ThomasHaroldBlackwellMDFACEP, FAEMS

Emergency Medicine • Greenville, SC

Professor of Emergency Medicine University of SC School of Medicine Greenville Executive Director, Greenville County Emergency Medical Services

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Office
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Greenville Health System
Greenville, SC 29605
Phone+1 980-395-5938
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Education & Training

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1988 - 1992
Creighton University School of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 2012 - 2025
NC State Medical License 1992 - 2014
OH State Medical License 1989 - 1992
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Emergency Medical Technician Training for Medical Students: A Two-Year Experience
Thomas H. Blackwell, R Maglin Halsey, Jennifer H Reinovsky> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016 Feb 6
19 citations
Utilization of Prehospital Dispatch Protocols to Identify Low-Acuity Patients
Jonathan R. Studnek, Lars Thestrup, Thomas H. Blackwell, Barry Bagwell> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2012 Feb 27
The Core Content of Emergency Medical Services Medicine.
Perina, T.G., Pons, P.T., Blackwell, T.H., Bogucki, S., Brice, J.H., Cunningham, C.A., Delbridge, T.R., Gausche-Hill, M., Gerard, W.C., Gratton, M.C., Mosesso, V.N., P...> ;Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012-01-10
15 citations
The association between ambulance hospital turnaround times and patient acuity, destination hospital, and time of day.
Steve Vandeventer, Jonathan R. Studnek, John S. Garrett, Steven R. Ward, Kevin J. Staley, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2011 May 25
34 citations
Comparison of first-attempt success between tibial and humeral intraosseous insertions during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Rosalyn Reades, Jonathan R. Studnek, John S. Garrett, Steven Vandeventer, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2011 Mar 2
33 citations
The association between intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia and return of spontaneous circulation among individuals experiencing out of hospital cardiac arrest
John S. Garrett, Jonathan R. Studnek, Thomas H. Blackwell, Steven Vandeventer, David Pearson, Alan C. Heffner, Rosalyn Reades> ;Resuscitation. 2011 Jan 1
52 citations
Association Between Prehospital Time Intervals and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction System Performance
Jonathan R. Studnek, Lee Garvey, Thomas H. Blackwell, Steven Vandeventer, Steven R. Ward> ;Circulation. 2010 Oct 12
62 citations
The Association Between Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation Attempts and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Out‐of‐hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
Jonathan R. Studnek, Lars Thestrup, Steve Vandeventer, Steven R. Ward, Kevin J. Staley, Lee Garvey, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010 Sep 1
21 citations
Lack of Association Between Prehospital Response Times and Patient Outcomes
Thomas H. Blackwell, Jeffrey A. Kline, J Jeffrey Willis, G Monroe Hicks> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2009 Sep 9
47 citations
Needle Thoracostomy for Tension Pneumothorax: Failure Predicted by Chest Computed Tomography
Robert L. Stevens, Angel A. Rochester, Jonathan Busko, Thomas H. Blackwell, Daniel Schwartz, Anne Argenta, Ronald F. Sing> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2009 Jul 2
21 citations
Use of an innovative design mobile hospital in the medical response to Hurricane Katrina.
Thomas H. Blackwell, Michael J. Bosse> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007 May 1
4 citations
Impact of a pressure-responsive flow-limiting valve on bag-valve-mask ventilation in an airway model.
Jonnathan M. Busko, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;CJEM. 2006 May 1
Linkages of acute care and EMS to state and local public health programs: application to public health programs.
Lerner, E.B., Billittier, A.J., O'Connor, R.E., Allswede, M.P., Blackwell, T.H., Wang, H.E., White, L.J.> ;J Public Health Manag Pract. 2005-07-01
43 citations
Transthoracic impedance does not affect defibrillation, resuscitation or survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated with a non-escalating biphasi...
Roger D. White, Thomas H. Blackwell, James K. Russell, David Snyder, Dawn Jorgenson> ;Resuscitation. 2005 Jan 1
25 citations
Body weight does not affect defibrillation, resuscitation, or survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated with a nonescalating biphasic waveform d...
Roger D. White, Thomas H. Blackwell, James K. Russell, Dawn Jorgenson> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2004 Sep 1
4 citations
Linkages of acute care and emergency medical services to state and local public health programs: the role of interactive information systems for responding to events r...
Robert E. O'Connor, E. Brooke Lerner, Michael Allswede, Anthony J. Billittier, Thomas H. Blackwell, Richard C. Hunt, Richard Levinson, Henry E. Wang, Lynn J. White, Ba...> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2004 Jul 1
5 citations
Prehospital emergency care in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Scott M. Sasser, Michael Gibbs, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2004 Jan 1
26 citations
Trauma care systems in the United States.
Thomas H. Blackwell, James F. Kellam, Michael H. Thomason> ;Injury. 2003 Sep 1
20 citations
Prehospital therapy for acute congestive heart failure: state of the art.
Vincent N. Mosesso, James V. Dunford, Thomas H. Blackwell, John K. Griswell> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003 Jan 1
28 citations
Bioterrorism preparedness. II: The community and emergency medical services systems.
Lynn K. Flowers, Jerry L. Mothershead, Thomas H. Blackwell> ;Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2002 May 1
109 citations
Response time effectiveness: comparison of response time and survival in an urban emergency medical services system.
Thomas H. Blackwell, Jay S. Kaufman> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2002 Apr 1
Interfacility transports.
Blackwell, T.H.> ;Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Feb
16 citations
Performance measurements in emergency medical services.
James V. Dunford, Robert M. Domeier, Thomas H. Blackwell, Gregory Mears, Jerry Overton, Edgardo J. Rivera-Rivera, Robert A. Swor> ;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
20 citations
Spinal immobilization in the field: clinical clearance criteria and implementation.
Daniel G. Hankins, Edgardo J. Rivera-Rivera, Joseph P. Ornato, Robert A. Swor, Thomas H. Blackwell, Robert M. Domeier> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2001 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, South Carolina