About this speaker
Dr. Damon Darsey is a physician that holds two board certifications in emergency medicine and emergency medical services (EMS) with over twenty years of experience in public safety, field, and emergency medicine. Dr. Darsey was in academic emergency medicine for over fourteen years, where he was the medical director for a medical communications center, statewide air ambulance service and public safety support division. In 2021, Dr. Darsey started a healthcare consulting firm that provides support to regional and rural community hospitals in areas supporting the acute care and coordination of patient movement, emergency care, access, and analytics. He has established over a dozen command/transfer centers and speaks nationally on this topic.
Currently, Dr. Darsey is the Chief Executive Officer of Paladin Emergency Services Consulting, a firm that provides consulting to counties, cities and agencies on improving pre-hospital and acute care services. Darsey has provided EMS medical direction for over twelve years and currently provides medical direction to non-transport EMS services, 911 advanced life support services, industries and is the Medical Director for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety/Mississippi Highway Patrol. His clinical practice is in a rural critical access hospital in Mississippi. Damon lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi with his wife and four kids.
Dr. Darsey is member of the First Responder Network Authority Board and serves as chair of the Board's Advocacy Committee.