Jason R. Pickett
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Jason R. Pickett, MD, FACEP, FAEMS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Emergency Medicine
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2121
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Dr. Pickett is an Assistant Professor and EMS Fellowship Director for the University of Utah. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chief Deputy Medical Director for the City of Austin for 6 years and was an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Before his time in Austin, he was the Director of the Center for Prehospital and Operational Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Pickett is a member of the Guidelines and Practice Committee for the National Association of EMS Physicians and is also a member of the Guidelines Committee for the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care. Dr. Pickett is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Subspecialty Board Certified in Emergency Medical Services. He is a Battalion Surgeon in the West Virginia Army National Guard and has extensive overseas deployment experience. Dr. Pickett's teaching interests are prehospital care, specialized technical rescue, tactical medicine, and advanced resuscitation in austere environments.


Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Sub: Emergency Medical Services)

Dr. Pickett is an Assistant Professor and EMS Fellowship Director for the University of Utah. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chief Deputy Medical Director for the City of Austin for 6 years and was an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Before his time in Austin, he was the Director of the Center for Prehospital and Operational Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Pickett is a member of the Guidelines and Practice Committee for the National Association of EMS Physicians and is also a member of the Guidelines Committee for the Committee on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care. Dr. Pickett is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Subspecialty Board Certified in Emergency Medical Services. He is a Battalion Surgeon in the West Virginia Army National Guard and has extensive overseas deployment experience. Dr. Pickett's teaching interests are prehospital care, specialized technical rescue, tactical medicine, and advanced resuscitation in austere environments.


Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Eccles Health Library -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Sub: Emergency Medical Services)

Education history

Undergraduate Drama - Carnegie Mellon University B.F.A
Other Training Paramedic Training Program - Community College of Allegheny County, Allegheny General Hospital EMT-P
Graduate Training Premedical Program - Brandeis University Post Baccalaureate
Professional Medical Medicine - Eastern Virginia Medical School M.D.
Residency Emergency Medicine - Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Resident
Residency Emergency Medicine - Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Chief Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Pickett JR, Dickinson E (2005). Dealing with DIG. A comprehensive review of digoxin and its therapeutic and toxic effects. JEMS, 30(8), 70-8, 82, 84 passim.
  2. Fisher AD, Dunn J, Pickett JR, Garza J, Miles EA, Diep V, Escott (2020). Implementation of a low titer group O whole blood program for a law enforcement tactical team. Transfusion, 60 Suppl 3, S36-S44.
  3. Singer J, Pickett JR, Chuuon (2007). Food Borne Illness. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports,
  4. Pickett JR, Kallsen TW, Schott E (2015). Damage control resuscitation. Trauma Reports,

Review

  1. Studer NM, Pickett JR, Winckler CJ, Smith WR, Cap AP, Cunningham C (2024). Prehospital central venous catheters. Transfusion, 64(10), 1814-1816.

Book Chapter

  1. Pickett J (2008). Emerging Technologies in Tactical Medicine.
  2. Pickett J (2014). Environmental Considerations.
  3. Pickett J (2016). Tactical Emergency Medical Support.
  4. Pickett J (2020). First Responders: Clinical Care of Blast Trauma in the Prehospital Setting.

Case Report

  1. Kwon PO, Pickett J (2014). Coinfection of Mycoplasma pneumonia with chronic Q fever in a nurse deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom: a case study. U.S. Army Medical Department journal, 51-4.
  2. Barnhart GC, Cullinan WF, Pickett J (2016). Prolonged Field Care of a Casualty With Penetrating Chest Trauma. Journal of special operations medicine, 16(4), 99-101.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Pickett J (2013). Medical Director’s Course, Chapter 11: Protocols and Standing Orders.
  2. Pickett J (2013). Medical Director’s Course, Chapter 13: EMS Quality and Performance.
  3. Pickett J (2025). The Prolonged Field Care Podcast: End of Life Care.
  4. Pickett JR, Jarema (2024). The Prolonged Field Care Podcast: Excited Delirium.