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The Minutes That Matter. Bridging the Prehospital Gap

The Minutes That Matter. Bridging the Prehospital Gap

Early in his career, Dr. Alexander Eastman realized that trauma treatment is not only about what happens inside the operating room. He saw it firsthand in the early 2000s at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Again and again, patients arrived with injuries that...
Dr. Eastman and the Dallas Police Tactical Medic Program

Dr. Eastman and the Dallas Police Tactical Medic Program

The Dallas Police Department Tactical Medic Program has been part of Dr. Alexander Eastman’s professional life for more than two decades. This is not a technical case study or a strict timeline. It is an overview of where the program came from, how it developed,...
Lessons From the Hartford Consensus

Lessons From the Hartford Consensus

As other experts began addressing the rise in mass casualty incidents, Dr. Alexander Eastman’s background in the field came from experience rather than theory. His work in hemorrhage control, tactical medical support, and prehospital trauma care grew out of...
Dr. Alexander Eastman Featured in NAEMT News 2018

Dr. Alexander Eastman Featured in NAEMT News 2018

In the Spring 2018 edition of NAEMT News, Dr. Alexander Eastman was featured in his role as the new Medical Director for Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), the education program run jointly by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians and the...
Dr. Alexander Eastman Returns to Suburban Hospital

Dr. Alexander Eastman Returns to Suburban Hospital

Dr. Alexander Eastman’s early medical experience in Montgomery County, Maryland, including his time at Suburban Hospital, was pivotal in shaping his work in trauma care. He first worked in trauma there as an entry-level technician in the mid-1990s, and it was...