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James Hart, MD, Emergency Medicine, Decatur, IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital

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Emergency Medicine Decatur, IL

Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Assistant EMS Medical Director

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Summary

  • I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician and board eligible EMS physician practicing in Central Illinois. I love teaching and working with small communities and critical access hospitals. My medical interests include agromedicine, rural emergency medicine, rural EMS and agriculture related illness and injury. My personal interests include hiking with my wife and daughter, horseback riding, beef production, hunting and playing guitar.

Education & Training

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Emergency Medical Services, 2021 - 2022
  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
    Southern Illinois University School of MedicineResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2018 - 2021
  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
    University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2018
  • University of Missouri-Columbia College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
    University of Missouri-Columbia College of Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesBS, Biochemistry, Honors College Graduate, 2008 - 2013

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2018 - 2026
  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Recommendations for Prehospital Airway Management in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection  
    James Hart, MD, Rebecca Tracy, DO, Matthew Johnston, MD, Sara Brown, EMT-P, Med Connor Stephenson, BS, Jason Kegg, MD, James Waymack, MD, West Journal of Emergency Medicine, 6/15/2020
  • An EF-3 Tornado Directly Impacts a Rural Community  
    James Hart, MD, James Waymack, MD FACEP, ACEP Disaster Medicine Section Newsletter, 4/2/2020
  • Sacubitril/valsartan Use for the Hospitalist  
    Mitchell Padkins , James Hart, Rachel Littrell, American Journal of Hospital Medicine, 11/9/2017

Abstracts/Posters

  • Bystander CPR Rates for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Higher in Rural Areas Versus Urban Areas
    Hart J, Okoro U, Mohr N, Ahmed A., ACEP Scientific Assembly 2022, San Francisco, CA, 10/2/2022
  • Comparing Procedural and Patient Exposure of Medical Student Rotations at Rural and Metropolitan Emergency Departments
    Connor Stephenson MS3; Jonathan dela Cruz MD; Kristin Delfino PhD; Danuta Dynda MD, MBA; James Waymack MD; Chinmay Patel DO; James Hart MD., Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Great Plains Conference, Springfield, IL, 9/2019
  • Incomplete Kawasaki Disease: Using Clinical and Diagnostic Evidence to Make the Diagnosis
    James Hart, MD, Jennifer Rosario, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Research Day – 2019, 3/2019

Lectures

  • Illness and Injury In Production Agriculture 
    University of Iowa EMS Fellowship Didactics - 9/2023
  • Traumatic Chest Injury Tissue Lab 
    Mid America Emergency Symposium 2023 - 9/2023
  • You put WHAT! in your report? A Deep Dive into Prehospital Documentation and Call Review 
    Mid America Emergency Symposium 2023 - 9/2023
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Committees

  • Member, EMS Advisory Committee, Richland Area Community College Paramedic Program 2023 - Present
  • Member, Decatur Memorial Hospital Emergency Preparedness Committee 2022 - Present

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Hospital Affiliations