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Jason T. McMullan, MD

Professor of Clinical

Emergency Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Bachelors: Davidson College
  • Medical Degree: Medical University of South Carolina
  • Residency: University of Cincinnati/University Hospital (Emergency Medicine)
  • Fellowship: University of Cincinnati/University Hospital (Emergency Medical Services)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Emergency Medicine (Certification Date: 2009-12-04)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medical Services) (Certification Date: 2013-12-31) - (Recertification Date: 2024-01-01)

Specialties

Emergency Medicine

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Emergency Medicine

Peer Reviewed Publications

Cheek, Lakota; Schmicker, Robert H; Crowe, Remle; Goren, Emily; West, Amanda; McMullan, Jason; Raelson, Colin; Poole, Jeanne; Adams, Karen; Hoering, Antje; Myers, Brent; Nichol, Graham 2025. Rurality and Area Deprivation and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA network open, 8 4, e253435

Douin, David J; Rice, John D; Anderson, Erin L; Jackson, Conner L; Cheng, Alex C; Xiao, Mengli; Cwik, Jessica; Beaty, Laurel E; Wild, Jessica L; Daya, Mohamud R; Doshi, Pratik B; Eastham, Shannon C; Goodman, Michael D; Gunn, Scott R; Haukoos, Jason S; Hudson, Jessica A; Jansen, Jan O; McMullan, Jason T; Rizzo, Julie A; Schreiber, Martin A; Self, Wesley H; Semler, Matthew W; Steinwand, Aimee; Werner, Nicole; Bebarta, Vikhyat S; Schauer, Steven G; Ginde, Adit A 2025. Targeted Normoxemia and Supplemental Oxygen-Free Days in Critically Injured Adults: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 8 3, e252093

Freeman, Patricia R; Walley, Alexander Y; Winhusen, T John; Oga, Emmanuel A; Villani, Jennifer; Hunt, Timothy; Chandler, Redonna K; Oyler, Douglas R; Reilly, Brittni; Gelberg, Kitty; Douglas, Christian; Lyons, Michael S; Holloway, JaNae; Vandergrift, Nathan A; Adams, Joella W; Asman, Katherine; Baker, Trevor J; Brancato, Candace J; Cheng, Debbie M; Childerhose, Janet E; David, James L; Feaster, Daniel J; Gilbert, Louisa; Glasgow, LaShawn M; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn A; Knott, Charles; Knudsen, Hannah K; Lofwall, Michelle R; Marks, Katherine R; McMullan, Jason T; Oser, Carrie B; Roberts, Monica F; Shoben, Abigail B; Stein, Michael D; Walters, Scott T; Watson, Josie; Zarkin, Gary A; Jackson, Rebecca D; Samet, Jeffrey H; Walsh, Sharon L; Bassel, Nabila El 2025. Effect of the Communities That HEAL Intervention on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution: A Cluster-Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Trial. American journal of public health, 115 1, 83-94

Gilbert, Louisa; Chahine, Rouba; Chandler, Redonna; Feaster, Daniel J; Kim, Erin; Aldridge, Arnie; Bagley, Sarah; Balvanz, Peter; Fernandez, Soledad; Rock, Peter; Vickers-Smith, Rachel A; Villani, Jennifer; Battaglia, Tracy; Brown, Jennifer; Bush, Heather; Chase, Rachel P; Collins, Thomas; D'Costa, Lauren; Damato-MacPherson, Carolyn; David, James L; Defiore-Hyrmer, Jolene; Freeman, Patricia R; Glasgow, LaShawn; Hammerslag, Lindsey R; Hotchkiss, Juanita; Hunt, Timothy; Hussain, Shazia; Kamanu, Vivian; Knott, Charlie; Knudsen, Hannah K; LaRochelle, Marc; Laudate, Andrew; Lyons, Michael; McMullan, Jason; Nakayima, Julie; Schackman, Bruce R; Slavova, Svetla; Tan, Sylvia; Vandergrift, Nathan; Walters, Scott T; Westgate, Philip M; Wu, Elwin; Young, April M; Zarkin, Gary A; Freisthler, Bridget; Oga, Emmanuel; Samet, Jeffrey H; Walsh, Sharon L; Winhusen, John; Jackson, Rebecca; El-Bassel, Nabila 2025. The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control randomized controlled trial. The International journal on drug policy, 140 , 104798

McMullan, Jason; Droege, Christopher; Blakeman, Thomas; Fowler, John-Michael; Mueller, Eric; Smith, Maia; Foertsch, Madeline 2025. Physical and pharmacostability of 15 essential medications in cold and ultracold environments. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 99 3S Suppl 1, S86-S90

McMullan, Jason; Mueller, Will; Brown, Jennifer L; Ewing, Irene; Lyons, Michael S; Sprunger, Joel; Winhusen, John; Collins, Thomas 2025. Approaches, Barriers, and Facilitators in Statewide Initiative to Combat Opioid Overdose: A Narrative Review of Ohio's Experiences During the HEALing Communities Study. Prehospital emergency care, 29 4, 519-524

, ; Samet, Jeffrey H; El-Bassel, Nabila; Winhusen, T John; Jackson, Rebecca D; Oga, Emmanuel A; Chandler, Redonna K; Villani, Jennifer; Freisthler, Bridget; Adams, Joella; Aldridge, Arnie; Angerame, Angelo; Babineau, Denise C; Bagley, Sarah M; Baker, Trevor J; Balvanz, Peter; Barbosa, Carolina; Barocas, Joshua; Battaglia, Tracy A; Beard, Dacia D; Beers, Donna; Blevins, Derek; Bove, Nicholas; Bridden, Carly; Brown, Jennifer L; Bush, Heather M; Bush, Joshua L; Caldwell, Ryan; Calver, Katherine; Calvert, Deirdre; Campbell, Aimee N C; Carpenter, Jane; Caspar, Rachel; Chassler, Deborah; Chaya, Joan; Cheng, Debbie M; Cunningham, Chinazo O; Dasgupta, Anindita; David, James L; Davis, Alissa; Dean, Tammy; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Eggleston, Barry; Fanucchi, Laura C; Feaster, Daniel J; Fernandez, Soledad; Figueroa, Wilson; Freedman, Darcy A; Freeman, Patricia R; Freiermuth, Caroline E; Friedlander, Eric; Gelberg, Kitty H; Gibson, Erin B; Gilbert, Louisa; Glasgow, LaShawn; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn A; Gomori, Stephen; Gruss, Dawn E; Gulley, Jennifer; Gutnick, Damara; Hall, Megan E; Harger Dykes, Nicole; Hargrove, Sarah L; Harlow, Kristin; Harris, Aumani; Harris, Daniel; Helme, Donald W; Holloway, JaNae; Hotchkiss, Juanita; Huang, Terry; Huerta, Timothy R; Hunt, Timothy; Hyder, Ayaz; Ingram, Van L; Ingram, Tim; Kauffman, Emily; Kimball, Jennifer L; Kinnard, Elizabeth N; Knott, Charles; Knudsen, Hannah K; Konstan, Michael W; Kosakowski, Sarah; Larochelle, Marc R; Leaver, Hannah M; LeBaron, Patricia A; Lefebvre, R Craig; Levin, Frances R; Lewis, Nikki; Lewis, Nicky; Lofwall, Michelle R; Lounsbury, David W; Luster, Jamie E; Lyons, Michael S; Mack, Aimee; Marks, Katherine R; Marquesano, Stephanie; Mauk, Rachel; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; McConnell, Kristin; McGladrey, Margaret L; McMullan, Jason; Miles, Jennifer; Munoz Lopez, Rosie; Nelson, Alisha; Neufeld, Jessica L; Newman, Lisa; Nguyen, Trang Q; Nunes, Edward V; Oller, Devin A; Oser, Carrie B; Oyler, Douglas R; Pagnano, Sharon; Parran, Theodore V; Powell, Joshua; Powers, Kim; Ralston, William; Ramsey, Kelly; Rapkin, Bruce D; Reynolds, Jennifer G; Roberts, Monica F; Robertson, Will; Rock, Peter; Rodgers, Emma; Rodriguez, Sandra; Rudorf, Maria; Ryan, Shawn; Salsberry, Pamela; Salvage, Monika; Sabounchi, Nasim; Saucier, Merielle; Savitzky, Caroline; Schackman, Bruce; Schady, Elizabeth; Seiber, Eric E; Shadwick, Aimee; Shoben, Abigail; Slater, Michael D; Slavova, Svetla; Speer, Drew; Sprunger, Joel; Starbird, Laura E; Staton, Michele; Stein, Michael D; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle J; Stopka, Thomas J; Sullivan, Ann; Surratt, Hilary L; Sword Cruz, Rachel; Talbert, Jeffery C; Taylor, Jessica L; Thompson, Katherine L; Vandergrift, Nathan; Vickers-Smith, Rachel A; Vietze, Deanna J; Walker, Daniel M; Walley, Alexander Y; Walters, Scott T; Weiss, Roger; Westgate, Philip M; Wu, Elwin; Young, April M; Zarkin, Gary A; Walsh, Sharon L 2024. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. The New England journal of medicine, 391 11, 989-1001

Benoit, Justin L; Hogan, Andrew N; Connelly, Katherine M; McMullan, Jason T 2024. Intra-arrest blood-based biomarkers for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A scoping review. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 5 2, e13131

Benoit, Justin L; McMullan, Jason T 2024. Using a Bag-Valve-Mask Is Like Flying a Plane Without Gauges. Respiratory care, 69 8, 1058-1059

McMullan, Jason T; Droege, Christopher A; Chard, Kathleen M; Otten, Edward J; Hart, Kim Ward; Lindsell, Christopher J; Strilka, Richard J 2024. Out-of-Hospital Intranasal Ketamine as an Adjunct to Fentanyl for the Treatment of Acute Traumatic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Annals of emergency medicine, 84 4, 363-373

Benoit, Justin L; Lakshmanan, Shyam; Farmer, Sam J; Sun, Qin; Gray, J Jordan; Sams, Woodrow; Tadesse, Dawit G; McMullan, Jason T 2023. Ventilation rates measured by capnography during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitations and their association with return of spontaneous circulation. Resuscitation, 182 , 109662

Richards, Christopher T; Oostema, J Adam; Chapman, Sherita N; Mamer, Lauren E; Brandler, Ethan S; Alexandrov, Anne W; Czap, Alexandra L; Martinez-Gutierrez, Juan Carlos; Martin-Gill, Christian; Panchal, Ashish R; McMullan, Jason T; Zachrison, Kori S 2023. Prehospital Stroke Care Part 2: On-Scene Evaluation and Management by Emergency Medical Services Practitioners. Stroke, 54 5, 1416-1425

Foertsch, Madeline J; McMullan, Jason T; Harger, Nicole J; Rodriquez, Dario; Salvator, Ann; PharmD, Eric W Mueller; Droege, Christopher A 2022. Ketamine Stability over Six Months of Exposure to Moderate and High Temperature Environments. Prehospital emergency care, 26 3, 422-427

Li, James; McMullan, Jason T 2022. Prehospital Ultrasound for Endotracheal Tube Confirmation: Better Alternatives Exist. Respiratory care, 67 5, 613-615

Tolles, Juliana; Beiling, Marissa; Schreiber, Martin A; Del Junco, Deborah J; McMullan, Jason T; Guyette, Francis X; Wang, Henry; Jansen, Jan O; Meurer, William J; Mainali, Shraddha; Yadav, Kabir; Lewis, Roger J 2022. An adaptive platform trial for evaluating treatments in patients with life-threatening hemorrhage from traumatic injuries: Rationale and proposal. Transfusion, 62 Suppl 1 , S231-S241

Benoit, Justin L; Stolz, Uwe; McMullan, Jason T; Wang, Henry E 2021. Duration of exposure to a prehospital advanced airway and neurological outcome for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort study. Resuscitation, 160 , 59-65

Crowe, Remle P; Myers, J Brent; Fernandez, Antonio R; Bourn, Scott; McMullan, Jason T 2020. The Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale Compared to Stroke Severity Tools for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Prediction. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, , 1-9

Curry, Bentley Woods; Ward, Steven; Lindsell, Christopher J; Hart, Kimberly W; McMullan, Jason T 2020. Mechanical Ventilation of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients in the Prehospital Setting. Air medical journal, 39 5, 410-413

McMullan, Jason T; Braude, Darren A 2020. Poison, Pixie Dust, and Prehospital Airway Management. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 27 5, 431-433

McMullan, Jason T; Ventura, Amanda; LeBlanc, Dustin P 2020. Emergency Medical Services Traumatic Brain Injury Protocols Do Not Reflect Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, , 1-4

Spigner, M F; Benoit, J L; Menegazzi, J J; McMullan, J T 2020. Prehospital Protocols for Post-Return of Spontaneous Circulation Are Highly Variable. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, , 1-5

Hogan, Andrew N; McMullan, Jason T 2019. Noninvasive Diagnostics in the Emergency Department: Just Because We Can Doesn't Mean We Should. Respiratory care, 64 11, 1450-1452

Monette, Derek L; Brown, Calvin A; Benoit, Justin L; McMullan, Jason T; Carleton, Steven C; Steuerwald, Michael T; Eyre, Andrew; Pallin, Daniel J 2019. The Impact of Video Laryngoscopy on the Clinical Learning Environment of Emergency Medicine Residents: A Report of 14,313 Intubations. AEM education and training, 3 2, 156-162

Keenan, Kevin J; Kircher, Charles; McMullan, Jason T 2018. Prehospital Prediction of Large Vessel Occlusion in Suspected Stroke Patients. Current atherosclerosis reports, 20 7, 34

Benoit, Justin L; Vogele, Jennifer; Hart, Kimberly W; Lindsell, Christopher J; McMullan, Jason T 2017. Passive ultra-brief video training improves performance of compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation, 115 , 116-119

Benoit, Justin L; Widmeier, Keith C; McMullan, Jason T 2017. Evaluating Research: Seven essential questions to evaluate clinical research. JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services, 42 2, 50-3

Gadbois, Jaclyn A; McMullan, Jason T 2016. Prolonged Kneeling: Why can't your patient get up from a kneeling position? JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services, 41 12, 14-5

Powell, Elizabeth K; Hinckley, William R; Gottula, Adam; Hart, Kimberly W; Lindsell, Christopher J; McMullan, Jason T 2016. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 81 3, 458-62

Benoit, Justin L; Gerecht, Ryan B; Steuerwald, Michael T; McMullan, Jason T 2015. Endotracheal intubation versus supraglottic airway placement in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A meta-analysis. Resuscitation, 93 , 20-6

Feldman, Amanda; Hart, Kimberly W; Lindsell, Christopher J; McMullan, Jason T 2015. Randomized controlled trial of a scoring aid to improve Glasgow Coma Scale scoring by emergency medical services providers. Annals of emergency medicine, 65 3, 325-329.e2

Katz, Brian S; McMullan, Jason T; Sucharew, Heidi; Adeoye, Opeolu; Broderick, Joseph P 2015. Design and validation of a prehospital scale to predict stroke severity: Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale. Stroke, 46 6, 1508-12

Ratcliff, Jonathan J; Adeoye, Opeolu; Lindsell, Christopher J; Hart, Kimberly W; Pancioli, Arthur; McMullan, Jason T; Yue, John K; Nishijima, Daniel K; Gordon, Wayne A; Valadka, Alex B; Okonkwo, David O; Lingsma, Hester F; Maas, Andrew I R; Manley, Geoffrey T 2014. ED disposition of the Glasgow Coma Scale 13 to 15 traumatic brain injury patient: analysis of the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in TBI study. The American journal of emergency medicine, 32 8, 844-50

Beauchamp, Gillian A; McMullan, Jason T; Bonomo, Jordan B 2012. Neurogenic stunned myocardium associated with acute spinal cord infarction: a case report. Case reports in critical care, 2012 , 439528

Govindarajan, Prasanthi; Lin, Lisa; Landman, Adam; McMullan, Jason T; McNally, Bryan F; Crouch, Allison J; Sasson, Comilla 2012. Practice variability among the EMS systems participating in Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES). Resuscitation, 83 1, 76-80

McMullan, Jason T; Beyette, Fred R; Shutter, Lori A 2012. Assessing the clinical needs for point of care technologies in neurologic emergencies. Neurocritical care, 17 2, 231-5

McMullan, Jason T; Hinckley, William; Bentley, Jared; Davis, Todd; Fermann, Gregory J; Gunderman, Matthew; Hart, Kimberly Ward; Knight, William A; Lindsell, Christopher J; Miller, Chris; Shackleford, April; Gibler, W Brian 2012. Ground emergency medical services requests for helicopter transfer of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients decrease medical contact to balloon times in rural and suburban settings. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 19 2, 153-60

Weigl, Bernhard H; Gaydos, Charlotte A; Kost, Gerald; Beyette, Fred R; Sabourin, Stephanie; Rompalo, Anne; de Los Santos, Tala; McMullan, Jason T; Haller, John 2012. The Value of Clinical Needs Assessments for Point-of-Care Diagnostics. Point of care, 11 2, 108-113

McMullan, Jason T; Hinckley, William; Bentley, Jared; Davis, Todd; Fermann, Gregory J; Gunderman, Matthew; Hart, Kimberly Ward; Knight, William A; Lindsell, Christopher J; Shackleford, April; Gibler, W Brian 2011. Reperfusion is delayed beyond guideline recommendations in patients requiring interhospital helicopter transfer for treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Annals of emergency medicine, 57 3, 213-220.e1

McMullan, Jason T; Lindsell, Christopher J; Blomkalns, Andra L 2011. Five-year mortality and coronary heart disease development after normal coronary angiogram. World journal of emergency medicine, 2 1, 24-9

McMullan, Jason T; Knight, William A; Clark, Joseph F; Beyette, Fred R; Pancioli, Arthur 2010. Time-critical neurological emergencies: the unfulfilled role for point-of-care testing. International journal of emergency medicine, 3 2, 127-31

Veser, Frederick H; Veser, Belynda Dunn; McMullan, Jason T; Zealberg, Joseph; Currier, Glenn W 2006. Risperidone versus haloperidol, in combination with lorazepam, in the treatment of acute agitation and psychosis: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of psychiatric practice, 12 2, 103-8

McMullan, Jason T; Veser, Frederick H 2004. Emergency department volume and acuity as factors in patients leaving without treatment. Southern medical journal, 97 8, 729-33

Campbell, P E; Evans, R H; McMullan, J T; Williams, B C 2001. The potential for adding plastic waste fuel at a coal gasification power plant. Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, 19 6, 526-32

Williams, B C; McMullan, J T; McCahey, S 2001. An initial assessment of spent mushroom compost as a potential energy feedstock. Bioresource technology, 79 3, 227-30

Benoit, Justin L; Khatri, Pooja; Adeoye, Opeolu M; Broderick, Joseph P; McMullan, Jason T; Scheitz, Jan F; Vagal, Achala S; Eckman, Mark H . Prehospital Triage of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients to an Intravenous tPA-Ready versus Endovascular-Ready Hospital: A Decision Analysis. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 22 6, 722-733

Benoit, Justin L; McMullan, Jason T; Wang, Henry E; Xie, Changchun; Xu, Peixin; Hart, Kimberly W; Stolz, Uwe; Lindsell, Christopher J . Timing of Advanced Airway Placement after Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 23 6, 838-846

Li, James L; McMullan, Jason T; Sucharew, Heidi; Broderick, Joseph P; Katz, Brian; Schmit, Pamela; Adeoye, Opeolu . Potential Impact of C-STAT for Prehospital Stroke Triage up to 24 Hours on a Regional Stroke System. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 24 4, 500-504

McMullan, Jason T; Jones, Elizabeth; Barnhart, Bruce; Denninghoff, Kurt; Spaite, Daniel; Zaleski, Erin; Silbergleit, Robert . Degradation of benzodiazepines after 120 days of EMS deployment. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 18 3, 368-74

McMullan, Jason T; Katz, Brian; Broderick, Joseph; Schmit, Pamela; Sucharew, Heidi; Adeoye, Opeolu . Prospective Prehospital Evaluation of the Cincinnati Stroke Triage Assessment Tool. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 21 4, 481-488

McMullan, Jason T; Pinnawin, Ashley; Jones, Elizabeth; Denninghoff, Kurt; Siewart, Nicholas; Spaite, Daniel W; Zaleski, Erin; Silbergleit, Robert . The 60-day temperature-dependent degradation of midazolam and Lorazepam in the prehospital environment. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 17 1, 1-7

Powell, Elizabeth K; Hinckley, William R; Stolz, Uwe; Golden, Andrew J; Ventura, Amanda; McMullan, Jason T . Predictors of Definitive Airway Sans Hypoxia/Hypotension on First Attempt (DASH-1A) Success in Traumatically Injured Patients Undergoing Prehospital Intubation. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 24 4, 470-477

Schneider, Michael A; McMullan, Jason T; Lindsell, Christopher J; Hart, Kimberly W; Deimling, Diana; Jump, Debra; Davis, Todd; Hinckley, William R . Reducing Door-in Door-out Intervals in Helicopter ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Interhospital Transfers. Air medical journal, 36 5, 244-247

Wampler, David A; Collett, Lindsey; Manifold, Craig A; Velasquez, Christopher; McMullan, Jason T . Cardiac arrest survival is rare without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 16 4, 451-5