W. Mel Oakley III
Paramedic / Educator
Advancing the Art and Science of Providing Good Medicine in Bad Places
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Urban and Rural (Senior Level) Critical Care Paramedic
Special Operations Medicine & Rescue (Technical Rescue & HazMat)
Wilderness/Remote Medicine
Initial and Continuing Education for all levels of pre-hospital emergency care
ACLS, PALS, & ITLS InstructorSpecialties: As an educator I have chosen to focus on certain topics, primarily Pediatric care, Trauma, and Airway managementExperience- May 2011 - PresentTraining Chair / Boy Scouts of America
Responsible for the Training and Education of all Adult Leaders in our district.
Oversight of Promotions and Operations for Various Training Programs Hosted by our Distirict - Sept 2010 - PresentParamedic Educator / Castleton Maplegrove Nashville Area EMS
Lead Crew Member on a Rural ALS Rescue & Transport Ambulance
- May 2010 - PresentAdjunct Faculty / Kellogg Community College
EMS Instruction, ACLS, PALS, ITLS.
- Jul 2009 - PresentExecutive Director / American Society for the Advancement of Paramedicine
Handle all day to day operations of the organization.
Secretary
Treasurer - Mar 2004 - PresentSenior Critical Care Paramedic / American Medical Response
Senior Crew Member on ALS Response Unit
Advanced Inter-facility Transport
911 Response to Urban and Rural communities
Education-
2001 - 2003Kalamazoo Valley Community College
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1999 - 2003Western Michigan University
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Honors:Eagle Scout. Order of the Arrow Member.
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Interests:Pediatrics, Trauma Care & Training, Airway/Pulmonary, Technical Rescue, Wilderness Medicine, Emergency Preparedness, Multimedia Production, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Education. Scouting. Christianity. Running, Exploring, Learning, Reading, Backpacking.
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