Meet Our Project Coordinator, PAVES/Tele-EMS
Randy Lu is a Project Coordinator in Emory’s Department of Emergency Medicine, supporting tele-EMS development and disaster health initiatives through the PAVES program and the Southern Regional Disaster Response System (SRDRS). He helps operationalize remote medical support models for EMS agencies, strengthen rural emergency response, and advance scalable telemedicine for disaster preparedness.
Randy manages multistakeholder tele-EMS projects, coordinating with clinicians, EMS leaders, technology partners, and state agencies to move new concepts into field operations. His work includes developing procedures for remote physician support during mass-casualty events, tele-EMS ambulance deployments, and rural incidents with limited resources.
Within SRDRS, he contributes to improving communication between rural EMS agencies and receiving hospitals. He recently helped design a tele-EMS deployment model for Georgia National Fairgrounds operations.
He is currently leading implementation planning for a new ambulance-based tele-EMS pilot with EHC EMS in Warner Robins, focusing on in-vehicle video, communication capabilities, workflow design, equipment needs, connectivity planning, and field-testing coordination.
Randy’s interests include disaster medicine, EMS innovation, and telehealth integration in prehospital care. He also works clinically in the Atlanta 911 EMS system.
Current Projects List:
- PAVES expansion and demo of novel ambulance-based tele-EMS workflows
- Workflow and needs assessment for in-vehicle telemedicine capability
- Hardware mounting and ambulance integration planning
- Connectivity and network testing
- Disaster virtual care tele-EMS deployment planning
- Special events telehealth support framework for large venues
- Multi-agency coordination for disaster telehealth readiness
- Resource-mapping for SRDRS Region IV deployment assets
- Planning MCI trainings involving tele-EMS deployable assets