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EMS Medical Direction
A physician partner for your agency, your training officers, and the people answering the call.
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Medical direction
that shows up.
Practical physician leadership for the people who care for our communities—on scene, in custody, at the bedside, and beyond.
Jason A. Murray, MD, FACEP / Unified Medical Direction, LLC
Based in Northern Kentucky & Greater Cincinnati. Dr. Murray is currently licensed to practice medicine in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Clinical roles and medical direction are considered within these states, subject to credentials, privileges, agreed responsibilities, and availability. Education and organizational consulting are scoped separately by location and need.
THE UMD STANDARD
Presence.Purpose.Mentorship.
Know the people.
Understand the work.
Make the next step clearer.
Understand the work.
Make the next step clearer.
Corporate Health & Education
Build a health program around your people.
Physician-led consulting and practical education for executives and employees. Start with a leadership session, a company event or lunch-and-learn, an educational series, or a focused consultation on your organization’s health priorities.
Explore program development, lifestyle and longevity medicine education, prevention, and healthy aging—with guidance shaped around your people and goals.
One connected perspective
Different settings.
The same commitment to care.
A medical direction relationship should connect people, strengthen judgment, and turn good intentions into a practical plan.
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Correctional Medicine
Patient-centered clinical oversight that recognizes the realities of care in custody.
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Public Health
Clinical insight translated into practical guidance for organizations and communities.
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Medical Education
Teaching, simulation, and mentorship that make the next clinical decision more thoughtful.
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Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine clinical-role inquiries are welcome in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. UMD also offers consultation on acute-care workflows, team communication, and physician leadership. Clinical engagements depend on organizational fit, credentials, privileges, and availability.
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Special Operations & Readiness
Physician medical direction for public safety dive teams and water-based search, rescue, and recovery operations—with practical support for medical planning, team preparation, and responder readiness.
Explore this workThe approach
More than oversight.
A working relationship.
Start with the people doing the work. Listen to what makes that work difficult. Then build the clinical standards, education, and follow-through around what the team actually needs.
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Be present.
Make room for crew conversations, teaching, questions, and shared problem-solving.
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Make it practical.
Explain the reasoning and connect it to the setting, the resources, and the next decision.
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Help people grow.
Hold a clear standard while making feedback specific, respectful, and useful.
From intention to follow-through
A rhythm for
meaningful improvement.
The UMD 12 + 1 model pairs focused work with a deliberate pause to review, learn, and reset. It creates a place for the conversation that too often gets crowded out by the next call.
Explore the 12 + 1 modelA practical rhythm for improvement
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WEEKS OF FOCUSED WORKWEEK TO RESET
Choose priorities. Do the work. Review what changed. Carry the learning into the next cycle. Adapt the cadence to the agency—not the other way around.
Open education. Shared perspective.
Useful before the next shift.
Academy of Medicine EMS protocols
Browse the Academy’s published EMS protocols and supporting materials for Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and the region.
Open resource (opens in a new tab)Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
Follow your agency’s adopted protocols and local guidance.
The five-minute team debrief
A short, constructive conversation about what worked, what got in the way, and what to do next.
Explore resourceUnified Medical Direction
UMD teaching tool · Not approved agency policy.
SAEM/CDEM medical student curriculum
Emergency medicine learning materials for medical students and clinical educators.
Open resource (opens in a new tab)SAEM · CDEM
Visit the publisher for access details and curriculum updates.
Your team deserves a physician partner.
Bring your goals, your challenges, and your questions. The first conversation is about fit—not a one-size-fits-all package.