Chris Colwell, MD, is medical director for Denver Paramedics and the Denver Fire Department, as well as director of emergency medicine at the Denver Health Medical Center.
Articles by Chris
Understand the Trauma Triad of Death
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP
Know its components to help protect patients.
Burning Issues
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP , Tamara Bryan, BS, EMT-P
Overview of burn types and their prehospital assessment and treatment by...
Smoke Inhalation—Part 2
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP
Assessing the scene and your patient at the scene of fire
Smoke Inhalation: Part 1
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP
Assessing the scene and your patient
Hemochromatosis
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP , Tamara Bryan, BS, EMT-P
What EMS providers should know about this potentially lethal disorder of...
Managing the Acutely Agitated Patient
by Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP
Why Denver brought back the forgotten agent droperidol
Shootings: Treatment Tips, Shotgun Injuries, Perfusion Support & Bullet Design
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP , Tamara Bryan, BS, EMT-P
Tips and tricks for prehospital management of victims of gunshot wounds
Shootings: What EMS Providers Need to Know
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Tamara Bryan, BS, EMT-P , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP
The assessment and treatment of victims of gunshot wounds
A Shocking Call
by Paul Murphy, MSHA, MA , Chris Colwell, MD, FACEP , Gilbert Pineda, MD, FACEP , Tamara Bryan, BS, EMT-P
Prehospital assessment and management of electrical injuries and...
