The Medical Control Board and Office of the Medical Director for the EMS System for Metropolitan Oklahoma City and Tulsa is pleased to announce the hiring of Sabina A. Braithwaite, MD, MPH, NREMT-P, FACEP, as the associate medical director effective February 15, 2015.
Braithwaite is board certified in emergency medicine and EMS Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She has extensive experience in EMS and emergency medicine with service as an EMT and paramedic prior to her widely regarded and admired career to date as an EMS medical director, most recently for the Wichita/Sedgwick County, Kansas, EMS system over the past four years. Among the many highlights during that tenure, Braithwaite led the development of an innovative medication administration safety program and supported significant advances in organizing resuscitation practices to increase sudden cardiac arrest survival. She’s appropriately viewed as both a national and international expert in EMS medical oversight, serving in multiple leadership positions within the American College of Emergency Physicians, including chair of the EMS committee, and serving as chairperson of International Trauma Life Support. Braithwaite is a frequently sought speaker at national EMS educational gatherings and has authored multiple manuscripts and textbook chapters in the field of EMS medicine.
Braithwaite will join Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, NRP, FACEP, medical director for the EMS System for Metropolitan Oklahoma City and Tulsa, in providing physician oversight and support for over 4,000 EMS professionals that collectively respond to over 200,000 calls for service yearly, providing the 9-1-1-based emergency medical care for over 1.25 million Oklahomans. Goodloe enthusiastically recommended Braithwaite’s hiring to the Medical Control Board, recognizing not only her professional accomplishments to date, but also citing her sincere dedication in advancing the art and science of EMS medicine, her ardent respect for EMS professionals, and her energetic interest in supporting the many clinical, education and research programs within the EMS system.
