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Listed Alphabetically:
Richard L. Alcorta, MD, FACEP
Dr. Alcorta
is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician and as an Anne
Arundel County resident, represents the EMS knowledgeable county
physicians. Dr. Alcorta started his EMS career as an EMT-A and
went on to become a Paramedic in California. He received his
Bachelor of Science degree at San Diego State University, and in
1983 graduated from Howard University School of Medicine. He
completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Harbor-UCLA
Medical Center and in 1986, became a faculty member of the
Emergency Department at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. He has
practiced Emergency Medicine at Suburban Hospital Shock Trauma
Center since 1987. From 1992 to 1994, he was the State EMS
Director, and in 1995 was appointed as the State EMS Medical
Director at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical
Services Systems (MIEMSS). He is the Chemical Stockpile
Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) State Medical Director
and has spoken as a subject matter expert at National CSEPP and
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) conferences.
Lisa
L. Booze, Pharm.D., C.S.P.I.
Lisa Booze
is the Clinical Coordinator at the Maryland Poison Center (MPC)
and a Certified Specialist in Poison Information. Dr. Booze
received a B.S. in Pharmacy in 1979 and a Doctor of Pharmacy in
2000, both from the University Of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Booze has been on the staff of the Maryland Poison Center
since 1979 and has been certified as a Specialist in Poison
Information by the American Association of Poison Control
Centers (AAPCC) since 1983. She was named Clinical Coordinator
in 1988 and is responsible for developing and implementing
education programs, training classes and materials for health
professionals in Maryland. She has lectured locally and
nationally at professional conferences, hospitals, colleges and
fire/rescue services. She is the editor of ToxAlert and
ToxTidbits, MPC newsletters for health professionals, and
has authored numerous toxicology articles for professional
association publications. Dr. Booze is an MPC liaison to
several state injury prevention and EMS agencies. She is a
co-coordinator of the Poison Center Surveillance for Chem/bioterrorism
and Public Health program, supported by the Maryland Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Dr. Booze
is a member of the American Association of Poison Control
Centers (AAPCC), the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT),
the Maryland Pharmacists Association, and the Maryland Society
of Health Systems Pharmacists. She has served as a member and
co-chair of the AAPCC Specialists in Poison Information
Committee and a member of the AAPCC Public Education Committee.
Dr. Booze is currently a member of the AAPCC/AACT/ACMT
Out-of-Hospital Patient Management Guidelines Expert Consensus
Panel.
John Butler, M.S., NREMT-P
Deputy Chief John S. Butler
has 15 years of leadership experience in Fire and Emergency
Medical Services in Howard County, Md. He is currently assigned
as the EMS Section Head. John was recently appointed by Governor
Martin O’Malley to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Education and
Training Commission. John’s achievements have been featured in
the Howard County Times, the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington
Post, as well as other media. Prior to coming to Howard County
Fire and Rescue, John served in the United States Marine Corps.
He is currently a member of the Marine Corps Reserves.
He is on faculty at Howard
Community College as an adjunct instructor in the Emergency
Health Sciences program, and lectures regionally in the field of
Emergency Medical Services, Quality Management, and Leadership
Development. John received his BA from the University of
Baltimore, and his MS from Johns Hopkins University.
LTC Scott A. Campbell
Scott
Campbell has been an active-duty Army officer for over 26 years
and has been a senior ski patrol instructor volunteer for the
past 16 years. Together with his experiences as the parent of a
10 year-old son with an autism spectrum disorder, he has
developed autism awareness training programs for all types of
first responder professionals. Scott has done these training
sessions for the past three years at all levels, including
regional and national EMS conferences in Virginia and Maryland.
He is also on the boards or advisory councils of four local and
state-level autism support organizations, including the
Commonwealth Autism Service in Richmond, former president and
executive director of Parents Of Autistic Children- Northern
Virginia, the Northern Virginia chapter of the Autism Society of
America, and the Fairfax County School Board's Advisory
Committee for Students with Disabilities. Additionally, he has
been a Disaster Action Team Member volunteer for the Red Cross,
special needs assistant volunteer for the Fairfax Medical
Reserve Corps, and a Community Emergency Response Team member
since 2006. He is a nationally-recognized advocate for military
parents of children with autism and was awarded the EP Maxwell
J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award from Exceptional Parent
magazine in 2007 in recognition of his efforts in the fields of
autism awareness. His last publication was the article titled
"Autism Awareness: A Patroller's Guide" in the Winter 2005
edition of Ski Patrol Magazine.
Fire Chief Jim Clack
Jim Clack is the Fire Chief in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has been with the department for 22
years. Recently, Chief Clack
served as the Unified Incident Commander for the first 26 hours
of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse disaster.
Minneapolis
Fire employs 450 men and women working from 19 fire stations.
Minneapolis Fire is well known internationally for its success
in recruiting women and minorities. Seventy women currently
serving as sworn firefighters at all levels of the
organization.
Chief Clack
is a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer program at the
National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He holds a
Bachelor's degree in Fire Administration from Southwest
Minnesota State University and a Mini-MBA for Government Mangers
from St Thomas University. He is currently pursuing a Master's
degree from St Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota.
Jim and his
wife Rose have been married for 26 years. Both are very active
in church and civic organizations. They have three grown
children.
Bruce Conrad, NREMT-P
Bruce Conrad, NREMT-P, is a Law Enforcement
Instructor and Paramedic for United States Secret Service,
Emergency Services. He retired in 2006 from the Baltimore County
Fire Department after 27 years of service, where he rose through
the ranks to Captain. More than 15 years of his career in the
BCoFD was dedicated to EMS. His career spans 33 years in the
emergency services field.
Carrie Cox, RN, MSN
Carrie has been a Burn ICU nurse
at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Burn Center since 1998, and has
held her current position as the Community Outreach & Education
Coordinator since 2004. In this position, she delivers burn
prevention education for the general public, as well as clinical
education and training for healthcare professionals throughout
the region. Carrie obtained her BSN from Towson University in
1997, and her Master of Science in Community & Public Health
Nursing from the University of Maryland in 2002.
Mark
Demski, NREMT-P
Lt. Mark
Demski is an NREMT-Paramedic who has been employed by the
Baltimore County Fire Department since 1985, currently working
in the Baltimore County Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management. He also serves as a consultant for
International Medical Consulting in Washington D.C., and the US
Secret Service. He has previously functioned as an ALS Programs
Coordinator, as well as a CPR and First Aid Instructor through
various training institutions. Mark is presently a member of
the State Emergency Communications Committee, and Baltimore
Metropolitan Council Technology Group. He is also a lifetime
member of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company.
Jerald Fleishman, M.D., L.Ac.
Dr. Fleishman
is a Board Certified Neurologist and Licensed Acupuncturist, who
is the Director of Clinical Neurophysiology: Section Chief of
Neurology and Director of the Stroke Unit at Franklin Square
Hospital. He is also a Clinical Instructor in Neurology at Johns
Hopkins Medical Center. Dr. Fleishman combines a complementary
approach in his practice using the Best of the East and the Best
of the West in the diagnosis and treatment of his patients. He
has lectured to numerous organizations over the years, including
nursing, physicians, rehabilitation groups, patient support
groups and other allied health organizations on topics of
Neurology, as well as a complementary approach to good health
and specific illnesses, He has been named in Consumer’s Guide to
Top Doctor’s in Maryland and “Top Doc” in Baltimore Magazine.
Most recently he was named in Washington Consumer’s Checkbook as
an outstanding specialist in the Baltimore-Washington area.
Dr. Fleishman
is also an instructor and practitioner of Tai Chi and Qi Gong,
and incorporates this Tai Chi and Qi Gong “plus” approach to
good health.
Richard J. Fogelson, J.D.
Richard J. Fogelson is a
National Partnership Director with The Advisory Board Company in
Washington, D.C. The Advisory Board represents a membership of
more than 2,500 of the nation’s most progressive hospitals and
health systems. As National Partnership Director, Mr. Fogelson
is responsible for working with hospital executives nationwide
to counsel them in the development and implementation of
strategic initiatives to elevate health system performance.
Mr. Fogelson has also helped to lead the company’s flagship
program, The Health Care Advisory Board.
Prior to joining The Advisory
Board, Mr. Fogelson spent over a decade as health care trial
attorney representing health care clients and consumers with
high exposure professional malpractice cases and risk management
issues in Federal and State courts. Mr. Fogelson writes and
lectures nationwide and has been listed in the Bar Register
of Preeminent Lawyers. Mr. Fogelson is on faculty at The
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health
Services in the Department Health Policy. He also designed and
taught a full semester course on law and emergency medicine at
the University. In addition to his health policy work, Mr.
Fogelson has worked in the emergency medical field for over
twenty two years and is an active paramedic with the Fairfax
County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia.
Thomas Genuit, M.D., MBA, FACS
Dr. Genuit
attended Medical School in Heidelberg Germany with several
semesters abroad, including England, South Africa and America.
He received 2 years of Pediatric surgery training at the
University of Heidelberg, Germany and completed a surgery
residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His
Fellowship training in Trauma and Critical Care was completed at
the R A Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where he an attending
surgeon 999-2003. Dr. Genuit obtained an Executive MBA at Loyola
College, Maryland in 2003 and is currently the Director of
Trauma and Associate Residency Director at the Sinai Hospital of
Baltimore. Additionally, he serves as a member of the State
Committee on Trauma, TraumaNet, and an Assistant Professor of
Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Kenneth P. Hughes, BS, NREMT-P
Mr. Hughes
is currently a Captain in the Baltimore County Fire Department
in Baltimore, Maryland. He is assigned to the Brooklandville
Station which houses the County’s Hazardous Materials Response
Team. In addition to his administrative duties, he supervises
the HazMat Team while engaged in emergency response. As a
Paramedic, his clinical responsibilities include management of
critically ill individuals in the pre-hospital setting. Mr.
Hughes has also spent time as an Instructor assigned to the Fire
Rescue Academy and has served as a district EMS Lieutenant. In
that capacity, he provided instruction at the EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate,
and EMT-Paramedic level. He also played an active role in the
implementation of new skills and techniques for current field
providers. Mr. Hughes continues to teach at the Community
College of Baltimore County in the Emergency Medical Technology
Program. He has served as the primary instructor for several
EMT-Basic level programs and remains the primary instructor for
the Paramedic Pharmacology Program. In addition, he is an
adjunct instructor for the Law Enforcement Division of the
United States Secret Service. Mr. Hughes has been a career
member of the Baltimore County Fire Department since 1994.
Since 1991, he has also been an active volunteer at the White
Marsh Volunteer Fire Company. During that time, he has served
in numerous roles, including the elected Senior Lieutenant and 1st
Lieutenant of the Training Division. In addition, Mr. Hughes is
a HazMat Group member of the Maryland Taskforce – 2 Urban Search
and Rescue (USAR) Team.
Mr. Hughes
travels the country providing consultation to emergency response
communities associated with the Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program (CSEPP) as an exercise evaluator and
instructor. These communities are in close proximity to the
storage areas for the nation’s chemical weapons stockpiles. His
areas of expertise include pre-hospital emergency management,
hazardous materials incident mitigation, and training of
emergency personnel for disaster response.
Mr. Hughes
obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Towson
University in 1999. His concentration was in the field of Human
Anatomy and Physiology. Currently, he is pursuing a Masters of
Science degree in Integrated Homeland Security Management from
Towson University. His National Registry Paramedic Certification
was obtained from the Baltimore County Fire Rescue Academy in
1993. He is also an emergency services instructor certified by
the Maryland Instructor Certification Review Board, an ACLS and
BLS Instructor, a certified Hazardous Materials Technician, and
a certified Hazardous Materials Incident Commander.
Lori Jordan, M.D.
Lori Jordan
is director of the pediatric stroke program and co-director of
the pediatric neurovascular center at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She completed medical school at the University of Oklahoma and
then did training in pediatrics and child neurology at Johns
Hopkins.
Since no
formal training in pediatric stroke is available in the United
States, to gain expertise in the evaluation and treatment of
stroke patients, she did an adult stroke fellowship at Johns
Hopkins. She is currently a PhD candidate in Clinical
Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health. Her research focuses on outcomes after hemorrhagic
stroke in children. She is an investigator in several
multi-center studies of childhood stroke and collaborates with
physicians in pediatric hematology to study stroke in children
with sickle cell disease, and with physicians in the pediatric
intensive care unit to study cerebral monitoring after stroke in
children. She thoroughly enjoys the practice of clinical
pediatric neurology and also enjoys teaching medical students
and residents.
Brenda Kelly-Frey
Brenda
Kelly-Frey has been involved in Maryland Relay since its
inception in various capacities and has been the Director since
2002. Brenda has Deaf parents and is involved in Deaf issues as
a certified sign language interpreter, teacher, and interpreter
evaluator for Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Brenda’s
life-long dedication to, and advocacy for, the Deaf, speech
disabled and hard of hearing communities includes her membership
in local and national organizations such as MDAD, TDI , HLAA,
National NAD. She is a member of E-911 committee, Statewide
Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities, Baltimore
County Emergency Preparedness Committee, FCC Consumer Advisory
Committee, NENA as well as the FCC’s Commercial Mobile Service
Alert Advisory Committee. She has provided state-wide training
to 9-1-1 Centers on how to process calls from people who are
Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech Disabled as well as MD Relay.
Brenda
involves herself in a variety deaf, speech disabled & hard of
hearing issues at the FCC and was the driving force in obtaining
FCC sponsorship of Telephone Service Priority (TSP) for
Telecommunications Relay Services. Brenda supported and
encouraged AT&T Relay to be the first provider of TRS to obtain
TSP for the Maryland Relay. All other providers and Relay
Centers followed Maryland and AT&T’s example to ensure that all
relay centers have service restoration priority in case of
emergency.
Timothy Kerns, MS
Timothy Kerns
has been a database engineer at the University of Maryland’s
National Study Center for Trauma and EMS since 1990. He
received a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Science from The Johns
Hopkins University in 1986, and a Master’s Degree in
Epidemiology and Emergency Health Services from the University
of Maryland in 1988. During his time at the Study Center, he
has gained considerable experience in the manipulation and use
of large datasets relating to motor vehicle crashes and injury.
He has co-authored a number of journal articles on highway
safety and has presented results from independent research
projects at local and national health and injury conferences.
Mr. Kerns is currently the project director for the Crash
Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) and the Crash Injury
Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) projects funded by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). He is a
member of the Board of Directors for the Maryland Division of
the American Trauma Society and of the Executive Board of the
Association of Traffic Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP).
Ron Lewis, BS, NREMT-P
Captain Ron Lewis is presently
the Commander of the Maryland State Police Special Operations
Division (SWAT, K-9, Motorcycle Unit, & Tactical Services to
include MSP tactical paramedics). He has held the prior
position of Assistant Commander MSP Aviation Command and has
held all ranks from Trooper through Captain as a flight
paramedic. Captain Lewis has a B.S. in Management, and is
currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Management from UMUC.
Additionally, he is an EMS instructor at Wor-Wic Community
College, and an EMS, ITLS, and ACLS instructor at Peninsula
Regional Medical Center.
Don Lundy, BHS, NREMT-P
Don Lundy
currently serves as EMS Director for Charleston County EMS in
South Carolina. In his 33 years of EMS experience, he has
directed large municipal and small rural services as well as
helicopter operations and is a nationally registered paramedic,
ACLS and First Responder instructor. Even as the Director, he
continues to practice EMS medicine on the street, working the
streets once a month.
Don is
Chairman of the State's EMS Advisory council and the American
Heart Association’s EMS committee on Stroke. Don is Past
President of the South Carolina EMS Association and serves on on
the State’s EMS Training Committee, the SC Trauma Committee and
is vice-chair of the Lowcountry EMS Council. He also serves as
President of the Board for the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, a group
developed specifically to meet the spiritual needs of EMS, fire
and police.
Nationally,
Don serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association
of EMTs and serves as an instructor at the National Fire
Academy’s EMS program. He is also a guest lecturer at the
University of Maryland Baltimore Campus. He speaks nationally on
EMS medical, operational and technology issues and work ethics.
In his
spare time, Don is the Chairman of the South Carolina Governor’s
Foster Care Review Board. He and his wife of 33 years are
foster parents with 31 foster children and is a member of the
Charleston Lions Club and the Charleston Men’s Chorus.
Don is a
graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina with a
Bachelor degree in Health Care Administration.
Sgt.
Keith A. McMinn, NREMT-P
Sgt McMinn is
an eleven year veteran of the Maryland State Police. In his
current assignment, he is a Tactical Paramedic with the MSP
Special Tactical Assault Team. He spent 7 years in the Aviation
Division and has held the positions of helicopter base
supervisor and paramedic training coordinator. He offers 20
years EMS experience.
Deputy Jeremy Mothershed, NREMT-P
Deputy
Mothershed is a 10-year veteran with the Harford County
Sheriff’s Office. He is currently assigned to the Special
Operation Division as a K-9 Handler as his primary job function.
He also serves with the Special Operations division Special
Response Team as a Tac-Medic. He has been a Paramedic for 9
years.
Robbie Murray, NREMT-P
Robbie has been a Nationally
Registered Paramedic for 14 years, and is currently the
Operations Division Manager for Sussex County Delaware EMS.
Prior to this position he was an FTO and the department’s
Training Coordinator. He has extensive experience with national
speaking and teaching on capnography for EMS. In addition to
EMS he has been involved with the volunteer fire service for the
last 20 years and currently holds the position of Assistant Fire
Chief.
Julian Orenstein, M.D.
Dr. Orenstein
is board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and currently
practices at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. He has been
appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Pediatrics at Georgetown University, George Washington
University and the University of Virginia. He has been involved
in training physicians, nurses and EMS providers in pediatric
emergency medicine for over twenty years.
Chad
Packard, BS, NREMT-P
Chad has
been in EMS for 15 years and is the EMS Training Specialist for
ALS Programs at the MIEMSS Office of Licensure and Certification.
He is currently the Deputy Chief of the Susquehanna Hose Company
and also the current President and Past Chief of the Havre de
Grace Ambulance Corps in Harford County.
Richard B. Prather lll. D.D.S.
Dr. Prather
is a 51 year old general dentist who resides in Hagerstown,
Maryland. He is married with five children. Dr. Prather began
his volunteer career in the fire service in 1970. He is a
lifetime member of three departments. He has held numerous
operational and departmental positions from chief of operations
to a member of the Board of Directors. Currently, Dr. Prather is
the Incident Safety Officer for the Clear Spring Volunteer Fire
Department. After graduation from dental school in 1982 Dr.
Prather obtained his teaching credentials for the fire service,
through the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. He teaches both
fire and rescue classes. Dr. Prather contributed to the current
edition of the MFRI program Rescue Technician Vehicle and
Machinery. He is currently rewriting the Fire Officer I program
to the new current NFPA standards. Dr. Prather has taught
programs throughout the nation, for both fire and rescue
venues. Dr. Prather is still actively involved the fire and
rescue service.
Kevin G. Seaman, M.D., FACEP
Dr. Kevin Seaman is serving as
the Region III Medical Director for his second term, having been
initially selected in 1999.
Dr. Seaman was born in Elmira,
N.Y. and attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. for
both undergraduate and medical degrees. While in medical school
he took his first course in prehospital care, germinating an
interest that would continue as a theme in his career. Having
been selected for a U. S. Navy Health Professions Scholarship,
Dr. Seaman, upon graduation, began his internship in Family
Medicine at the Naval Medical Center, Bremerton, Washington.
Following his operational tour as a Flight Surgeon, he was
selected for the Emergency Medicine residency at Naval Regional
Medical Center, San Diego, CA. During the residency Dr. Seaman
sought additional experiences in Prehospital Care. Upon
finishing the residency, he served as the Medical Director for
the military EMS system in San Diego, encompassing 9 bases,
approximately 200 EMTs and 250 Federal Fire Fighters. Dr. Seaman
secured funding, conceived, developed and presented Automated
External Defibrillator training to all EMTs and Federal Fire
Fighters. This program resulted in an approximately 20 – 25 %
increase in Return of Spontaneous Circulation for cardiac
arrests on military bases in San Diego.
Finishing his military
obligation, Dr. Seaman moved to Maryland, started work as an
Emergency Physician and began seeking opportunities for
involvement in Maryland EMS. He began by educating and providing
lectures to EMS providers. In 1995 he was selected as the
Medical Director for Howard County Fire and Rescue in a
competitive process based upon the recommendations of the Howard
County EMS Task Force. Through his work with Howard County he
has helped to implement Emergency Medical Dispatch, a 12 lead
prehospital ECG program, Rapid Sequence Intubation. Through work
with both Howard County and Region III Dr. Seaman has helped to
develop the Acute Respiratory Distress/CHF protocol and is
currently piloting the Patient Initiated Refusal of Care Policy.
As Region III Medical Director he has participated in training
physicians and nurses in the Maryland Base Station Course.
Additionally, he has helped to develop and present the Maryland
Pediatric Base Station Course. Dr. Seaman has educated providers
in Maryland at EMS Care for multiple years on topics ranging
from CPAP, Patient Refusal, Medical Director System Involvement
and Evidence-Based Literature Review.
Bill
Seifarth, MS, NREMT-P
Bill is the
Director for the MIEMSS Office of Licensure and Certification.
He is a lifetime member of Frostburg Area Ambulance and
is an EMS educator, with interests in EMS education and
instructor training.
Greg
Stadter
Greg Stadter
is a Crash Reconstructionist, currently working at the Crash
Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) Center in Falls
Church, Virginia. Here he performs detailed crash
reconstruction on motor vehicle, pedestrian and motorcycle
crashes using modified study protocols. Mr. Stadter has also
held previous researcher positions with the National Automotive
Sampling System in Clinton, Maryland, and with Gillis Technology
Consultants in Bethesda. He has served on the CIREN Crash
Committee since 2005, as well as numerous sub-committees. He
completed his Bachelor’s degree at the University of MD, College
Park, and is also a Certified Child Seat Technician.
Jessica Strohm Farber, MSN, APRN, BC, CFRN, CMTE
Jessica
Strohm Farber received a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the
University of Pennsylvania, where she also completed a Masters
Degree in the Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Program. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice
at Case Western Reserve University.
Ms. Strohm
Farber has nursing experience in pediatric critical care,
pediatric emergency care, and pediatric and neonatal critical
care transport. She is currently on staff with the Division of
Transport Medicine at Children’s National Medical Center in
Washington, DC, where her role includes helicopter and ground
ambulance transport of ill and injured infants and children.
Mary Alice Vanhoy, RN, CEN, MSN, NREMT-P
Mary Alice Vanhoy is from Shore Health System and United
Communities VFD with a special interest in pediatrics that
includes: Disaster Preparedness & Management, Moulage, and EMS
and Hospital ED staff education.
Mary Alice
works with the Maryland EMSC Program by coordinating education
and prevention opportunities, and is involved in Maryland’s
many EMS-related programs, including PEPP, BTLS, and Pediatric
BTLS programs as an instructor and coordinator, and is faculty
for the ENA (Emergency Nurses Association)’s ENPC (Emergency
Nursing Pediatric Course) Course and TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core
Curriculum) Course. In addition to pediatric-focused programs,
she teaches many programs across the life-span. She is
also the appointed Emergency Nursing Representative on the State
EMS Board.
Additionally,
Mary Alice serves as the EMS Program Director at the Chesapeake
College in Wye Mills, Maryland and is an active member of the
Maryland State ENA.
Cynthia Wright Johnson,
MSN, RNC
Cyndy Wright
Johnson MSN directs the MIEMSS EMS for Children’s Program and
has a special interest in pediatrics that includes: Children
with Special Health Care Needs, Injury Prevention and Health
Promotion, School Health issues and Disaster Preparedness. As
the principle investigator on the EMSC Partnership Grant and the
CPS – Occupant Protection Grant, she works with many different
agencies across the state.
Cyndy
coordinates the Maryland EMSC Program and leads a team of expert
pediatric specialists and advocates in each Region to promote
both safety and appropriate pediatric emergency care. She is
currently coordinating the Maryland’s Safe Kids Coalition and
Maryland Risk Watch Team. She serves on the Maryland Occupant
Protection Task Force, Maryland Chapter of the American Trauma
Society. She serves on the Maryland Child Passenger Safety Board
and the Partnership for a Safer Maryland Board.
Cyndy is
the mother of to two young adults who have taught her many new
aspects of EMSC over the years and two school age nieces that
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