Mr. Frank M. Paskewich has over 30 years of experience in the field of Coastal Disaster Response, including Oil Spills. He earned his BS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from the United States Coast Guard Academy. He also completed his MS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture, and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Today, this expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. Formerly, this expert served in the ...
Mr. Guy Schultz has over 35 years of experience in the fields of Aviation and Crisis Management. He earned his BA in Political Science and Government from Texas State University. Formerly, this expert served in the US Army for over 25 years as an Aviation Officer, where he worked as a Combat Aviation Brigade Commander and a Chief of Staff: G3, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He also worked for BP as a Vessel Management Lead, serving in Crisis Management for Deepwater ...
Dr. Richard D. Zane has over 27 years of experience in the field of Emergency Medicine. He earned his BA from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Today, this expert is board certified in Emergency Medicine. Formerly, this expert held roles as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and as Vice Chair of the Department of ...
This highly qualified expert has 30+ years in EMS. He earned AS degrees in fire science technology and medical services technology from Indian River Community College. He is a certified EMT, paramedic, and firefighter. He has served as an EMT at Lifeline Ambulance Service Inc. and as a Paramedic at Emergency Medical Consultants Inc. before joining the Indian River County EMS unit in Vero Beach, Florida. There, he served as an EMS paramedic, an EMS lieutenant paramedic, ...
This expert spent more than four decades with the New York City Fire Department, serving as a Battalion Chief for more than half of his career. He served as the Chief in Charge of Curriculum and Officer Development at the New York Fire Department Training Academy on Randall's Island, and is a regular speaker at the Fire Department Instructors Conference. He has authored numerous articles in firefighting publications and published a book on emergency response, which ...
This highly qualified expert is a licensed paramedic who has worked in emergency response for over 30 years. Former positions have included former Deputy Director of The EMS Institute at Stamford Hospital and Program Director at the Join Hospital Planning Council. Currently, he is the Deputy Director of an EMS agency with a 7.1 million dollar operational budget that provides responds to approximately 6,200 requests per year to a major CT city. He manages 4 primary ...
This seasoned security expert has extensive physical security, corporate security, executive, project management and federal law enforcement experience. He has authored Emergency Management Plans, Base Camp Operations Plans and many other types of governing and operational plans, documents and procedures in governmental, non-profit and non-governmental environments....
This expert is certified in:
CEM* Certified Emergency Manager by International Association of Emergency Managers.
CPP* Certified Protection Professional by ASIS International (American Society for Industrial Security).
CHS-V* Certified, Homeland Security-Level 5 by American Board/Certified Homeland Security.
CBCP* Certified Business Continuity Professional by Disaster Recovery Institute International.
CSI-ML: Certified Safety Instructor-Master Level by World ...
This highly qualified expert has 44+ years of experience in Structural and Wildland Firefighting, Emergency and Disaster Response, which includes from basic hand crew work and entry level firefighter, up to and including being Incident Commander on thousands of emergency incidents. For the past 37 years he has been an instructor and an educational designer, developing and instructing courses in all types of Firefighting, Incident Command, and Emergency Response. He ...
This health and safety professional has more than three decades of experience in industrial hygiene, occupational exposures, safety, and public health. Throughout his career, this expert has personally conducted over a thousand industrial hygiene evaluations for numerous companies in various fields including engineering, mining, manufacturing, oil & gas, healthcare, environmental, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food processing, agriculture, and construction. As a ...
This case involved a 43-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency room following a motor vehicle accident. The patient complained of neck, shoulder, and hip pain. Upon exam, she was noted to have extremely high blood pressure. It was…
The patient was brought by ambulance to a local emergency room and a CT scan was ordered stat. The stat CT was canceled however because the patient’s symptoms were attributed to a scopolamine patch. The patient was kept in the…
This case involves an expansive wildfire in Texas that destroyed more than 3,000 structures and resulted in multiple deaths. Investigations have concluded that the majority of the fire was caused by equipment and infrastructure maintained by a major electrical utility provider. As…
This case involves a man who was using a wearable defibrillator vest manufactured for consumer use. While at home alone, the man experienced lightheadedness and lost consciousness. The life vest delivered defibrillation and the man was able to regain consciousness.…
This case involves a 63-year old female patient with a past medical history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and coronary artery disease. She presented to the emergency room around 10 am with a chief complaint of pain in her…
This case involves a 46-year-old man who suffered severe injuries while being transported by EMS. The ambulance was traveling at 65 mph and made a sharp right turn and overturned. The patient who was on the stretcher was thrown against…
This case involves a 3-year-old girl from a rural town in Minnesota who awoke in the early morning with a headache and emesis. She was brought by ambulance to the local emergency department and immediately intubated. A head CT revealed…
This case involves a 49-year-old female patient with a history of high blood pressure who was brought to the emergency room with unbearable chest and abdominal pain. The patient’s blood pressure was read as extremely elevated and the physician assistant decided…
This case involves a middle-aged female with a history of diabetes who suffered cardiac arrest in her home. Emergency medical services arrived on the scene within 15 minutes and the decision was made to intubate the patient. The paramedic who intubated the patient was new to…