Robert McDaniels began his public service career as a NREMT in the volunteer fire service in 1990. In 1993, he graduated from Davenport University's paramedic program initiating a 17 year advanced practice in pre-hospital, critical care and military medicine. In addition to his clinical practice, he has been an EMS/Medical instructor since 1998 teaching Continuing education and credit courses at such organizations as Johns Hopkins Hospital - Lifeline, George Washington University (GWU), the US Army and Army National Guard, and Frederick Community College (FCC). He Joined the US Army as a combat medic in 1999 and later was commissioned as a Quartermaster Officer. His work with the US Army/National Guard provided opportunities to serve during Operations Noble Eagle (ONE), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and several positions focused on disaster and crisis management. He finished his BS from Excelsior College in 2004 and his MS from Jacksonville State University Emergency Management Program in 2008. In 2007, he became the Program Manager of the Emergency Management Program at Frederick Community College. Robert joined University of New Mexico, Emergency Medical Services Academy (EMSA) in 2010 as the Paramedic

Hard to believe I have been in New Mexico for more than a decade; it really is the land of Entrapment. I certainly don’t regret my decision to relocate here. We have a unique combination of outstanding residents, down-to-earth but highly productive faculty, endless EMS and academic opportunities and a beautiful outdoor environment. I am very fortunate to live in the Village of Corrales with my wife Stacia, our 5 year old son August and our animal menagerie. My hobbies – when I can find time for them - include gardening, biking, hiking, telemark skiing, riding our horses, martial arts, tennis, flying, travel, cooking and, above all else, eating. Med School: New York Medical College. MPH: New York Medical College. Residency: UCSF - Fresno. Professional Interests: airway management, procedural sedation, air medical transport, spinal immobilization, antiemetics.

Jason graduated from UNM’s Paramedic School in 2006 and obtained a BS in Emergency Medicine the following year. Jason grew up around EMS and rescue. He obtained his EMT-Basic license at the age of 17 while volunteering with Bernalillo County Fire Department. Around that same time he became highly involved with Albuquerque Mountain Rescue and is currently their President and a Rescue Leader. www.abqmountainrescue.org. While in Paramedic school Jason worked at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico’s Emergency Department where he still works PRN. Jason developed his love for teaching early on in his EMS career. At the EMS Academy he primarily instructs the Pararescue Paramedic courses and is currently developing the Mountain Medicine program. He has and continues to instruct/co-direct UNM’s International, Improvisational and Wilderness Medicine Rotation for 4th year medical students. He also lectures at conferences abroad with the company Mountain and Marine Medicine, where recent conference locations have included Chamonix, France and Mt. Rainier, Washington. Now in his off time he can be found in the mountains around New Mexico and throughout the country rock climbing, ice climbing, skiing, or hiking with his dog.

Coffee Brown worked his way through college teaching math, art, and science at the middle-school and undergraduate levels. He began a scientific illustration track, but got hooked on science (Warn your kids!), and wound up going to medical school at University of Arizona. After that, he did residency in Emergency Medicine at University of New Mexico, and has worked in community Emergency Medicine Departments for most of the last twenty years. He is a Fellow of ACEP, a past NM-ACEP chapter president and now, again, an educator.

Doug is a New Mexico native and has a long history with emergency services. He's been a paramedic since 1988 and taught at the EMS Academy for over 17 years prior to taking a job with the UNM Hospitals' BATCAVE and learning a great deal about healthcare simulation. He's now back with the Academy putting his Masters in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology (OLIT) to good use!

After many years of passing through Albuquerque to visit family members stationed at KAFB, Shelly decided to move to Albuquerque from the Mile High City of Denver to attend the University of New Mexico. This is also when her EMS career began here as the work study for The Emergency Medical Services Academy. Shelly completed both her Bachelor Degree and her Master's Degree in Health Education from the University of New Mexico.

I moved to New Mexico in 1984 to a small ranch in Torrance County, just north of Mountainair. I still live in Mountainair and commute to Albuquerque each day for work, although I no longer ranch, I do still enjoy the quiet country living. I have been in EMS for 20 years and a volunteer firefighter for 16 of those years. I began teaching for the EMS Academy in 2000, and graduated from UNM with a BS in EMS Education, Summa Cum Laude, in 2001. I love rural EMS and am very proactive when it comes to rural EMS education opportunities. I have enjoyed my position at the Academy because it allows me to interact with my rural instructors and to train out in the rural parts of New Mexico. My hobbies include hunting, fishing, home remodeling, camping, rodeo, and above all else; spending time with my children and grandchildren.

Lindsay Eakes was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and moved to Albuquerque in 2003 to attend the UNM EMSA and pursue a career in EMS. In Albuquerque she has worked as an EMT and a Paramedic in the field since 2005 and still works regular PRN shifts in the field and as a dispatcher. She graduated from UCLA Daniel Freeman Paramedic School in Los Angeles, California in 2008 and returned to Albuquerque to work in the community as a paramedic. In 2010 she joined the UNM EMSA as a Clinical Educator and has since become the Clinical Education Coordinator for all EMSA programs from EMT-B to Paramedic including the USAF Pararescue Paramedic courses.

Rick moved here from a tiny no name town in Eastern Pennsylvania. Because of his sheltered life, Rick is very eclectic in his experience to make up for his somewhat lost childhood. Rick has been a Paramedic for more than 10 years, teaching EMS for a little more than that and involved with EMS for well, a long time. Actually, he earned his bachelors degree in Environmental Science and Biology from East Stroudsburg University and is on his way to completing his master's degree in Health Education here at UNM.