Inter Facility Transport Expert Witnesses

Jacksonville, Florida

Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - Pediatric Trauama, Inter-facility Transport, Flight Nurse, Rural Medicine, Adult Trauma

--- I am a critical care flight nurse and paramedic with 20 years of experience across pre-hospital emergency medicine, fixed wing air medical transport, emergency nursing, and intensive care for patients of all ages — from neonates to adults. My career has been defined by high-acuity, high-stakes environments where rapid clinical decision-making directly determines patient outcomes. My emergency department background encompasses adult and pediatric trauma, multi-system injury, acute cardiac and neurological emergencies, sepsis, and respiratory failure. I have worked alongside trauma surgeons, emergency physicians, and critical care teams in both urban trauma centers and rural facilities where the emergency nurse is often the first and most advanced clinician at the bedside. That dual experience — resource-rich and resource-limited — gives me a thorough understanding of what the standard of care looks like across a wide range of practice settings. In critical care, I have managed...

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Emergency Medical Services - Emergency Medical Services, EMT, Paramedic, Standard of Care, Prehospital, Inter-facility Transport, Ambulance, Cardiac Arrest, Airway Management, Choking, Spinal Injury Management, Excited Delirium, Patient Restraint, Refusal of Care, Failure to Transport, Patient Safety

* Residency trained and Board Certified in Emergency Medicine (Retired) * Board Certified in Emergency Medical Services * Minnesota State EMS Medical Director 2007 - 2010 * Wisconsin State EMS Medical Director 2006 - 2008 * Chair, National Council of State EMS Medical Directors 2006 - 2008 * EMS Physician Advisory Committee, Wisconsin DHFS 1993 - 2004 * Author of two ECG texts and Medical Advisor to two Emergency Medical Responder textbooks * Editorial Board member Journal of Emergency Medical Services 2007 - 2020 * Medical Director M Health Fairview EMS (St. Paul MN) 2008 - 2020 * Medical Director United Emergency Medical Response (WI) 2007 - Present * Medical Director Ashland Bayfield County (WI) 2006 - 2012 * Medical Director Eau Claire Fire Department (WI) 1994 - 2004 * Assistant Medical Director Janesville Fire Department (WI) 1989 - 1993 My experience in direct oversight of EMS agencies and development of state-wide policies and protocols attests to my ability to evaluate t...