KennethScheppkeMD

Critical Care Medicine

EMS

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Dr. Kenneth Scheppke serves as the Deputy Secretary for Health at the Florida Department of Health in Tallahassee, Florida. He is board certified in emergency medicine and EMS. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and has been in practice for over 25 years. He specializes in critical care medicine and is experienced in emergency medicine and emergency medical services.

National EMS Medical Director of the Year NAEMT, 2021
Hero in Medicine Award Palm Beach County Medical Society, 2021
Educator of the Year Award U.S. and International Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors (“Eagles”) Global Alliance, 2020
National EMS 10: Top Innovator in EMS Award Journal of EMS, 2017
Heroes in Medicine Award American Red Cross
EMS Mission Lifeline American Heart Association
EMS Distinguished Service Award Palm Beach County EMS Providers Association, 2012
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PubMed

17 citations
Out-of-Hospital Ketamine: Indications for Use, Patient Outcomes, and Associated Mortality.
Antonio R. Fernandez, Scott S. Bourn, Remle P. Crowe, E. Stein Bronsky, Kenneth A. Scheppke
Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2021-07-01
38 citations
Confirming the Clinical Safety and Feasibility of a Bundled Methodology to Improve Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Involving a Head-Up/Torso-Up Chest Compression Technique.
Paul E. Pepe, Kenneth A. Scheppke, Peter Antevy, Remle P. Crowe, Daniel Millstone
Critical Care Medicine. 2019-03-01
9 citations
Rationale and Strategies for Development of an Optimal Bundle of Management for Cardiac Arrest.
Paul E. Pepe, Tom P. Aufderheide, Lionel Lamhaut, Daniel P Davis, Charles Lick
Critical Care Explorations. 2020-10-15

Journal Articles

Getting the Most From Your History and Physical, Part 2: Neurological Patients
Scheppke KA, Bryer K, EMS World

Abstracts/Posters

Improved Survival in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Withholding Positive Pressure Ventilation
Scheppke KA,Ippolito I, Bryer K, Chait R, AHA Resuscitation Science Symposium, Circulation. 2015;132:A18049

Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s Outpatient Addiction Treatment Program Receives Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire AwardApril 21st, 2023
Duval County to Receive First-of-Its-Kind Opioid Recovery ProgramJanuary 31st, 2023
Florida Department of Health Welcomes New Deputy Secretary for HealthDecember 14th, 2021
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