SethCHawkinsMDFAEMS, FACEP, MFAWM

Assoc Professor of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest Univ; Owner, Hawk Ventures, Vertical Medicine Resources; Medical Director, NC State Parks, Western Piedmont Community College, Starfish Aquatics Institute, Recreational Equipment Inc (REI), Landmark Learning, Student Conservation Association; Founder, Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team; Founder & Director, Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine

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Office
2201 S Sterling St
Morganton, NC 28655
Phone+1 828-580-5000

Education & Training

UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2000 - 2003
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2000
Yale UniversityBA, Anthropology, 1993

Certifications & Licensure

NM State Medical License 2023 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
MT State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2003 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2014 - 2025
VT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2004
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top 10 EMS Innovators of 2011 Journal of EMS, 2011
Professional of the Year: Wilderness Medicine Global Directory of Who's Who, 2010
Wilderness Medical Society-BALL Wilderness Medicine Award Wilderness Medical Society, 2009
Yalie of the Week Yale Alumni Magazine, 2008
Hero of Emergency Medicine American College of Emergency Physicians, 2008
Fellow Academy of Wilderness Medicine, 2007
Fellow American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 2006
Ron Stewart Excellence in Teaching Award University of Pittsburgh, 2003
Technical Excellence Award Orange County (NC) Technical Rescue Team, 2000
Excellence in EM Award Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2000
Cecil G. Sheps Award in Social Medicine UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2000
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2000
Best All-Conference Poster Presentation Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Regional Research Forum, 1998
Best Student Poster Presentation Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Regional Research Forum, 1998
Best Student Paper Award UNC Emergency Medicine Research Forum, 1998
Honorable Mention, Department of Social Medicine Paper Prize UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1997
Marquis Who’s Who In America listing 2009-2011
Global Directory of Who’s Who listing 2009-2011
America's Top EM Physicians listing Consumers' Research Council of America
Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Drowning: 2019 Update.
Andrew Schmidt, Justin Sempsrott, Seth C. Hawkins, Ali S. Arastu, Tracy Cushing
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 2019-12-01
3 citations
Drowning is never dry.
Andrew Schmidt, Seth C. Hawkins, Linda Quan
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2019-03-05
19 citations
'Dry drowning' and other myths.
David Szpilman, Justin Sempsrott, Jonathon Webber, Seth C. Hawkins, Roberto Barcala-Furelos
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2018-07-01

Journal Articles

Table rock rescue.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness Medicine 26(1):16-18
The scientific basis supporting the subspecialty of EMS.
Millin MG, Craven C, Brown LH, Hawkins SC, Tan DK, Piazza GM, Sattin RW, NAEMSP
UNC students launch a journal for medicine, literature, and visual art.
Kautz BD, Hawkins SC, Scattoloni J, King NMP, North Carolina Medical Journal 59(3): 194-197
Chapter involvement offers non-clinical training important to future practice.
Hawkins S, PaACEP News
Emergency medicine narratives.
Hawkins SC, ACEP Medical Humanities Section Newsletter 1(1):2
Emergency physicians and the humanities.
Hawkins SC, ACEP News 24(5):i
Time to get off the bus.
Hawkins SC, Emergency Medicine News 28(12):4
Medical humanities events wow the crowds.
Marco CA, Hawkins SC, ACEP News 25(12):20
South Mountains snail.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 17(4):298
Why ERs are overcrowded.
Hawkins SC, Morganton News Herald
Table rock rescue.
Hawkins SC, ACEP Medical Humanities Newsletter 4(3)
Energy, emissions and Emergency Medical Services: policy matters.
Blanchard I, Brown L, Hawkins SC, Energy Policy 46 585–593
Ask the expert: survive on thin ice.
Hawkins SC, Sierra Jan/Feb
Sourcing tactical EMS funding from counter-narcotics operations.
Hawkins SC, NCTMA Newsletter 6(1):6
Dispatches from the field.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness Medicine 29(1): 16
Wilderness EMS Medical Director Course.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness Medicine 29(1): 24
Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness Medicine 29(1): 31
Silent Struggle: Drowning.
Sempsrott J, Schmidt A, Hawkins S, Bledsoe B, Journal of EMS 37(7):60-77
The white coat.
Hawkins SC, Journal of Emergency Medicine 30(4): 471
A mistaken choice
Hawkins SC, Annals of Emergency Medicine 48(2): 215
A different, deeper sort of calm.
Hawkins SC, The Healing Muse 7(1): 122-126
The shocking reality of lightning: lightning emergencies.
Abo B, Hawkins SC, Wilderness Medical Society Community Education Slide Show Series
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Books/Book Chapters

Outdoor Emergency Care.
Chapter: Principles of Trauma
Hawkins SCEditors: Johe.Brady, BostonEdition 5th,
Oversight of EMS, Volume II: EMS Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight.
Chapter: Wilderness EMS
Millin M, Hawkins SC, Smith WKendall Hunt Profession
Paramedic Practice Today: Above and Beyond.
Chapter: Wilderness EMS
Hawkins SCEditors: Aehlert B.Mosby-JEMS Elsevier, St. Louis
Paramedic Practice Today: Above and Beyond.
Chapter: Immune System Disorders
Hawkins SCEditors: Aehlert B.St. Louis: Mosby-JEMS Elsevier
Paramedic Practice Today: Above and Beyond.
Chapter: Environmental Emergencies
Mittelman KE, Hawkins SCEditors: Aehlert B.Mosby-JEMS Elsevier, St. Louis
Wilderness Medicine.
Chapter: Chapter 75: Submersion Injuries and Drowning
Cushing T, Hawkins SC, Semsprott J, Schoene BEditors: Auerbach P.Elsevier, PhiladelphiaEdition 6,
Specialized Tactics for Operational Rescue and Medicine (STORM): Operator.
Hawkins SCUniversity of Georgia Printing, Athens
Dealing with death and dying in prehospital emergency care.
Hawkins SCEdition 2,
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Abstracts/Posters

Development of a high efficiency, low pollution wilderness EMS response vehicle.
Hawkins SC, Wilderness Environmental Medicine
The scientific basis underlying the subspecialty of EMS – a systematic review of the literature.
Millin MG, Craven C. Brown LH, Hawkins SC, Tan D, Piazza G, Sattin RW, National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting
Epi Alsuma Deadly Warning.
Weil C, Hawkins SC, Fitzpatrick D, Wilderness Medical Society World Congress on Wilderness Medicine
Carbon footprinting of North American Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems.
Hawkins SC, NAEMSP
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Lectures

Submersion injuries: drowning & near-drowning.
Wilderness Medical Society Educational Lecture Series

Other

The Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship.
Hawkins SC, American College of Emergency Physicians EMS-Prehospital Care Section Newsletter
http://www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=81663
Hybrids could be the future for greener EMS: two-year study suggests replacement for traditional SUVs.
Hawkins SC, Medscape News
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583447