From Provider to Patient: A Flight Paramedics Story
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On March 9th of this year, I presented to ECU Health with a complaint of chest pain. Diagnosed with an enclosed rupture of the ascending aorta I was rushed to the OR hypotensive and bradycardic. I was in profound hypothermic cardiac arrest for 34 min and nearly bled to death. The next morning, on my 47th birthday I woke up in the ICU. This is my story.
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I am a board-certified flight paramedic with 30 years of experience in 911, critical care, search and rescue, EMS education, and public speaking. I am a member of the National Association of EMS Educators and the Association of Air Medical Services. I previously served on the Board of Directors for ICAPP. I have presented at the AMTC and CCTMC and contributed to the Critical Care Core Curriculum (2nd edition). I am employed by Novant Health and Lenoir Community College in NC.