Marc Grossman, MD, FACEP, was promoted to medical director for Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue (MDFR) in July. He replaces Donald G. Rosenberg, MD, FACC, who served as the medical director since 1996. Grossman had been the assistant medical director for Miami-Dade for the past two years. Rosenberg will take his place in that position. […]
Eric Beck, DO, NREMT-P, has joined Envision Healthcare Corporation as associate chief medical officer for American Medical Response (AMR) and Evolution Health. He previously served as medical director for the City of Chicago EMS System, including the Chicago Fire Department.Beck says he will be working closely with AMR Chief Medical Offcer Ed Racht, MD, to […]
On June 17, Skip Kirk-wood, M.S., J.D., NREMT-P, EFO, CMO moved less than 25 miles east to begin his first day as the director of Durham County EMS, in Durham, N.C. In addition to his responsibilities for the management of the entire EMS system, he directly supervises a staff of 112 in nine locations and […]
Alexander Garza, MD, MPH, former assistant secretary for health affairs of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been named as the medical director and homeland security advisor for FirstWatch, an Encinitas, Calif.-based company that provides real-time public safety data analysis for 9-1-1, police, fire, EMS, emergency management and public health organizations in the […]
Kurt Williams, a leader and innovator in the healthcare and medical transportation industries for more than thirty years, died April 20, in San Diego, at the age of 54.
Troy Hagen, MBA, EMT-P, has been named the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Care Ambulance Service in Southern California. Formerly the Ada County (Idaho) paramedics director, Hagen assumed the new role in January. Although Hagen doesn’t expect to create systemic change, he hopes to look for ways to continue to move the organization […]
American Medical Response Inc. (AMR) announced the departure of president Mark Bruning, effective Jan. 14. William A. Sanger, chief executive officer (CEO) of AMR’s parent company, Emergency Medical Services Corporation, has stepped in as interim president. Bruning, 54, began his 30-year career at AMR as an EMT and holds the distinction of being the first […]
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Board of Directors announced the selection of Severo (Tre) Rodriguez III, MS, AEMCA, NREMT-P, as the new executive director, effective January of this year. Rodriguez replaces William Brown, Jr., RN, MS, CEN, NREMT-P.
In 1982, Connie Meyer, RN, EMT-P, attended the first day of EMT class in her hometown of Olathe, Kan. On that day, 30 years ago, she was unaware of the significant influence she would eventually have on the profession.
In 1982, Connie Meyer, RN, EMT-P, attended the first day of EMT class in her hometown of Olathe, Kan. On that day, 30 years ago, she was unaware of the significant influence she would eventually have on the profession. From those humble beginnings working for a small, rural, hospital-based ambulance service, Meyer began a career […]
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