The Coalition for Tactical Medicine adds new board members

March 27, 2012 - PRLog -- Wilmington, NC—March 27, 2012 — The Coalition for Tactical Medicine (CTM), today announced that Sandra (Sam) Bradley, BS EMT-P, Scott Burk, MBA, Kevin Gerold, DO, JD, MA(Ed.), Donald (Don) C. Heath, Jr., B.S., EMT/P, Buddy Kozen, MD, MPH, were elected to the nonprofit’s board of directors, bringing the board’s size to ten members. All CTM board of director biographies can be viewed on the Coalition’s webpage.

Additionally, Richard A. “Doc” Clinchy, III Ph.D., EMT-P was elected Board Chair and Nelson Tang, M.D. was elected board vice Chair. Corey Russ, one of the founders of CTM and immediate past vice President remains a member of the CTM board of directors.

“With the addition of these new board members we have significantly expanded the experiential reach of our board in order to better fulfill our ability to reach out to and serve the various stakeholders in the growing interest in tactical medical care” said Clinchy, CTM board chair.

The new board member additions come with relevant skills and tactical medical experience via academia, military medicine and tactical medical training. Additionally, CTM continues working to encourage unification of the tactical medical community and building awareness and relationships within law enforcement, fire and EMS who also encounter threat.

“As an EMS professional I understand that it’s imperative that EMS, fire and police cross-train and support each other in the streets when responding to potential tactical environments,” said Bradley. “Proficiency during these incidents requires unique knowledge and skills.”

CTM began three years ago when founders Corey Russ, Jessica Perkins and Shain Bobbit made a decision to create the non-profit with a desire to build awareness about the need for quality tactical medical training and education, and national standards.

“I am confident in our mission and further encouraged and honored by the expertise, knowledge and experience our new board members bring to the table,” said Corey Russ, CTM board member.

“New initiatives presented within the tactical medical community, including the creation of the non-profit Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) and a National TEMS Council give us renewed assurance that together we can identify, evaluate and verify quality tactical medical training and education avenues for our scholarship applicants,” said Russ.

The board has also recently created three new committees including an Advisory Committee-Chair, Don Heath; Programs and Scholarship Committee-Co-Chairs, Sam Bradley and Kevin Gerold; Fundraising Committee-Chair, Scott Burk.

For more information contact Barbara Nicely at 910-799-9357.

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The COALITION for Tactical Medicine (CTM) works on the behalf of military and civilian tactical medical first responders to fund training and education scholarships and spread lifesaving information.