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Eric Jaeger

NRP, JD
EMS Educator/Attorney
Exeter Hospital

Eric Jaeger, JD, EMS I/C, NRP is an attorney, RSI paramedic and EMS educator. He works at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH as the EMS educator and as an RSI paramedic on the hospital’s ALS Paramedic Intercept team and in the emergency department. Eric lectures extensively on EMS topics. He has served on the State of NH EMS Protocol Committee for over 15 years. He holds a BS, Computer Science from MIT and a law degree from Boston College Law School from which he graduated summa cum laude. Publications: “Know the Differences between Seizures, Epilepsy & Mimics,” JEMS, 12/2012, and “Prehospital Care of Neurologic Emergencies, Ch. 5 Spinal Cord Injury,” Cambridge University Press, 08/2014.

2026 Sessions

Ketamine on Trial: The Case for and Against Prehospital Sedation

Yes, I understand

This session puts one of EMS’s most controversial medications in the hot seat. In this high-stakes, courtroom-style debate, a paramedic-attorney takes the prosecution’s side—questioning the ethics, safety, and legality of field ketamine use—while a clinical pharmacist–paramedic mounts the defense, armed with evidence, pharmacology, and real-world experience. Together, they’ll examine the data, dissect the lawsuits, and challenge the assumptions surrounding ketamine for undifferentiated agitation, behavioral emergencies, and rapid sedation in the field. Was ketamine used appropriately, or did we cross a line? Where does clinical judgment end and legal liability begin? With expert testimony, cross-examination, and audience participation, this session blends science, law, and clinical practice in a fast-paced, unforgettable format. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of both the pharmacologic and medicolegal implications of ketamine administration—and the confidence to defend (or reconsider) their decisions when the next agitated patient tests the limits of prehospital medicine.

Co-Presenter (2 Presenters)

Presenter (1 Presenter)

Wednesday, September 30 2:30–3:30 PM
Room W331 B-D
Clinical Paramedicine
Faculty

Eric Jaeger

NRP, JD
EMS Educator/Attorney
Exeter Hospital

Eric Jaeger, JD, EMS I/C, NRP is an attorney, RSI paramedic and EMS educator. He works at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH as the EMS educator and as an RSI paramedic on the hospital’s ALS Paramedic Intercept team and in the emergency department. Eric lectures extensively on EMS topics. He has served on the State of NH EMS Protocol Committee for over 15 years. He holds a BS, Computer Science from MIT and a law degree from Boston College Law School from which he graduated summa cum laude. Publications: “Know the Differences between Seizures, Epilepsy & Mimics,” JEMS, 12/2012, and “Prehospital Care of Neurologic Emergencies, Ch. 5 Spinal Cord Injury,” Cambridge University Press, 08/2014.

Faculty

William Heuser

PharmD, MS, BCEMP, BCCCP, BCNSP, EMT-P, FP-C
Clinical Pharmacist/Clinical Toxicologist/Professor/Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Northwell Health/Hofstra University/Hicksville Fire Department

William Heuser, PharmD, BCCCP, BCEMP, BCNSP, MS, EMT-P, FP-C is a clinical critical care pharmacist, course director/clinical professor of pharmacology, clinical toxicologist and certified flight paramedic/firefighter. William has presented at several national conferences across the United States and has extensive research experience in resuscitative medicine with several publications in peer-reviewed journals. As a clinical toxicologist at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, his research focuses on the acute resuscitation of critically ill and dying patients. A current focus of his research focuses on the development of novel pharmacological cocktails coupled with emergency cardiopulmonary bypass to save the lives of patients who fail traditional advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) treatment.
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