidelines for clinical management with crotaline Fab antivenom.” Annals of Emergency Medicine, Feb 2001.
McManus J, Hill G, Cain J, Parsons D, Ward J, Hastings P. “Combat Trauma Airway Management: Combitube® versus the King Laryngeal Tracheal® Device by Army Combat Medic Students.” Academic Emergency Medicine, volume 12 #5 supplement 1, May 2005.
Cain, Jeffrey S. “From the battlefield to our streets: how combat medicine is revolutionizing civilian prehospital care.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services, The War on Trauma Supplement, October 2008.
Cain, Jeffrey S. “Lethal Detonation: Responding to Scenes Involving Blast Injuries.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services, August 2010.
Kragh, O’Neill, Beebe, Fox, Beekley, Cain. “Survey of the Indications for use of emergency tourniquets.” Journal of Special Operations Medicine, Volume 11 #1, January 2011.
Ryan, Rickards, Hinojosa-Laborde, Gerhardt, Cain. “Advanced technology development for remote triage applications in bleeding combat casualties.” US Army Medical Department Journal. APR-JUN 2011; 61-72.
Kotwal, Montgomery, Kotwal, Champion, Butler, Mabry, Cain et al. “Eliminating preventable death on the battlefield.” Archives of Surgery, August 2011.
Klaff, Cain. “Hyponatremia, dehydration, and heat: preventing illness in the tactical athlete.” The Tactical Edge, Fall, 2012.
Kragh, Walters, Westmoreland…Cain, et al. “Tragedy into drama: an American history of tourniquet use in the current war.” Journal of Special Operations Medicine, Fall, 2013.
Cain, Wilson, Heightman. “Rapid deployment of tourniquets, on yourself and on others.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services (online edition) April 6, 2016.
Cain, Wilson, et al. “Tourniquet tips.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services. 2016: 41(4). 40-44.
Klaff, Wilson, Cain. “Improving upon blast injury response in mass casualty scenarios.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services (online edition) August 1, 2016.
Klaff, Wilson, Cain.”Dangerous blasts. Preparing for explosive incident responses.” Journal of Emergency Medical Services, Volume 41#8. 2016. 57-61.
Butler, Holcomb…Cain, et al. “Management of suspected tension pneumothorax in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines change 17-02.” Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Spring 2018; 18(2). 19-35.
Montgomery, Hammesfahr, Fisher, Cain, et al. “2019 recommended limb tourniquets in Tactical Combat Casualty Care.” Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Winter, 2019; 19(4): 27-50.
“Ranger Medic Handbook,” Co-editor and protocol development.
“91W Combat Medic Field Reference,” Contributing editor and protocol development
“68W Advanced Field Craft; Combat Medic Skills,” contributing author
Other Military Experience:
75th Ranger Regiment, (4/92-8/94) Special Staff Liaison Officer
3/75th Ranger Regiment, (4/91-6/92) Platoon Leader, Rifle Company Executive Officer
4/502 IN Berlin, Germany, (3/89-3/91) Platoon Leader, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Acting Company Commander
References:
Available Upon Request