1. David S. Pecora, MS, PA-C
4013 Bel Tree Drive NE
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-779-4405
Curriculum Vitae
09/1/2016
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2. QUALIFICATIONS
♦ Thirty five years of Emergency Medical experience
♦ Completed over 2500 medical helicopter patient transports
♦ Completed Three-Year Physician Assistant Training Program
♦ Completed Master’s Degree in Emergency Medicine (This academic program
follows Core Content as developed by American Board of Emergency Medicine)
♦ Completed residency in Emergency Medicine at West Virginia University -
School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
♦ Extensive Critical Care Experience as a Physician Assistant, Paramedic, and RN
EDUCATION
1979 Pennsylvania Department of Health, State Certified Emergency Medical
Technician-Ambulance
1981 Bradford Area High School, Bradford, Pennsylvania-Graduate
1984 Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Fl., EMT-Paramedic
Graduated with High Honors
1991 Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Fl., Associate in Science/EMS
Education
1995 Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Fl., Associate in Science/EMS
Management
1997 The University of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y., Associate in
Science/Nursing Graduated with High Honors
1998 MacArthur Surgical Clinic, Alexandria, LA, Cardiothoracic Surgery Clerkship
1999 Logan General Hospital, Logan, WV. Primary Care Medical/Surgical Internship
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3. EDUCATION- CONTINUED
2000 Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, WV., Bachelor in Science Major: Medical
Science-Physician Assistant- Graduated Cum Laude
2002 Alderson-Broaddus College/West Virginia University-School of Medicine,
Philippi, WV. Master of Science: Medical Science- Emergency Medicine-
Graduated Cum Laude
2003 West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency
Medicine
Physician Assistant Residency in Emergency Medicine
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
♦ 1979-1985: Pennsylvania State Certified Emergency Medical Technician
♦ 1980-current: AHA CPR Instructor
♦ 1984-current: Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic
♦ 1984-current: Florida State Licensed EMT-Paramedic
♦ 1984-current: American Heart Association ACLS Provider
♦ 1985-current: American Heart Association ACLS Instructor
♦ 1986-2011: Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Instructor/Regional Faculty
♦ 1987-1997: Florida Qualified Lead EMS Instructor
♦ 1988–current: AHA/AAP PALS Provider/Instructor
♦ 1988-current: Advanced Trauma Life Support- Provider
♦ 1989: United States Navy Helodunker Water Survival
& Aviation Physiology Training
♦ 1989 US DOT NHTSA Air Medical Crew Curriculum- Advanced Level
♦ 1991-current: AHA/AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Program/Provider
♦ 1991-current: PADI Certified Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver & Rescue
Diver
♦ 1994-1997: AHA Florida Affiliate Faculty/ACLS & PALS
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4. ♦ 1997-2013: Basic Trauma Life Support Instructor
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS- CONTINUED
♦ 1997-2012: AHA Regional Faculty/ACLS & PALS
♦ 1997-current: West Virginia Registered Nurse
♦ 2000-curent: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants-
Certified Physician Assistant- Primary Care
♦ 2000-current: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Special Recognition- Surgery
♦ 2011 (inaugural year)-current: National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants- Certificate of Added Qualification: Emergency Medicine
♦ 2000-current: The Difficult Airway Course-Emergency
♦ 2001-2012 Fundamentals of Critical Care Support
♦ 2005-current: Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Provider & Benchmark lab
♦ 2008-current: Minnesota Board of Medical Practice- Licensed Physician
Assistant
♦ 2009-current: Comprehensive Advanced Life Support- Instructor
EXPERIENCE
May 1979-August 1984 McKean County EMS, Emergency Medical Technician
Duties: Provide basic life support in the pre-hospital setting at the Emergency Medical
Technician level and aboard a ground ambulance. Patient assessment skills, CPR,
spinal & fracture immobilization, airway control and management, emergency childbirth,
overdose/poisoning management, vehicle extrication, etc.
September 1984-January 1989 Suncoast Medevac Helicopter Service Tampa, Fl.,
Flight Paramedic (part-time)
Duties: Provide rapid assessment, treatment, and prolonged air transportation to
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5. medical and trauma patients, to both pediatric and adults/medical and trauma. Duties
included medication infusion management, advanced airway management, transport
ventilator management, chest decompression, pericardiocentesis Advanced life support
level of care aboard a Bell-Jet Long Ranger. Also responsible for assuring safe landing
zone operations. Completed over 700 patient flights
EXPERIENCE- CONTINUED
November 1984-August 1996 Hillsborough County EMS, Tampa, Fl.,
Senior Paramedic/Field Instructor (full-time)
Duties: Provided initial and continuing education and in-service training, as well as
supervision to paramedics in a busy (75,000 calls/year) professional and advanced
EMS system. Standard medications administered, as well as: dopamine, aminophylline,
dexamethasone, RSI medications. 12-lead EKG interpretation. Procedures authorized
included: surgical cricothyroidotomy, central lines, McSwain dart chest tube, intra-
cardiac injections, and pericardiocentesis.
September 1985-August 1996 Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Fl.,
EMT & Paramedic Instructor (part-time)
Duties: Lead instructor for Paramedic & EMT courses. This EMS program is a two-
year paramedic program, which is competency based training. Program graduates
approximately 300 EMT’s a year, and 65 paramedics a year. I also served as EMS
Instructor for the Department of Defense-United States Central Command-MacDill Air
Force Base, Tampa, Florida.
January 1989-August 1996 Tampa General Hospital/Aeromed I
Aeromedical Specialist/Preceptor (part-time)
Duties: Served as an Aeromedical Specialist/Preceptor & Shift Supervisor for a 1,000
bed tertiary care, Level One adult & pediatric trauma center/teaching hospital.
Transporting patients from both scene & outlying hospitals/prolonged transport times
common. Patient population consisted of: adult & pediatric major trauma and major
medical cases, burns, myocardial infarctions, strokes, poisoning, spinal cord injuries,
submersion/diving incidents, and snake bites. Procedures/skills performed included:
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump transport, surgical cricothyroidotomy, escharotomy, central
lines, emergency cesarean section, rapid sequence intubation, cut downs, & chest
tubes. Duties/responsibilities also included functioning as shift supervisor for total of
three hospital helicopters, as well as training newly hired paramedics & registered
nurses to function aboard an aircraft (BK-117/EC-145). Completed over 2,000 patient
flights.
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6. EXPERIENCE- CONTINUED
January, 1991 EMS Commander: Superbowl XXII Tampa, Florida.
Duties: Responsible for all EMS operations, command and direction for Superbowl
XXII at Tampa Stadium which included over 100,000 in attendance. This Superbowl
was conducted during the first Gulf War. As such, worked directly with the Unites
States Department of Defense, CIA, Secret Service, FBI, CDC, State of Florida EMS
Office, Florida National Guard, and all area EMS agencies, hospitals, EMS helicopter
services.
May 1997- May 2000 Registered Nurse/House Supervisor Grafton City Hospital
Emergency Department
Duties: RN in a hospital Emergency Department. Functioned as the evening
charge nurse, supervising other emergency department RN’s and clinical support staff.
Patients seen where a wide variety as usually seen a hospital emergency department,
including adult and pediatric patients, medical and trauma. Also assisted with quality
assurance in the emergency department by chart reviews as well as staff education as
related to emergency medicine.
May 1999-May 2000 Logan General Hospital/Logan, WV. Physician Assistant
Medical Internship
Duties: Served as a physician assistant student at this community hospital for a year.
Completed rotations in the following areas: emergency medicine, pediatrics, surgery,
psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, internal medicine, & family practice.
June 2000- July 2004 West Virginia University Hospital, Department of Emergency
Medicine Chief, Physician Assistant (full-time)
Duties: Evaluate, diagnose and treat adult and pediatric patients in a 550-bed
teaching hospital Emergency Department. Complexity of patients varied from walk-in
patients, to critical medical and trauma patients. Emergency Department is an American
College of Surgeons verified Level One Trauma Center, Stroke Center, and Regional
Cardiac Care referral center. The facility also has an emergency medicine residency.
Other duties include establishing a Fast-Track from the ground/up at this tertiary care
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7. facility, including developing protocols, policies, and guidelines & conducting interviews
of prospective employees. Emergency Department volume: 45,000/year.
EXPERIENCE- CONTINUED
July 2002- June 2004 West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Department of
Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor (full-time)
Duties: Provide education & training to emergency medicine residents and medical
students in an academic environment by way of Grand-Rounds and Core Content
lectures, as well as during clinical rotations in the emergency department. Lectures
follow the American Board of Emergency Medicine core content recommendations.
July 2002- June 2004 Alderson-Broaddus College Physician Assistant Master’s in
Emergency Medicine Program Clinical Assistant Professor (part-time)
Duties: Educate currently trained Physician Assistants in emergency medicine to the
post- graduate level by way of lectures and clinical experience. This Master’s program
is a two-year academic training program for Physician Assistants who desire to obtain
further advanced academic training and education in emergency medicine.
December 2002- 2005 Physician Assistant Eagle Butte Indian Health Service
Hospital: Eagle Butte, SD (per diem)
Duties: Solo practitioner at this critical access hospital. Responsible for evaluating,
diagnosing and treating adult & pediatric patients in this acute care/community hospital
Emergency Department. Complexity of patients varied from cardiac arrest, acute
myocardial infarction, blunt & penetrating trauma, overdoses/poisoning, emergency
childbirth, altered mental status, CVA’s, etc. Also, proficient at arranging transfer of the
above patients to specialty care centers. Emergency Department volume: 15,000/year.
February 2005-April 2011 Physician Assistant Cass Lake Hospital: Cass Lake, MN
(full-time)
Duties: Solo practitioner at this critical access hospital. Responsible for evaluating,
diagnosing and treating adult & pediatric patients in a community hospital Emergency
Department. Complexity of patients varied from minor medical disorders to critical
medical & trauma patients, blunt/penetrating trauma, myocardial infarctions, CVA’s,
poisoning/overdoses, spinal cord injuries, suturing, emergency child birth, shock
management, etc. Procedures and treatments include: RSI, oral intubation, central line
insertion, I/O insertion, X-Ray interpretation, chest tube insertion, resuscitation of adults
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8. and pediatrics from shock, thrombolytic administration, surgical cric’s, fracture
management, Also, proficient at arranging transfer of the above patients to specialty
care centers. Urgent Care & Emergency Department volume: 24,000/year.
EXPERIENCE- CONTINUED
September 2009-12/2012 Physician Assistant Sanford Health: Bagley, MN (per
diem & then full-time: Full-time effective date= 4/2011)
Duties: Solo practitioner responsible for evaluating, diagnosing and treating adult &
pediatric patients in a community hospital Emergency Department, which is also a State
of Minnesota designated Level IV Trauma Facility. I was directly responsible for the
initial evaluation of all patients presenting to the Emergency Department, as well as for
their care during their entire stay in the ED. Complexity of patients varied from minor
injuries and aliments, to major medical and major trauma cases. Procedures and
treatments include: rapid sequence intubation, central line insertion, intraosseous line
placement, chest tube insertion, thrombolytic’s, suturing, fracture management, X-Ray &
CT initial interpretation, 12-Lead EKG interpretation, etc.
March 2011- Current Instructor/Educator Emergency Medical Staffing & Education
Duties: Instructor/Educator teaching ACLS, PALS, CALS (Comprehensive Advanced
Life Support), CPR, EKG interpretation, Airway control, IV techniques, and
pharmacology to physicians, nurses, paramedics. Courses conducted all throughout the
state of Minnesota, through the American Heart Association-Emergency Cardiovascular
Care Division, as well as the University of Minnesota.
January 2013- 2016 Instructor/Educator for University of Minnesota- Medical
School/Duluth, MN
Duties: Instructed medical students on the following: Orthoglass splint application,
fracture and sprain management. Also, instructed 4th
year medical students on
techniques of suturing, Dermabond application, wound irrigation, wound care.
November 2013- Current EMS Provider: Bemidji Youth Sports League-Bemidji, MN
Duties: Provide emergency medical assessment and care to injured or acutely ill sports
participants in youth sports activity. Also provided emergency medical assessment and
care to injured or acutely ill spectators at these events.
April 2016- Current Clinical Educator: Teleflex & Arrow
Duties: Conduct training and educational events in the classroom, as well as a health-
care setting environment for paramedics, RN’s, physicians, PA’s, etc on the use of
various advanced airway, chest decompression, and vascular access devices. Devices
such as: EZ intraosseous (I.O) device, central line access, chest decompression,
surgical airways, etc. I am engaged in teaching and guiding learners, evaluating
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9. learning, participating in advanced educational and training workshops, maintaining
clinical competence for all levels of health care professionals.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY
♦ Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL Standing Orders & Protocol Committee
♦ Tampa General Hospital/Aeromedical Services Education Committee
♦ Chief, Physician Assistant- West Virginia University Hospital Emergency
Department
♦ Joint Practice Committee Member - West Virginia University Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
♦ Mission Advisory Committee Member - West Virginia University Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
♦ CPR/Hospital Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Member- West Virginia
University Hospital
♦ Affiliate Faculty- Center for Rural Emergency Medicine- West Virginia
University School of Medicine
♦ West Virginia University Hospital: Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
♦ Cass Lake IHS Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
♦ Sanford Bagley Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
♦ National Association of EMT’s: Foundation Committee
♦ Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Conference Planning Committee
♦ Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Curriculum Committee
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
♦ American Academy of Physician Assistants- Distinguished Fellow
♦ Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants- Senior Fellow
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10. ♦ Society of Critical Care Medicine- Member
♦ American College of Emergency Physicians/ Rural EM Section- Member
PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED COMMUNITY SERVICE
♦ State of Florida -Trauma Advisory Committee Member/ 1986-1995
♦ Medical Audit Committee Member: Hillsborough County, Tampa, Fl. Trauma
Agency 1986-1994
♦ Statewide Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Member- American Heart
Association- Florida/ 1985-1994
♦ Statewide Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Member- American Heart
Association- West Virginia/ 1998-2004
♦ Statewide Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Member- American Heart
Association- Minnesota/ 2008- 2013
♦ American Heart Association- Mission Lifeline Task Force Member 2012-2016
TEACHING
Medical Education Presentations:
Trauma ’85 Emergency Medicine/Trauma Conference.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Head Injury- A Prehospital Approach”
February 18, 1985
Trauma ’86 Emergency Medicine/Trauma Conference.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Initial Patient Assessment- The Clues are There”
February 21, 1986
Trauma ’87 Emergency Medicine/Trauma Conference.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Trauma Patient Assessment- Don’t Miss It”
February 20, 1987
Florida Emergency Medical Services Trauma Symposium.
Key West, FL
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11. “Shock-It’s Right There”
April 15, 1988
TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
University Hospital- Jacksonville Trauma Conference.
Jacksonville, FL
“Shock- The Hidden Clues”
September 5, 1988
University Hospital-Jacksonville Trauma Conference.
Jacksonville, FL
“Patient Assessment- Becoming a Better Detective”
September 12, 1989
Tampa General Hospital: Trauma & Critical Care Conference
Tampa, FL
“Kinematics of Trauma- Diagnosing from the Dashboard”
October 10, 1990
Tampa General Hospital: Trauma & Critical Care Conference
Tampa, FL
“Pathophysiology of Shock”
October 11, 1990
Monroe County, FL EMS: Pre-Hospital Care Symposium
Monroe County, FL
“Airway Management: Let the Gas Flow”
June 9, 1991
Monroe County, FL EMS: Pre-Hospital Care Symposium
Monroe County, FL
“Use of 12-Lead EKG in EMS”
June 10, 1991
Lakeland Regional Hospital, FL: Emergency Medicine Update
Lakeland, FL
“Rapid Sequence Intubation/ Out of Hospital Use”
November 4, 1991
Orlando Regional Medical Center, FL: Resuscitation & Current Therapies
Orlando, FL
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12. “Use of Eminase in the Pre-Hospital Setting”
February 20, 1992
TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
Tampa General Hospital: Trauma & Critical Care Conference
Tampa, FL
“Stay & Play or Load & Go”
October 3, 1992
Tampa General Hospital: Trauma & Critical Care Conference
Tampa, FL
“Surgical Airway in the Pre-Hospital Setting: One Systems Experience”
October 4, 1992
Ft. Lauderdale, FL EMS: Pre-Hospital & Acute Care Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Thoracic Trauma: What’s inside the cage can kill you”
June 21, 1993
University Hospital-Jacksonville Trauma Conference.
Jacksonville, FL
“The implementation of a Helicopter into a Trauma System: Where’s the
Beef?”
February 26, 1994
University Hospital-Jacksonville Trauma Conference.
Jacksonville, FL
“An EMS Systems’ Experience with Chest Tubes”
February 27, 1994
Pre-Hospital Providers Emergency Care Assembly.
Atlanta, GA
“The Patient Assessment-Being Quick”
June 8, 2000
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Topic Oriented Lecture
Series Morgantown, WV.
“The Difficult Airway”
July 2, 2002
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“Advanced Airway Management”
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13. August 22, 2002
TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
Alderson-Broaddus College
Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Program
Philippi, WV
“Cardiovascular Disorders”
November 17, 2002
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“EMS Principles of Operations”
December 5, 2002
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“ACLS & PALS Up-Date”
February 27, 2003
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Topic Oriented Lecture
Series
Morgantown, WV
“Advanced Airway Management”
July 3, 2003
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“Rapid Sequence Intubation”
September 18, 2003
Alderson-Broaddus College
Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Program
Philippi, WV
“Disaster Management”
November 17, 2003
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“EMS System Medical Direction”
January 14, 2004
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14. TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
Alderson-Broaddus College
Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Program
Philippi, WV
“Difficult Airway Recognition & Management”
February 4, 2004
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“EMS Incident Command”
March 26, 2004
Alderson-Broaddus College
Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Program
Philippi, WV
“Heart Transplantation Patient in the E.D”
April 8, 2004
West Virginia University-School of Medicine, Grand Rounds
Morgantown, WV
“Alternative Airway Techniques”
May 13, 2004
EMS Summit National Conference
Denver, CO
“Rapid Sequence Intubation”
May 17, 2007
EMS Summit National Conference
Denver, CO
“Difficult Airway Management”
May 15, 2008
The Difficult Airway Course-EMS
St. Paul, MN
“Physiology of Capnography”
May 26, 2011
Sanford Bagley Medical Center
Bagley, MN
“Rapid Sequence Intubation: The Steps”
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15. April 4, 2012
TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
Sanford Bagley Medical Center
Bagley, MN
“Alternative Airway Devices”
June 23, 2012
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Acute MI: Diagnosis & Treatment”
August 14, 2014
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Capnography: Catch the Wave”
October 7, 2014
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Procedural Sedation: Done Right”
December 10, 2014
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Pediatric Resuscitation”
January 14, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“!2-Lead EKG and the Three I’s”
February 4, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Up-Date on Emergency Cardiac Care”
February 13, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Essentials of Resuscitation”
March 2, 2015
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16. TEACHING- CONTINUED
Medical Education Presentations
California EMS Conference
Anaheim, CA
“Resuscitation and the Current Evidence”
June 26, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Pediatric Emergency Resuscitation”
July 22, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“It’s Too Fast-Tachycardia”
August 20, 2015
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth, MN
“Procedural Sedation: It’s a Gas”
September 22, 2015
AHA- Mission Lifeline Conference
Alexandria, MN
“STEMI Care: “It’s All Heart”
October 13, 2015
Lake View Hospital
Two Harbors, MN
“Resuscitation for the Crashing Adult”
October 15, 2015
Grand Portage EMS Conference
Grand Portage, MN Indian Reservation
“Pediatric Emergency Care”
October 16, 2015
AHA- Mission Lifeline Conference
Bemidji, MN
“STEMI Care: It’s All Heart”
10/27/2015
TEACHING- CONTINUED
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17. Medical Education Presentations
Riverwood Healthcare Center
Aitkin, MN
“Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Rural ED”
May 3, 2016
Cuyuna Valley Medical Center
Crosby, MN
“Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Rural ED”
May 24, 2016
Essentia Health Deer River Medical Center
Deer River, MN
“The Universal Algorithm”
August 16, 2016
SCHOLARSHIP
♦ Pecora D, Straub E. Current Florida Trauma Systems. Florida EMS
Journal 1990; 12:15-22.
♦ Carubba C, Fojt D, Pecora D. Advanced Air Medical Crew-Core
Curriculum. Department of Transportation. 1991
♦ Pecora D, Tyus T. EMS Field Protocol. Editions: 1986, 1988, 1990.
♦ Tampa Bay EMS Journal. Associate Editor. (Now the Pre-Hospital and
Disaster Medicine Journal)
♦ Pecora D. Use of PA’s at a University Level I Trauma Center. Physician
Assistant News/Updates 2002; 09: 12-16.
EXPERT TEXTBOOK/MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER
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18. 1. Williams R, Randolph J. Learning ECG’s, 2nd
Edition 2001.
Elsevier/Harcourt Health Sciences
2. Watson, B. Pass CPR for the Health Care Provider, 2nd
Edition 2001.
Elsevier/Hartcourt Health Sciences
3. Stoy W, Paris P. EMT Basic Textbook: National Standard Curriculum.
2002 Elsevier/Hartcourt Health Sciences
4. Dominquez R. The Basic Provider: Assisting with Advanced Life Support
Skills 2002. Elsevier/Hartcourt Health Sciences
5. McSwain N, American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma.
PreHospital Trauma Life Support, 5th
edition 2002. Elsevier/Hartcourt
Health Sciences
6. Nagell E, Nagell J. A Case-Based Approach to ECG Interpretation 2003
7. Bledsoe R, et al. The Paramedic Textbook, 3rd
edition 2003.
Elsevier/Hartcourt Health Sciences
8. Delve, et al. ACLS No-Stress Review 2004. McGraw-Hill
9. Aehlert, B. ECG’s Made Easy, 3rd
Edition 2004. Mosby/Elsevier Health
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PreHospital Trauma Life Support, 6th edition 2007. Elsevier/Hartcourt
Health Sciences
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Edition 2010
13. Wright, S, et al. Critical Care Transport 1st
Edition 2011. Elsevier Health
Sciences
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PreHospital Trauma Life Support, 7th Edition 2011. Elsevier/Hartcourt
Health Sciences.
EXPERT TEXTBOOK/MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER- CONTINUED
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19. 15. Bukata, R, and Birnbaumer, D. Advanced Emergency Medicine Bootcamp
Text. Edition 2011
16. Bukata R, and Birnbaumer, D. Advanced Emergency Medicine Bootcamp
Text. Edition 2013
16. Powell, T. et al. Critical Care Paramedic Manual 2nd
Edition 2016. Jones
& Bartlett
AWARDS
♦ 1983 American Red Cross 1500-hour Volunteer Award
♦ 1984 American Police Hall of Fame Good Samaritan/Lifesaving Award
♦ 1988 Veterans of Foreign Wars/ Certificate of Commendation-Lifesaving Award
♦ 1991 Hillsborough County Dept. of Emergency Medical Services-Employee of
the Year
♦ 1991 Hillsborough County-County Wide Employee of the Year
♦ 1991 MBB 500 Flights Award
♦ 1994 American Eurocopters 1,500 Flights Award
♦ 1996 American Eurocopters 2,000 Flights Award
♦ 1997- 2000 Dean’s List/Alderson-Broaddus College
♦ 1998 Public Health Service/Rural Health Education Partnership (RHEP)
Scholarship
♦ 2005 West Virginia Emergency Cardiac Care Committee Appreciate Award
♦ 2009 Cass Lake Indian Health Service Achievement & Appreciation Award
♦ 2010 Cass Lake Indian Health Service Achievement & Appreciation Award
♦ 2014 Society of Emergency Medicine PA’s: Senior Fellow Award
♦ 2015 American Academy of Physician Assistants: Distinguished Fellow Award
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20. REFERENCES
Ester Potti, MD
Supervising Physician
Sanford Health- Bagley
1656 Central Street West
Bagley, MN 56621
(218) 694-2384
ester.potti@sanfordhealth.org
Andre Spence, MD
Chief of Medical Staff
Sanford Health- Bagley
1656 Central Street West
Bagley, MN 56621
(218) 694-2384
andre.spence@sanfordhealth.org
Frederick C. Blum, MD, FACEP
Supervising Physician/Past-President- ACEP
1470 Point Marion Rd
Morgantown, WV 26508
(304) 599-2881
fblum@acep.org
Don Lundy, Chief
Charleston County EMS
President, National Association of EMT’s
343 Muirfield Parkway
Charleston, SC 29414-6827
(843) 991-0562
343dlundy@gmail.com
Diane Pittman, MD
Supervising Physician
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Emergency Dept.
9180 Goodnuff Lane
Bemidji, MN 56601
(218) 444-7172
pitdi@paulbunyan.net
diane.pittman@sanfordhealth.org
Mary Salter, MD
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21. Supervising Physician
514 Beltrami Ave NW- Suite 102
Bemidji, MN 56601
(218) 444-7172
Stephen Rith-Najarian, MD
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street
Bemidji, MN 56601
(218) 751-5430
stephen.rith-najarian@sanfordhealth.org
Seth Tramm, Director, Sanford Hyperbaric Medicine
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street
Bemidji, MN 56601
(218) 333-4680
seth.tramm@sanfordhealth.org
Michele Shoenborn, FNP
Sanford Bagley Medical Center
203 4th
Street
Bagley, MN 56621
(218) 694-6501
michele.shoenborn@sanfordhealth.org
Marsha Leintz, RN
Director of Patient Services
Sanford Bagley
1656 Central Ave
Bagley, MN 56621
(218) 694-2384
marsha.leintz@sanfordhealth.org
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