CORAL SPRINGS-PARKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
MEDICAL DIRECTOR Dr. Peter Antevy The Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department is extremely fortunate to have the highly acclaimed and skilled physician Dr. Peter Antevy as our Medical Director. The Medical Director is responsible for establishing protocols, reviewing the latest research and evidence-based medicine findings to put in place new programs to improve medical care for the community. He is the liaison between the fire department and all partner health agencies. He advocates for EMS and the importance of proper prehospital care. Dr. Antevy continues to provide excellent medical direction to our crews. He works closely with the rest of the medical directors and with the EMS leadership team throughout the State of Florida. Dr. Antevy has been instrumental in the establishment of several new protocols and training programs for all our crews. He is a sought-after speaker and presenter at many conferences, and in the last several years, Dr. Antevy has traveled with department personnel to present on our initiatives and programs related to trauma management, mental health, and more. Dr. Antevy has become a driving force in EMS not only locally and at the state of Florida level, but all over the United States. He also receives recognition in many countries around the world, where his initiatives, exemplified by the protocols and practices we have put in place, are constantly being emulated by others. In 2021, Dr. Antevy released a new protocol set with the help of the EMS leadership at the department, keeping the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department at the leading edge of pre-hospital care around the world. This past year Dr. Antevy also continued to guide the city through the pandemic by adding new protocols and revising standard operating guidelines based on the changing science. He provided medical direction and oversight of the Coral Square Mall vaccination site that ultimately provided over 65,000 doses to the community. The site was the crown jewel in the region as it was run impeccably well by city leadership and staff. He also worked with city leadership to open mobile pop-up vaccine sites in the underserved communities thanks to the in-kind donation of FORTS Services. Testing was also a big part of Dr. Antevy’s vision, and he continued to provide new and changing insight as the pandemic persisted. The city provided antibody, antigen, and PCR testing throughout the year and connected with third party providers to ensure that all residents had access to free testing without having to travel outside of the city. Most recently he set up a mass testing program for city employees using RTLAMP, a technology that provided PCR level accuracy at a fraction of the cost. Dr. Antevy published his research on testing with the help of associate medical director, Dr. Paul Pepe for which they received the outstanding research award nationally. Much of the data that is known today regarding antibody production post vaccination was known in Coral Springs first thanks to their work. The pandemic also forced our EMS clinicians to stop using nebulizers for patients due to the risk of aerosolization of the virus. Dr. Antevy and Dr. Pepe once again sought to overcome this hurdle and sourced a nebulizer mask that prevented fugitive aerosols from escaping while being used by the patient. They 34
