DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Faculty

Mr. Larry Brewer Instructor, Emergency Medical Services Health Sciences Building, Room 140 918-343-7643 lbrewer@rsu.edu

Education

Paramedic Training
Tulsa Area Vocational Technical School, Tulsa, OK
1986

Emergency Medical Technician Training
South Oklahoma City Junior College, Oklahoma City, OK
1981

B.A., Economics and Business Administration/Psychology
Westminster College, Fulton, MO
1980

Professional Experience

2005-present: Tulsa Life Flight, Flight Paramedic, Training Officer
2003-2005: Paramedic in Trauma Emergency Center (Full-time)
1999-2003: Education Specialist teaching ACLS and PALS classes (PRN)
St. Francis Health System, Tulsa, OK

2005-Present: Instructor, Emergency Medical Services Education Program
1997-2000: Teach College-level EMT-Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic courses.
1993-2000: Instructor, Paramedic Technology Program
Coordinate AHA Training Center
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2003-2006, Part-time Field Paramedic with ALS provider
Paramedic in Emergency Department
Tahlequah City Hospital EMS, Tahlequah, OK

2003-2005, Flight Paramedic with critical care helicopter service. Training Officer for Base.
EagleMed, Tahlequah, OK

2001-2003, Senior EMS Coordinator
(Responsible for daily operations of EMS Education program; assumed Director responsibilities in Director’s absence)
2000-2003, EMS Instructor
(Taught college-level EMT-Paramedic, Basic and Intermediate courses; Taught ACLS, PALS, PHTLS courses and other CE classes statewide; special projects as required.)
2002-2003, Paramedic ER Tech III in Level 2 Trauma Center (PRN)
Parkview Medical Center/Pueblo Community College, Pueblo, CO

2001-2003, Field Paramedic, part-time
American Medical Response, Pueblo-Canon City, CO

1988-2002, Critical Care Transport Paramedic, Helicopter and MICU; Transport Coordinator; MICU Operator; In-house Instructor
AirEvac for Tulsa, Hillcrest Healthcare, Tulsa, OK

1990-2000, Air Medical Specialist on fixed-wing air ambulance
1992-1993, Director of Marketing and Patient Care Services
AeroCare Medical Transport, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma

1982-1987, EMT
1987-1999, Paramedic
(System Status Controller; Field Training Officer; Senior Training Officer; Field Operations Supervisor; Communications Supervisor)
Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), Tulsa, OK

1986-1988, Director/Paramedic
(Directed daily EMS operations, developed budgets; supervised up to 10 EMTs of all levels; Advanced Life Support Provider on emergency and non-emergency calls; Additional hospital duties: Respiratory Therapy, Phlebotomy, provided primary care in ER.)
Hominy Hospital EMS, Hominy, OK

Credentials

• Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic, 1986
• State of Oklahoma Licensed Paramedic, 1986
• State of Oklahoma EMS Instructor, 1993
• Instructor Educator, 2007
• Licensed or Certified as a Paramedic in the following states: Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri
• Basic Life Support National Faculty, 2007-present, American Heart Association (AHA)
• Pediatric Basic Life Support National Faculty, 1997-1999, AHA
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Regional Faculty, AHA
• ACLS-Experienced Provider Instructor, AHA
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Regional Faculty, AHA
• Prehospital Trauma Life Support Provider and Instructor, NAEMT/American College of Surgeons
• Member, National and Oklahoma EMT Associations
• Assisted in the development and first Team Coordinator for the Special Operations Medical Team with the Tulsa Police Department Special Operations Team, 1991
• Licensed Private Pilot