Faculty

David Miramontes

MD
EMS Medical Director
UT Health San Antonio/ San Antonio Fire Dept.

Dr. David Miramontes and currently serves as the EMS Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department. He started as a volunteer Firefighter-EMT while still in high school and received Medic training. , worked ten years as a Registered Nurse in ER /ICU, Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, and then received his BS in Physiology at UC Davis. He attended the Medical College of Ohio and Emergency Medicine Residency at the St Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo Ohio, where he also was a Lifeflight Physician. He was the EMS Director for the Toledo Fire Dept. and 18 rural/suburban EMS agencies. He assumed command as the Assistant Fire Chief and Medical Director for District of Columbia Fire Department (Wash. DC) from 2011-14 before coming to San Antonio for his current assignment.

2026 Sessions

Community Paramedicine Can be Started in Almost Any Community

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This presentation will discuss mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) areas of focus that EMS agencies or fire departments can implement in their community. The session will discuss the benefits of reducing call volume, which improves patient and providers satisfaction. Attendees will learn how MIH programs can improve the health of people in the community. Attendees will see examples of successful programs focusing on high-volume users, contracted hospice response, jail or homeless shelter programs, and opioid interventions.

Presenter (1 Presenter)

Thursday, October 01 8:00–9:00 AM
Room W240 C
Community Paramedicine
Faculty

David Miramontes

MD
EMS Medical Director
UT Health San Antonio/ San Antonio Fire Dept.

Dr. David Miramontes and currently serves as the EMS Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department. He started as a volunteer Firefighter-EMT while still in high school and received Medic training. , worked ten years as a Registered Nurse in ER /ICU, Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, and then received his BS in Physiology at UC Davis. He attended the Medical College of Ohio and Emergency Medicine Residency at the St Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo Ohio, where he also was a Lifeflight Physician. He was the EMS Director for the Toledo Fire Dept. and 18 rural/suburban EMS agencies. He assumed command as the Assistant Fire Chief and Medical Director for District of Columbia Fire Department (Wash. DC) from 2011-14 before coming to San Antonio for his current assignment.

A Chat About Tracheostomies—From a Doc Who Had One

Presenter (1 Presenter)

Thursday, October 01 9:15–10:15 AM
Room W230 D
Critical Care
Faculty

David Miramontes

MD
EMS Medical Director
UT Health San Antonio/ San Antonio Fire Dept.

Dr. David Miramontes and currently serves as the EMS Medical Director for the San Antonio Fire Department. He started as a volunteer Firefighter-EMT while still in high school and received Medic training. , worked ten years as a Registered Nurse in ER /ICU, Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, and then received his BS in Physiology at UC Davis. He attended the Medical College of Ohio and Emergency Medicine Residency at the St Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo Ohio, where he also was a Lifeflight Physician. He was the EMS Director for the Toledo Fire Dept. and 18 rural/suburban EMS agencies. He assumed command as the Assistant Fire Chief and Medical Director for District of Columbia Fire Department (Wash. DC) from 2011-14 before coming to San Antonio for his current assignment.

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