Meet the expert keeping our athletes safe on and off the field! 🩺⚡
Here’s everything you need to know about our lead medic:
📍 Proudly raised in Quapaw, Oklahoma!
🏠 Family: Married to his wife, Michaela (a Special Education teacher at Wyandotte Elementary!), dad to two awesome daughters, Saige and Salem, and owner of their dog, Moose! 🐶
Medical & Fire Career:
🚒Started as a volunteer firefighter in 2004 on the first responder unit, where he fell in love with patient care
🩺Became an EMT in 2005 and a Paramedic in 2009
📚Certified Instructor since 2013 and a Level II Instructor through the Oklahoma State Department of Health
🏫Teaches the Emergency Medical Technician Course at Wyandotte High School!
Certifications & Teaching Credentials:
Advanced Life Support: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Stroke Life Support (ASLS)
Rescue & Emergency Care: Sports Medicine, National Stop the Bleed Instructor, Vehicle Extrication, Rope Rescue, Farm Rescue, Chemical Rescue & Response
Fire & Incident Command: Wildland Firefighting, Fire Officer, Emergency Vehicle Driver Training, Traffic Incident Management, HazMat for WMDs
🐾Specialty Care: Animal First Aid & CPR
🪙 Favorite Hobby: An amateur numismatist who loves collecting rare coins and currency.
🎶 Hidden Talent: A total multi-instrumentalist! He plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, and the Great Highland bagpipes! 🪕🎻
We’re so lucky to have such an incredible professional protecting our program. Next time you see him on the sidelines, give him a big wave and say hello! 👋✨