Daniel Cheek, MD, FACEP
Emergency Physician
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: The Ohio State University
Clinical Topics: Medical Emergencies, Pediatrics, Toxicology, Trauma and Critical Care
Daniel W. Cheek, MD, FACEP, is an emergency physician at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, CO. Dr. Cheek is currently the Trauma Liaison to the emergency department at Lutheran and Good Samaritan Medical Centers, both Level II trauma centers. He is also the Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator at Lutheran Medical Center and is passionate about pediatric and trauma care.
Dr. Cheek is the former founder and CEO of Yodel Health LLC, which provides the highest quality urgent care to homes, hotels, and offices in a VIP service line approach. He is also associate EMS director of SCL Healthcare System, has served as regional medical director of the Rock and Roll Marathon Event Series for four years, and is still the acting medical director at Fredrick Firestone Fire Department EMS since 2012. He has practiced emergency medicine in New Zealand and in Australia and has a passion for international medicine.
A former member of the National Ski Patrol and a member of a Mountain Rescue team, Dr. Cheek has continued to study and educate about wilderness medicine while spending as much time in the outdoors as possible. He is a member of ACEP, SAEM, AMA, Wilderness Medicine Society, and Colorado Medical Society. He has earned medical licenses in Colorado, Ohio, New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii and has certifications in wilderness medicine, swift water rescue, and Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine from the National Healing Institute. He is fluent in Spanish as well.
Dr. Cheek earned a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College and completed post BA pre-medical programs at Vanderbilt University and University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his emergency medicine residency at The Ohio State University.
- What are the physical aspects of lightning that make it such an awesome force of nature and how can one be safe in lightning country?
- What are the common injuries and management of lightning injuries?
- What are the aspects that lead to drowning and what is the difference between cold water and warm water drowning?
- What are the complications of near drowning victims?
- How can one dress for success and prevent hypothermia?
- What are the physics of thermoregulation?
- How can one recognize levels of hypothermia and why does it matter?
- What are the managements of hypothermia in wilderness, EMS, and ER contexts?
- How can one recognize the difference between heat-related illnesses, including heat cramps, hyponatremia, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke?
- What are the treatments for heat-related illnesses?
- What constitutes high altitude (when one is at risk) and the concept of acclimatization?
- How can one prevent high altitude illness?
- How can one identify and differentiate the concepts of AMS, HAPE and HACE and what are the treatments of each of these high-altitude illnesses?
- What elements create ideal avalanche conditions?
- What are some safe approaches to being in avalanche country and critical equipment to keep oneself and one’s team safe?
- What are the most commons injuries and management of those injuries?
- What are the most common venomous bites in the U.S. and what are the differences between elapid and crotalid species?
- What is the best treatment of snake bites pre-hospital and in the ER?
- What spiders do we need to worry about in the U.S. and worldwide and how do we best manage the spider bite victim?
- What other reptiles are dangerous in the U.S. and how do we manage those injuries, such as those from scorpions and gila monsters?
- What constitutes a wilderness context?
- What are the basic concepts of the first 10 minutes of trauma care whether in the wilderness context or not?
- What is improvised care and what are some options of improvised care in the wilderness?
- When can one stay in the woods and when do they need to evacuate?
- What are the common elements that lead to burnout and how does one recognize burnout?
- How can one move on from disaster?
- What are some strategies to help maintain a long career in emergency medicine?
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