William Mize Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

Taking lessons learned in the classroom into the backcountry following NOLS WMI healthcare protocols. WEMT, WFR, & WFA for everyone from the seasoned professional urban rescuer to Scouts & thru hikers. When you are successful, you will be able to save lives & make a difference in the wild.

Baltimore, Md

Providing volunteer mountain bike based Emergency Medical Services to event organizers for the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail Marathon, NCR Trail Marathon, Navy Football tailgate medical support, & Baltimore Marathon.Bikes can be configured to transport an AED, Oxygen, BLS or ALS supplies, & IV infusion for elite athletes.Certified through IMBA & NMBP (International Mountain Bike Association & the National Mountain Bike Patrol) and IPMBA EMS Cyclist program (International Police Mountain Bike Association).

Annapolis, Maryland

Adjunct Instructor & Subject Matter Expert in Wilderness Medicine at summer cruise training evolutions for US Naval Academy Midshipmen. Provided practical skill knowledge & lessons learned to the Midshipmen who were in a career track for Pre-Healthcare Professions in the Navy. Didactic & practical skills evaluation. Led classroom, outdoor, & "stress scenarios" in the very first class of Midshipmen to be taught NREMT-Basic & WEMT in the rapid 1 month format in Annapolis. Field Training Exercise at Sandy Point State Park on the beach & clinical scenarios (with live tissue lab) at Univ. of Maryland Shock Trauma TRU (Trauma Resuscitation Unit) Joint Military Expeditionary Training Unit.

Center For Injury Research & Policy

Health educator aboard the Mobile Safety Center, in a partnership with the Baltimore City Fire Department, to provide direct education and outreach to underserved Baltimore City residents & surrounding counties. Research assistant with the CHASE (Children's Housing Assessment for a Safer Environment) and SIS (Safety In Seconds) studies. Perform patient education as a nurse to children, their parents, and grandparents about injury prevention, health disparities in Baltimore, and available resources in the community to help them stay healthy & lead happy & productive lives.

Bethel Street Playscape, Oliver Neighborhood Of East Baltimore

Construction site gopher, digger, mover, grater, BobCat safety officer, National Mountain Bike Patrol (NMBP) coordinator with the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA).Making the Oliver community & East Baltimore a safer, healthier, & happier place to live, work, & play in, one block at a time.

Cuzco & Lima, Peru

Student volunteer outreach trip during winter break 2012 to Cuzco & Lima, Peru. Provided pediatric patient triage and patient administration in the ER of Hogar Clinica San Juan De Dios (a private children's hospital in Cuzco) & one-on-one facilitator for in-patient residents of the hospital's special needs children.Helped to repaint an elementary school on the outskirts of Cuzco & donated new toilets, paint, supplies & tools to the ongoing development of the school.Hiking trip through the rainforest on the Inca Trail. Hiked through Chachabamba, Winay Wayna, Initipata, Intipunku to Machu Picchu.

Prt Farah, Afghanistan

Began patient care with 5 providers (1 ICU Head Nurse/OR Nurse, 2 LPN's, & 2 Surgical Techs) & 3 90-Day Rotators (1 General Surgeon, 1 Orthopedic Surgeon, & 1 CRNA). Ended 1-yr deployment with an additional 8 augmented CJSOTF-A staff from FT Bragg, NC (1 Flight Surgeon/ER Doc, 1 ER Nurse, 2 SOCM Medics, 2 Rad Techs, 1 Lab, & 1 PAD) & 2 Navy Shock & Trauma Platoon staff (1 ER Nurse & 1 Corpsman).Assisted PRT Medical Staff (1 GP Doc, 1 Internist Doc, 1 PA, 3 Corpsmen, & 1 HMC Wardmaster) in sick-call & Convoy Operations in & around PRT Farah, Delaram, Bala Baluk, Sharana, & the entire Farah Province.

Ft Meade, Md

Provided patient care in an austere critical care setting, using portable ventilators, portable IV infusion pumps, maintained central & peripheral IV's, and wound care for intubated patients with traumatic amputations, penetrating trauma, and burns.

Station 4, Severn, Md

EMT-B, Rescue Tech, HAZMAT OPS, EVOC, Engine Co. OPS, Truck Co. OPS

Baltimore, Md

Travelled with the Loyola Div. I men's lacrosse program as an aide to then Assistant Coach (now Head Coach) Charley Toomey. Filmed practices & games for the coaching staff and assisted in breaking down video. Facilitated coach, student athlete, & training staff needs during travel to & from Syracuse, NY, South Bend & Indianapolis, IN, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Princeton, NJ, Charlottesville, VA, Newark, DE & Philadelphia, PA.Assisted Joe Artuso, head athletic trainer, with emergency medical needs of the student athletes.

Landmark Learning, Cullowhee, Nc, Wilderness Emt Upgrade For Professional Healthcare Providers

Activities and Societies: Patient assessment, treatment of trauma & medical patients, and evacuation of patients in the backcountry.

Bachelor'S Degree, Community & Public Health, 3.5/4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Willcher, Alexion, & Veteran Scholarship award winner. Phi Alpha Epsilon, Public Health Honor Society member..

Firefighter Ii Pro-Board Certification, Maryland Emt-B, Rescue Tech, Hazmat Ops, Evoc, Truck Co. Ops, Engine Co. Ops

Activities and Societies: IAFF Local 1563, Emerald SocietyProvided 9-1-1 ALS & BLS Ambulance & QUINT (Ladder, Engine, Truck, HAZMAT/WMD, &.

Tx & Md Lpn License, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

Nmbp Instructor Certificate, Mountain Bike Based Wilderness First Responder (Wfr), Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, Nc

Activities and Societies: International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA), Maryland Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE), TMBRA (Texas Mountain Bike.