jaime knorpel

* Protect people, property, and the environment from fire and disasters * Fights structural fires, perform hose evolutions, shut off building utilities, evacuate people from buildings, remove injured personnel from the immediate hazard area, protect exposures, position and operate tools and equipment * Control and extinguish structural fires, perform ventilation, salvage and overhaul operations * Assist with developing and coordinating pre-incident plans * Assist with fire prevention inspections * Inspect, maintain and repair more than 2,000 feet of fire fighting hoses * Perform inspections and preventative maintenance on structural and support vehicles, tools equipment, and protective clothing

* Learned advanced life saving skills, patient assessment and treatment * 600 hours of patient contact through hospital and fire department clinical shifts * Graduated paramedic course with High Honors * Member of paramedic team Clincon competition in Orlando, Florida

* Responded to emergency aircraft, structural and medical calls * Emergency Dispatch Operator experience * Driver/operator of aircraft firefighter apparatus like P-19s, T-3000s and P-23s * Worked with numerous other cultures (e.g. Iraqis, Koreans, Japanese, Italians)

Lifeguard supervision of various pools in the St. Petersburg area. Taught swimming classes to groups of all ages. CPR certified along with First Aid and Buddy Care.

* Head of fire department EMS program, including inventory, stocking and complying with Navy EMS SOGs, medical training, NREMT training and recertifications. * Basic Life Support Instructor for BLS recertifications for fire department and AED/CPR Instructor for first responders on base. * Head of AED program to include maintenance and monthly inspections. * Head of Fitness program. Responsible for helping fire fighters meet physical demands of the job, implementing a training program and track their progress. * Medical standby for fire fighters during live fire training. Assessing personnel before and after fire drills. * Responsible for medical and fire emergencies on base to include the duties of an emergency medical technician, firefighter and fire apparatus driver/operator, confined space technician and HAZMAT technician.

* Providing quality patient care and timely transport of patients. * Ensure proper medical documentation (patient care reports). * Driving the ambulance on the highway and urban sections of the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area. * Managing up to 12 calls on a 12-hour shift. * Trusted with handling various patients on my own in the back of the ambulance during transport.

* Promoting and selling products. * Giving presentations and seminars on products and business information. * Networking with businesses, attending business meetings, seminars, work shops and events. * Learned people skills in a challenging business environment.

* Supervising up to four employees per shift. * Maintaining fresh food and drinks and serving customers. * Trusted with handling and minor accounting of store revenues. * Keeping all inventory stocked and in charge of ordering supplies.

240 hours of patient contact in busy, urban hospital emergency rooms like Parkland and Medical City Dallas as well as specialty units like Parkland's burn unit, cardiac catheter lab, respiratory, labor and delivery and performing endotracheal intubations in the ambulatory surgical center. 240 hours of patient contact in high call volume fire stations with Dallas Fire Department, working a majority of the time as the lead paramedic on emergency runs. Acquired ACLS, ITLS and PEPPS certifications.

* Driver/Operator of ARFF, sled and pumping apparatus. * Emergency medical technician * Telecommunications center dispatcher * Training new firefighters and driver/operators on apparatus and equipment * Volunteering in the community

Transferring BLS and ALS patients for 30 minute average transport times. Transferring patients to emergency rooms, intensive care units, rehabilitation, psychiatric and assisted living facilities. Running the ambulance as a paramedic in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Maintaining a professional appearance and maintaining a fully stocked, clean ambulance at all times. Responsible for inventory of all drugs on board including narcotics and paperwork.

Learned advanced life saving skills, patient assessment and treatment 600 hours of patient contact through hospital and fire department clinical shifts Graduated paramedic course with High Honors Member of paramedic team Clincon competition in Orlando, Florida