Dr. Swanson is retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel in civil and criminal cases requiring objective medical analysis of causation, including matters involving heart attacks, sepsis, strokes, drowning, hypothermia, and heat stroke.
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Dr. Swanson identifies what emergency medicine protocols are required in your case and where the clinical record aligns with or departs from that standard. Opinions are grounded in current evidence-based medicine and full-time active practice.
Medical records, imaging findings, and lab values translated into clear, accurate narratives that judges and juries can follow. Dr. Swanson’s published medical writing demonstrates the same professionalism he brings to expert reports and testimony.
Board-certified, actively practicing, and peer-published. Co-inventor of a patented airway device through RSI Prime, LLC. Credentials that reflect genuine clinical innovation, not just time in practice, and opinions built to withstand scrutiny from opposing experts.
Dr. Swanson works both sides of the docket. That independence is reflected in his methodology: the same objective standard of care analysis regardless of who retains him. Attorneys on both sides have relied on his opinions across deposition and trial settings.
Fellowship-trained in wilderness medicine (FAWM) and completing advanced training in dive and marine medicine. Dr. Swanson covers cases involving environmental exposures, altitude illness, cold injury, decompression sickness, and marine trauma, conditions that fall outside most emergency medicine experts’ scope.
Early chart review to identify the medical strengths and vulnerabilities in the record before you commit to a litigation strategy. Dr. Swanson provides clear, well-documented opinions that hold their ground through deposition and at trial.
Dr. Swanson brings current, full-time clinical experience to every case, not opinions formed from a retired perspective. Available for consultation, chart review, deposition, and trial testimony across all 50 states, in emergency cases ranging from major trauma centers to rural and freestanding EDs.
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Passen Powell Jenkins
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Goad Law
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Kane Personal Injury
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Emergency, Wilderness & Dive Medicine Expert
Yes. Dr. Swanson accepts cases on both sides of litigation. His opinions are based on the medical record, established clinical standards, and the available evidence, not on which party is retaining him. Attorneys on both sides of emergency medicine cases have retained him for chart review, expert reports, deposition, and trial testimony.
Yes. Some of the most clinically complex cases involve conditions the treating team never identified. Dr. Swanson’s approach reconstructs the clinical picture from available records, lab values, imaging, environmental data, and the physiological sequence of events. A formal diagnosis in the chart is not a prerequisite for a well-supported expert opinion.
Both. Dr. Swanson has provided expert testimony in criminal proceedings, including successful defense of defendants in a drowning death case and prosecution testimony in a case involving assault of an incapacitated patient. His criminal case work requires the same standard of medical rigor as civil matters.
Dr. Swanson’s case experience spans emergency medicine standard of care, environmental and wilderness injuries (hypothermia, heat stroke, high-altitude illness), drowning and marine incidents, freestanding ED care, EMS and transport decisions, and airway management. He has also addressed pain and suffering, mechanism of injury, and causation questions in civil matters involving motor vehicle crashes, nursing home incidents, and product liability.
Dr. Swanson analyzes the full clinical timeline: the patient’s presentation, diagnostic workup, hospital course, and the physiological processes unfolding over hours or days. Where the medical record is incomplete, he draws on clinical literature and established guidelines to support his reasoning. His opinions identify what the evidence supports and where it does not support a competing theory.
Yes, and this is a core part of his value in litigation. Dr. Swanson has extensive experience as a clinical educator and has testified on subjects ranging from the physiology of drowning and hypothermia to GCS scoring, sepsis treatment protocols, and the mechanics of airway management. He translates technical medicine into clear, accessible language without sacrificing accuracy.
No. Dr. Swanson operates independently through Swanson Emergency Medical Services, PLLC. He is not a panel member for any plaintiff or defense firm and does not receive referrals through agency arrangements. His availability and case acceptance decisions are his own.
If you have a case involving emergency medicine, wilderness, or dive medicine, call 904.219.7375 or send a message. I review civil and criminal cases for both plaintiff and defense attorneys and can give you a quick assessment of the medical evidence. I usually respond within an hour.
