About the Authors
Will Chapleau EMT-P-RN TNS is the Manager of the Advanced Trauma Life Support program for the American College of Surgeons. He has been a Paramedic for over 30 years, a Trauma Nurse Specialist for 18 years and an EMS Educator for over 20 years. He has worked in the field as a paramedic/firefighter with over 13 years fire service experience including 6 years as Chief of Chicago Heights Fire Department. His nursing experience includes Trauma, Emergency Services and Intensive Care service. He has also coordinated college and hospital Basic and advanced Primary and secondary educational programs. He serves on the board of directors of the national Association of EMTs and has been the Chairman of the PreHospital Trauma Life Support Division since 1996. He also serves on the board of Directors of the National Association of EMS Educators and the Society of Trauma Nurses. He has also served as the Administrative Division Chair of The National Association of EMS Physicians. He has published several texts and numerous articles on EMS and Emergency Services and has lectured all over the world.
Angel Clark Burba, MS, EMT-P is currently serving on the Board of Directors and is President Elect for the National Association of EMS Educators. She is the Assistant Professor and Program Director for the EMS Program at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. She has been an EMS provider for over 28 years and an EMS educator for over 25. Besides teaching and conference presentations, she has contributed to many EMS publications, journals, and textbooks. She is the instructional designer of the NAEMSE Foundations of Education EMS Instructor Course and co-chaired the task force that wrote the 2002 DOT NHTSA Guidelines for Educating the EMS Instructor.
Peter T. Pons, M.D., is an emergency physician who has been actively involved with prehospital care and disaster preparedness for over 25 years. He has been on the medical staff of Denver Health Medical Center (formerly Denver General Hospital) and is a Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr. Pons served as the medical director for several EMS systems including two fire-department based and one third-service based.
