Joshua Stearns, Fp-C Email & Phone Number

Carrollton, Georgia

Serve as an equal member of the Lifeteam Flight Crew with shared responsibility of ensuring the safety and well-being of crew, patients, and family members before, during, and after flight operations. Provide comprehensive care to critically ill and/or injured patients of all ages in both pre-hospital and inter-facility hospital settings onboard a Bell 206 helicopter. Understand and apply specialized principles and techniques of flight paramedic practice, advanced emergency procedures and diagnostics, as well as perform a variety of outreach and educational activities in addition to flight crew responsibilities. Serve as the public face of Air Evac Lifeteam 365 days a year and apply phenomenal customer service principles to each and every encounter.

Incident Management Team leader having served in key positions, includingStrike Team Leader, Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, andIncident Commander during some of the most prevalent ESF-6 and ESF-8 disasters and incident responses in recent United States history.Key Accomplishments:•While serving as Medical Branch Director during the largest federal response since 2001, developed a comprehensive health tracking system, later deployed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which allowed monitoring of both dynamic and static ILI, HAI, and other injury and disease trends. •Engineered concise WebEOC data analysis protocols to ensure actionable intelligence of the highest quality regarding non-infectious and infectious disease trends was delivered to local, state, and federal government officials in a timely manner.Deployment History:2019-Present – COVID-19 Operations2018 – Hurricanes Irma/Maria2017 – Hurricane Harvey2016-2017 – ORR Surge2016 – Management Overhead Team Operations2015-2016 – HHS Surge 2015 – MTF Task Force Training Support2014 – HHS Surge

Piedmont, Alabama

Provide quality and cutting-edge medical care to an exceedingly diverse patient population in a high-volume, 911-based emergency environment. Deploy logic and reasoning skills to form both primary and alternative solutions to emergency situations. Effectively communicate critical information to other members of the patient care team in order to ensure exception continuity of care is maintained. Attend in-services regularly to maintain skills and improve awareness and knowledge of medical science initiatives and breakthroughs. Key Accomplishments:•Developed and deployed a comprehensive PR and marketing plan designed to both target direct customers and increase healthcare provider referrals. •Built and maintain a user-friendly website from the bottom up to allow interactive connections between the Squad and both employees and community members. •Analyze call data to provide concise analysis and feedback concerning emerging trends in service area, to include increases or decreases in specific chief complaints, demographics, area origin, and instigating circumstances.

Deliver traditional and distance-learning education to multi-age group student populations, including healthcare professionals. Topics include: emergency management and preparedness, disaster management and preparedness, pharmacology, cardiology, anatomy and physiology, emergency vehicle operations, etc. Ensure that students retain knowledge of the legal considerations of medical care to gather, report, and protect patient information in accordance with Privacy Act Laws, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and local guidelines. Actively participate in course development and life-cycle initiatives in order to develop educational courses for adult learners. Measure students’ ability to respond to patient emergencies using resuscitative techniques and first aid procedures, as well as ability to drive, operate and maintain an ambulance or other emergency vehicle. Ensure that students express ability to prioritize treatments for patients having multiple problems as well as demonstrate skill in advanced emergency medicine techniques to determine based on the diagnosis of the patient, the approach that will most effectively sustain the patient’s life.Key Accomplishments:•Initiated the first school-wide audience response system integration, delivering data which resulted in changes to curriculum and delivery techniques based on feedback analysis. In addition, implemented a quality assurance/quality improvement process standard to ensure data are properly maintained and accurate for research and reporting purposes.•Lead a team of educators to develop and deploy comprehensive, targeted surveys to student population which were then analyzed for the purpose of delivering valuable and actionable intelligence data to school and state Department of Post-Secondary Education committees and leadership.

Perform paramedic level emergency medical treatment to provide the most extensive pre-hospital care. Perform routine medical technician duties in the Emergency Room, acute care clinic, primary care clinic, or similar type location. Calculate dosages considering such factors as potential interaction with other medications, concentration of drugs immediately available, patient weight, etc. Obtain information from patient required to check-in and screen patient and completes required documentation to include computer data inputs. Obtain and record vital signs and other pertinent medical history and preparing patient as appropriate for a nurse or physician. Assist a physician in treating emergency patients within the scope of practice as a licensed EMT-Paramedic. Perform pulmonary resuscitation when breathing fails to start upon the opening of the airway. Obtain and record vital signs and other pertinent medical history. Transfer patients to the emergency department, report observations and care given and assist in providing emergency treatment.Key Accomplishments:•Coordinated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a comprehensive illustrated Ebola (EVD) Operations training program, which was subsequently delivered to federal and contract staffers, as well as state leadership and local area healthcare agencies. •Developed and administer a comprehensive continuing education training program to ensure medical staff remains competent in their ability to provide the highest quality of care. Processes initiated include online learning module creation and delivery, adaptive testing, as well as classroom-based lecture and practical skills application maneuvering.•Deployed business intelligence initiatives, as well as vendor comparison, ROI calculation, and contractor negotiation strategies and techniques, to implement a paperless office environment resulting in an annual cost-savings of over $62,000.00

Ba, Intelligence Studies

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society

Associate Of Science (As), Paramedic