EdwardMacleodRachtMD

Emergency Medicine • Austin, TX

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Office
517 South Pleasant Valley Road
Office Of The Medical Director
Austin, TX 78741
Phone+1 512-972-7331
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Education & Training

Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 1985 - 2024
TX State Medical License 1996 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

36 citations
Multistate implementation of guideline-based cardiac resuscitation systems of care: Description of the HeartRescue Project
Sean van Diepen, Benjamin S. Abella, Bentley J. Bobrow, Graham Nichol, James G. Jollis, Joan Mellor, Edward M. Racht, Demetris Yannopoulos, Christopher B. Granger, Mic...> ;American Heart Journal. 2013 Oct 1
292 citations
Regional Systems of Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
Graham Nichol, Tom P. Aufderheide, Brian Eigel, Robert W. Neumar, Keith G. Lurie, Vincent J. Bufalino, Clifton W. Callaway, Venugopal Menon, Robert R. Bass, Benjamin S...> ;Circulation. 2010 Feb 9
11 citations
Air Medical Services: Future Development as an Integrated Component of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System
Kevin K. McGinnis, Thomas Judge, Benjamin Nemitz, Robert E. O'Connor, Robert R. Bass, Brian Bishop, David Kim, Douglas F. Kupas, Ed Rupert, Edward R. Eroe, Edward M. R...> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2007 Jan 1
21 citations
Management of the violent patient.
Jane H. Brice, Ronald G. Pirrallo, Edward M. Racht, Brian S. Zachariah, Jon R. Krohmer> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003 Jan 1
3 citations
10 pitfalls in airway management. How to avoid common airway management complications.
Edward M Racht> ;JEMS. 2002 Mar 1
11 citations
Prehospital management of cardiac arrest: how useful are vasopressor and antiarrhythmic drugs?
Marvin A. Wayne, Edward M. Racht, Richard V. Aghababian, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Joseph P. Ornato, Corey M. Slovis> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2002 Jan 1
54 citations
Resuscitation in the out-of-hospital setting: medical futility criteria for on-scene pronouncement of death.
Paul E. Pepe, Robert Swor, Joseph P. Ornato, Edward M. Racht, Donald M. Blanton, John K. Griswell, Thomas H. Blackwell, James V. Dunford> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2001 Jan 1
28 citations
Results of report cards for patients with congestive heart failure depend on the method used to adjust for severity.
Roy M. Poses, Donna K. McClish, Wally R. Smith, Elizabeth C. Huber, F. Lynne W. Clemo, Brian P. Schmitt, Donna Alexander, Edward M. Racht, Christopher C. Colenda> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2000 Jul 4
Pharmacologic treatment of cardiac arrest.
Peter J. Kudenchuk, Edward M. Racht> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999 Oct 1
21 citations
Change the scope of practice of paramedics? An EMS/public health policy perspective.
Richard A. Bissell, Kevin G. Seaman, Robert R. Bass, Ed Racht, Carol Gilbert, Arlo F. Weltge, Mark Doctor, Susan Moriarity, Dawn Eslinger, Robert Doherty> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999 Apr 1
7 citations
A medically wise approach to expanding the role of paramedics as physician extenders.
Richard A. Bissell, Kevin G. Seaman, Robert R. Bass, Ed Racht, Carol Gilbert, Arlo F. Weltge, Mark Doctor, Susan Moriarity, Dawn Eslinger, Robert Doherty> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999 Jan 1
24 citations
Synchronization of Timepieces to the Atomic Clock in an Urban Emergency Medical Services System.
Joseph P Ornato, Mark L Doctor, Lori F Harbour, Mary Ann Peberdy, Jerry Overton, Edward M Racht, William G Zauhar, Alan P Smith, Kent A Ryan Ii> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1998 Apr 1
22 citations
An international comparison of physicians' judgments of outcome rates of cardiac procedures and attitudes toward risk, uncertainty, justifiability, and regret.
Roy M. Poses, De Saintonge Dm, Donna K. McClish, Wally R. Smith, Elizabeth C. Huber, F. L. W. Clemo, Brian P. Schmitt, Alexander-Forti D, Racht Em, Colenda Cc rd, Robe...> ;Medical Decision Making. 1998 Apr 1
16 citations
Physicians' judgments of the risks of cardiac procedures. Differences between cardiologists and other internists.
Roy M. Poses, Donna K. McClish, Wally R. Smith, D. M. Chaput De Saintonge, Elizabeth C. Huber, F. L. W. Clemo, Brian P. Schmitt, Donna Alexander-Forti, Edward M. Racht...> ;Medical Care. 1997 Jun 1
58 citations
Physicians' Survival Predictions for Patients With Acute Congestive Heart Failure
Roy M. Poses, Wally R. Smith, Donna K. McClish, Elizabeth C. Huber, F. Lynne W. Clemo, Brian P. Schmitt, Donna Alexander-Forti, Edward M. Racht, Christopher C. Colenda...> ;Archives of Internal Medicine. 1997 May 12
16 citations
In appropriate electrical countershocks by an automated external defibrillator
Joseph P. Ornato, Joshua B. Shipley, Robert G. Powell, Edward M Racht> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1992 Oct 1
94 citations
Multicenter Study of a Portable, Hand-Size, Colorimetric End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Detection Device
Joseph P. Ornato, Joshua B. Shipley, Edward M Racht, Corey M. Slovis, Keith D. Wrenn, Paul E. Pepe, Sherri Lyne Almeida, Vicki F. Ginger, Terry V. Fotre> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1992 May 1
9 citations
Multi-agency, prehospital evaluation of the pharyngeo-tracheal lumen (PTL) airway.
Sabina B McMahan, Joseph P. Ornato, Edward M. Racht, Julia L. Cameron> ;Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1992 Jan 1
11 citations
Dose-response evaluation of oral labetalol in patients presenting to the emergency department with accelerated hypertension.
Edgar R. Gonzalez, Mary A Peterson, Edward M Racht, Joseph P. Ornato, Deborah L. Due> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1991 Apr 1
13 citations
The need for ALS in urban and suburban EMS systems.
Joseph P. Ornato, Edward M. Racht, Joseph J Fitch, John F Berry> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1990 Dec 1
130 citations
Clinical Prediction Rule for Pulmonary Infiltrates
Paul S. Heckerling, Thomas G. Tape, Robert S. Wigton, Kim K. Hissong, Jerrold B. Leikin, Joseph P. Ornato, Julia L. Cameron, Edward M. Racht> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1990 Nov 1
115 citations
Dose-dependent vasopressor response to epinephrine during CPR in human beings.
Edgar R. Gonzalez, Joseph P. Ornato, A Randolph Garnett, Ronald L Levine, Denise S Young, Edward M Racht> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1989 Sep 1
96 citations
The effect of applied chest compression force on systemic arterial pressure and endtidal carbon dioxide concentration during CPR in human beings
Joseph P. Ornato, Ronald L Levine, Denise S Young, Edward M Racht, A Randy Garnett, Edgar R. Gonzalez> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1989 Jul 1
Profiles in leadership [interview by Teresa McCallion and Keri Losavio].
Gordon, D., Saussy, J., Frascone, R. J., Fowler, R., Racht, E.> ;JEMS. 2005 Oct
Clinical evaluation of a novel intraosseous device for adults: prospective, 250-patient, multi-center trial.
Davidoff, J., Fowler, R., Gordon, D., Klein, G., Kovar, J., Lozano, M., Potkya, J., Racht, E., Saussy, J., Swanson, E., Yamada, R., Miller, L.> ;JEMS. 2005 Oct
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