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Mark Piehl

MD, MPH
Intensivist, Medical Director
WakeMed

Mark Piehl is a pediatric critical care physician at WakeMed in Raleigh, NC, and a Medical Director with WakeMed Mobile Critical Care transport. He is also Founder and Chief Medical Officer of 410 Medical, a company developing technology to improve resuscitation in shock, sepsis, and trauma. Mark teaches frequently on the pre-hospital management of trauma and critical illness, has faculty appointments at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, and has numerous Department of Defense grants funding the development of technology to improve trauma care. He is also a founding member of the SPARC Academy and the North Carolina Prehospital Regional Blood Coalition.

2026 Sessions

FAST Session: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Saltwater: The Misunderstood Role of Crystalloid in Critical Care

A brief history of the decline of saline for use in trauma and sepsis shows why those studies don’t say what people think they say discuss the crucial use cases for crystalloid resuscitation (like TBI, pre-intubation hypotension, or pediatric trauma when you don’t have blood available) and how to avoid misuse (precision resuscitation and ultrasound).

Speaker

Thursday, May 28 9:35–9:55 AM
Room Waller Ballroom C-F
Faculty

Mark Piehl

MD, MPH
Intensivist, Medical Director
WakeMed

Mark Piehl is a pediatric critical care physician at WakeMed in Raleigh, NC, and a Medical Director with WakeMed Mobile Critical Care transport. He is also Founder and Chief Medical Officer of 410 Medical, a company developing technology to improve resuscitation in shock, sepsis, and trauma. Mark teaches frequently on the pre-hospital management of trauma and critical illness, has faculty appointments at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, and has numerous Department of Defense grants funding the development of technology to improve trauma care. He is also a founding member of the SPARC Academy and the North Carolina Prehospital Regional Blood Coalition.
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