Scott Youngquist

Scott Youngquist is Chief Medical Officer for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, 911 dispatch, and the Salt Lake International Airport. He is a board member of the Take Heart America Foundation. Dr. Youngquist is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. He is author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications. His research focus is on the prehospital treatment of cardiac arrest. Along with Drs. Joe Tonna and Stephen McKellar, he initiated the University of Utah’s ED ECMO program for cardiac arrest victims in 2015.