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Michael Dailey

MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Medical Advisor
EMS World

Michael W. Dailey, MD, FACEP FAEMS, is Chief of the Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine and Professor of Emergency Medicine and EMS Fellowship Director at the Albany Medical College. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, and received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. He has been involved in EMS for a really long time, with provider experience in volunteer suburban EMS, rural volunteer fire service, urban municipal EMS, and helicopter EMS. He has medical direction responsibilities for state, municipal, and volunteer services spanning EMS, fire and law enforcement. He serves as the Medical Advisor for EMS World.

2026 Sessions

Cervical Collars: Window Dressing or Medical Treatment?

An EMS physician from Florida just removed cervical collars from his ambulances and proclaimed, “cervical collars are a cancer”, but are they? Should we all stop using them or is there a middle ground? We don’t want to cause harm to our patients or angst for our EMS clinicians, so how should we move forward with the care of our patients? Just because the literature doesn’t show benefit, doesn’t mean that there is universal harm. And most importantly, EMS is just one small part of the house of medicine. How should we advance care without creating controversy for our clinicians?

Presenter (1 Presenter)

Thursday, May 28 9:10–9:40 AM
Room 405
Faculty

Michael Dailey

MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Medical Advisor
EMS World

Michael W. Dailey, MD, FACEP FAEMS, is Chief of the Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine and Professor of Emergency Medicine and EMS Fellowship Director at the Albany Medical College. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, and received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. He has been involved in EMS for a really long time, with provider experience in volunteer suburban EMS, rural volunteer fire service, urban municipal EMS, and helicopter EMS. He has medical direction responsibilities for state, municipal, and volunteer services spanning EMS, fire and law enforcement. He serves as the Medical Advisor for EMS World.

'Scene Safe, BSI'—The Most Dangerous Words in EMS?

Presenter (1 Presenter)

Thursday, May 28 3:50–4:20 PM
Room 405
Faculty

Michael Dailey

MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Medical Advisor
EMS World

Michael W. Dailey, MD, FACEP FAEMS, is Chief of the Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine and Professor of Emergency Medicine and EMS Fellowship Director at the Albany Medical College. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and EMS. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, and received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. He has been involved in EMS for a really long time, with provider experience in volunteer suburban EMS, rural volunteer fire service, urban municipal EMS, and helicopter EMS. He has medical direction responsibilities for state, municipal, and volunteer services spanning EMS, fire and law enforcement. He serves as the Medical Advisor for EMS World.
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