Tomas Kucera
Tactical & Search and Rescue Medicine Physician @Las Vegas Metro Police Department
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WORK HISTORY
Tactical & Search and Rescue Medicine Physician @Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Las Vegas, NV, US
Serve as an active rescue specialist and tactical medical physician, providing medical support for search and rescue, helicopter rescue operations, and SWAT Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) in austere, high-risk, and time-critical environments.Integrate real-time medical decision-making with air operations, technical rescue, terrain, weather, and operational safety constraints.Participate in operational readiness, training, and medical risk management in accordance with established medical and tactical protocols.
EDUCATION
University of Florida
Master's Degree, Forensic Science
University of South Florida
Bachelor's Degree, Biology, General
Palacký University in Olomouc
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medicine
SKILLS
ABOUT TOMAS KUCERA
I am a double board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician with advanced training and operational experience in adventure, wilderness, tactical, and search & rescue medicine, as well as medical-legal and occupational medicine consulting.I hold a Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) and completed a Wilderness Medicine Fellowship. My professional focus centers on medical decision-making, risk assessment, and contingency planning in resource-limited environments where consequences are high and conventional medical infrastructure is unavailable.I have practiced medicine across three continents and in multiple countries, including settings with limited resources, logistical constraints, and variable access to definitive care, informing a pragmatic and adaptable clinical approach.I maintain active operational and technical experience across mountaineering, paragliding, skydiving, scuba diving, backpacking, climbing, canyoneering, technical rope systems, and aviation-adjacent environments, allowing me to integrate medical judgment with real-world terrain, environmental stressors, and movement alongside clients or teams.I am seeking opportunities to integrate into established expedition, executive, or remote medical support teams in a field-based physician role, contributing medical oversight while operating directly within the expedition environment rather than as a detached or purely supervisory provider.In parallel, I provide medical-legal, workers’ compensation, and occupational medicine consulting, including independent medical analysis, IMEs, and expert medical opinion in complex injury matters. This work emphasizes medical causation, treatment appropriateness, functional capacity, and standards of care, grounded in evidence-based medicine.My interest in expedition medicine is grounded in preparation, judgment, and operational realism, with the goal of contributing meaningfully to team safety and mission success under real-world constraints.
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