Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
Jon R. Krohmer, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS has recently retired as the Director of the NHTSA Office of EMS in the Department of Transportation and as the EMS Medical Director for the Caroline County (MD) Department of Emergency Services. He also served as the NHTSA Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development from October 2018 to January 2020. Previously, he was the principal deputy assistant secretary for DHS Office of Health Affairs and DHS deputy chief medical officer. He began serving in that position as a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) with DHS in September 2006 and served as the acting assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer from August 2008 to August 2009. Dr. Krohmer was an attending physician and director of emergency medical services (EMS), emergency medicine residency and Department of Emergency Medicine at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids, MI, associate professor of emergency medicine at the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University and EMS medical director of Kent County Emergency Medical Services and was the medical director for the West Michigan Metropolitan Medical Response System and the Region 6 Consortium. Dr. Krohmer received his undergraduate degree at Ferris State College, School of Pharmacy in Big Rapids, Mich. in 1976 and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School (1983) in Ann Arbor, Mich. He completed his emergency medicine residency (1986) and EMS Fellowship (1987) at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is board certified in emergency medicine and emergency medical services. His current interests include EMS systems design and medical oversight, mass gathering events and EMS clinical support.
-
Education and Training
- Clinical/Research Fellowship 1987, emergency medical services and research, College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University
- Residency 1986, Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Wright State University
- MD 1983, Medical School, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- BS 1976, Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Ferris State University
-
Research
- Emergency Medical Services
-
Publications
Holcomb J.B., Butler F.K., Schreiber M.A., Taylor A.L., Riggs L.E., Krohmer J.R., Dorlac W.C., Jenkins D.H., Cox D.B., Beckett A.N., O'Connor K.C., Gurney J.M. Making blood immediately available in emergencies Transfusion. 2024;64:1543-1550.
Schaefer R.M., Bank E.A., Krohmer J.R., Haskell A., Taylor A.L., Jenkins D.H., Holcomb J.B. Removing the barriers to prehospital blood: A roadmap to success Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2024;97:S138-S144.
Goolsby C., Schuler K., Krohmer J., Gerstner D.N., Weber N.W., Slattery D.E., Kuhls D.A., Kirsch T.D. Mass Shootings in America: Consensus Recommendations for Healthcare Response Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2023;236(1):168-175.
Hunt R.C., Braunstein S.P., Cuddy Egbert L., Gorbach K.A., Rao M., Pearson J.D., Armistad A.J., Arora S., Bennett C.A., Dezan A.M., Herrmann J., Redd J.T., Jolly B.T., Krohmer J.R., Struminger B.B. Facilitating Real-Time, Multidirectional Learning for Clinicians in a Low-Evidence Pandemic Response Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2023;17(2)
Levy M.J., Krohmer J., Goralnick E., Charlton N., Nemeth I., Jacobs L., Goolsby C.A. A framework for the design and implementation of Stop the Bleed and public access trauma equipment programs JACEP Open. 2022;3(5)
Hunt R.C., Struminger B.B., Redd J.T., Herrmann J., Jolly B.T., Arora S., Armistad A.J., Dezan A.M., Bennett C.A., Krohmer J.R., Brown L.H. Virtual Peer-to-Peer Learning to Enhance and Accelerate the Health System Response to COVID-19: The HHS ASPR Project ECHO COVID-19 Clinical Rounds Initiative Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2021;78(2):223-228.
Krohmer J.R. History of emergency medical services Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight: Third Edition. 2021;1-2:1-18.
Strauss-Riggs K., Kirsch T.D., Prytz E., Hunt R.C., Jonson C.O., Krohmer J., Nemeth I., Goolsby C. Recommended Process Outcome Measures for Stop the Bleed Education Programs AEM Education and Training. 2021;5(1):139-142.
Goralnick E., Ezeibe C., Chaudhary M.A., McCarty J., Herrera-Escobar J.P., Andriotti T., De Jager E., Ospina-Delgado D., Goolsby C., Hunt R., Weissman J.S., Haider A., Jacobs L., Andrade E., Brown J., Bulger E.M., Butler F.K., Callaway D., Caterson E.J., Choudhry N.K., Davis M.R., Eastman A., Eastridge B.J., Epstein J.L., Evans C.L., Gausche-Hill M., Gestring M.L., Goldberg S.A., Hanfling D., Holcomb J.B., Jonson C.O., King D.R., Kivlehan S., Kotwal R.S., Krohmer J.R., Levy-Carrick N., Levy M., Meléndez Lugo J.J., Mooney D.P., Neal M.D., Niskanen R., O'Neill P., Park H., Pons P.T., Prytz E., Rasmussen T.E., Remley M.A., Riviello R., Salim A., Shackelfold S., Smith E.R., Stewart R.M., Swaroop M., Ward K., Uribe-Leitz T., Jarman M.P., Ortega G. Defining a Research Agenda for Layperson Prehospital Hemorrhage Control: A Consensus Statement JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(7)
Goolsby C., Jacobs L., Hunt R.C., Goralnick E., Singletary E.M., Levy M.J., Goodloe J.M., Epstein J.L., Strauss-Riggs K., Seitz S.R., Krohmer J.R., Nemeth I., Rowe D.W., Bradley R.N., Gestring M.L., Kirsch T.D. Stop the Bleed Education Consortium: Education program content and delivery recommendations Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2018;84(1):205-210.
Sasser S.M., Sattin R.W., Hunt R.C., Krohmer J. Blast lung injury Prehospital Emergency Care. 2006;10(2):165-172.
Cone D.C., Krohmer J.R. EMS physician certification: Just one piece of the puzzle Prehospital Emergency Care. 2005;9(3):371-374.
Brice J.H., Pirrallo R.G., Racht E., Zachariah B.S., Krohmer J. Management of the violent patient Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003;7(1):48-55.
Domeier R.M., McSwain N.E., Hopson L.R., Hirsh E., Delgado J., Krohmer J., Weldon C., Friel M., Hoyt D.B. Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2003;196(3):475-481.
Hopson L.R., Hirsh E., Delgado J., Domeier R.M., McSwain N.E., Krohmer J. Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: A joint position paper from the National Association of EMS Physicians Standards and Clinical Practice Committee and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003;7(1):141-146.
Hopson L.R., Hirsh E., Delgado J., Domeier R.M., McSwain N.E., Krohmer J. Guidelines for withholding or termination of resuscitation in prehospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest: Joint position statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2003;196(1):106-112.
Domeier R.M., Swor R.A., Evans R.W., Hancock J.B., Fales W., Krohmer J., Frederiksen S.M., Rivera-Rivera E.J., Schork M.A. Multicenter prospective validation of prehospital clinical spinal clearance criteria Journal of Trauma. 2002;53(4):744-750.
Sayre M.R., White L.J., Brown L.H., Armacost M., Dean J.M., Frame S.B., Larmon B., MacLean S., Mann N.C., Margolis G., Melese-d'Hospital I., Neely K., O'Keefe M., Spaite D.W., McHenry S.D., Davis T.B., Walker E., Krohmer J.R., Panjada D.G., Kimzey J., Williams K., Susman J., Pollak A., Kuppermann N., Krumperman K., Katz A., Becher J.W., Frame S., Levinson R., Plant J., Atkins J.M., Robinson K., Doyle C., Sinclair J., Moore L., Scott J., Ruple J.A., Hunt R., Hatley T., McGinnis K., Wood D., Werman H., Knipper K.R., Criss E., O'Connor R. National EMS research agenda Prehospital Emergency Care. 2002;6(3 SUPPL.)
Domeier R.M., Evans R.W., Swor R.A., Hancock J.B., Fales W., Krohmer J., Frederiksen S.M., Shork M.A. The reliability of prehospital clinical evaluation for potential spinal injury is not affected by the mechanism of injury Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999;3(4):332-337.
Krohmer J. Appropriate emergency medical services transport Academic Emergency Medicine. 1999;6(1):5-7.
James M., Tremea M.O., Jones J.S., Krohmer J.R. Can melatonin improve adaptation to night shift? American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1998;16(4):367-370.
Hunt R.C., Whitley T.W., Allison E.J., Aghababian R.V., Krohmer J.R., Landes F., McCabe J.B., Prasad N.H., Cabinum E.S. Photograph documentation of motor vehicle damage by EMTs at the scene: A prospective multicenter study in the United States American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1997;15(3):233-239.
Jones J.S., Veenstra T.R., Seamon J.P., Krohmer J. Elder mistreatment: National survey of emergency physicians Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1997;30(4):473-479.
Krohmer J. Medical director. The patient's best advocate. JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services. 1997;22(7):42-44.
Perina D.G., Swor R.A., Krohmer J.R., Verdile V.P. Editorials: Emergency medical services as a subspecialty Prehospital Emergency Care. 1997;1(2):118-120.
Seamon J.P., Jones J., Chun E., Krohmer J.R. Identifying victims of elder abuse and neglect: A training video for prehospital personnel Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1997;12(4):36-40.
Seamon J.P., Jones J., Chun E., Krohmer J.R. Identifying victims of elder abuse and neglect: a training video for prehospital personnel. Prehospital and disaster medicine : the official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine in association with the Acute Care Foundation. 1997;12(4):269-273.
Jones J.S., Reese K., Kenepp G., Krohmer J. Into the fray: Integration of emergency medical services and special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1996;11(3):202-206.
Kampen K.E., Krohmer J.R., Jones J., Dougherty J.M., Bonness R.K. In-field extremity amputation: Prevalence and protocols in emergency medical services Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1996;11(1):63-66.
Maio R.F., Tedeschi P., Swor R., Krohmer J., Ferrel R., Jacques D.L. Regional variation of nonrural pediatric ambulance transport rates: An ecological study Pediatric Emergency Care. 1996;12(4):277-282.
Verdile V.P., Krohmer J.R., Swor R.A., Spalte D.W. Model curriculum in emergency medical services for emergency medicine residency programs Academic Emergency Medicine. 1996;3(7):716-722.
Jones J.S., Walker G., Krohmer J.R. To Report or Not to Report: Emergency Services Response to Elder Abuse Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1995;10(2):96-100.
Benson N., Maningas P., Krohmer J., Balcombe D., Swor R. Guidelines for the prehospital use of thrombolytic agents Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1994;23(5):1047-1048.
Benson N.A., Krohmer J.R. Medical direction of prehospital care Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1994;24(6):1200.
Krohmer J., Swor R., Benson N., Meador S., Davidson S. Prototype core content for a fellowship in emergency medical services Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1994;23(1):109-114.
Krohmer J.R. Prototype Curriculum for a Fellowship in Emergency Medical Services Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1994;9(1):73-77.
Hunt R.C., Brown R.L., Cline K.A., Krohmer J.R., McCabe J.B., Whitley T.W. Comparison of motor vehicle damage documentation in emergency medical services run reports compared with photographic documentation Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(4):651-656.
Krohmer J.R., Hunt R.C., Benson N., Bieniek R.B. Flight Physician Training Program: Core Content Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1993;8(2):183-184.
McDowell R., Krohmer J., Spaite D.W., Benson N., Pons P. Guidelines for implementation of early defibrillation/automated external defibrillator programs Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(4):740-741.
Polsky S., Krohmer J., Maningas P., McDowell R., Benson N., Pons P. Guidelines for medical direction of prehospital EMS Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(4):742-744.
Tones T., Mattice C., Newman C., Krohmer J. Accuracy of the prehospital index in identifying major hemorrhage in trauma victims Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 1993;8(3):237-240.
Brown M., Jones J., Krohmer J. Pseudoephedrine for the prevention of barotitis media: A controlled clinical trial in underwater divers Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1992;21(7):849-852.
Benson N.H., Low R.B., Chisholm C.D., Krohmer J.R., Swor R.A. Air medical transport: an annotated bibliography of the recent literature. The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine E.M.S. Committee. The American journal of emergency medicine. 1991;9(5):510-519.
Hunt R., Benson N., Krohmer J., Whitley T., Bieniek R. Your response to air-medical transport. Results of the JEMS November 1989 survey. A Journal of emergency medical services : JEMS. 1991;16(11):36-40.
Boyle M.F., Eilers M.A., Hunt R.L., Krohmer J., Hamilton G.C. Objectives to direct the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service rotations: Emergency medical services Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1990;8(6):791-795.
Chapman J., Eilers M.D., Sheets C.A., Krohmer J., Carter D., Shapter J., Hamilton G.C. Objectives to direct the training of emergency medicine residents in off-service rotations: Plastic surgery Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1990;8(3):353-356.
Eilers M., Chapman J., Krohmer J., Sheets C., Carter D., Shapter J., Hamilton G. Objectives to direct the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service rotations: Hand surgery Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1990;8(5):655-658.
Hunt R.C., McCabe J.B., Hamilton G.C., Krohmer J.R. Influence of emergency medical services systems and prehospital defibrillation on survival of sudden cardiac death victims American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1989;7(1):68-82.
Krohmer J., Werman H. Emergency medical services: an annotated bibliography of the recent literature. The American journal of emergency medicine. 1989;7(1):110-116.
Swor R., Chisholm C., Krohmer J. Model curriculum in emergency medical services for emergency medicine residencies Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1989;18(4):418-421.
Kolodzik P.W., Mullin M.J., Krohmer J.R., McCabe J.B. The effects of antishock trouser inflation during hypothermic cardiovascular depression in the canine model American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1988;6(6):584-590.
Mullin M.J., Krohmer J.R., McCabe J.B. Intravenous fluid flow beneath inflated antishock trousers in a canine hemorrhagic shock model Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1987;16(2):153-155.
Krohmer J., Bern A. Moulage in a disaster simulation exercise Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1985;14(10):1032-1034.