EPC Committee

• Shannon Watson, CCEMT-P, Chair

  Shannon Watson began her EMS Career in Jacksonville, N.C., where she earned her Paramedic license and Associate’s degree in Emergency Medical Science. She has since completed her Bachelor’s in Business Administration. Shannon joined Christian Hospital EMS seven years ago, diligently working her way up to Community Health Supervisor for the EMS Department. Watson is an instructor for a variety of certifications and teaches nationally at EMS conferences. She is a member of the East Central Region Committee for St. Louis, and in 2012 became a contributing author of the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers (PEPP) textbook and author of the chapter on resuscitation. Watson was the NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) Regional Coordinator for two years prior to joining to EPC committee.

  Shannon realized her love for education while at Christian Hospital EMS, where she was a field training officer and member of the education committee. Then, she became Clinical Supervisor and developed the Christian Hospital EMS Academy, which offers more than 30 EMS courses annually to employees and outside EMS participants. She advanced to Community Health Supervisor and assisted in developing and implementing the Community Health Access Program (CHAP). She now supervises the mobile integrated healthcare program and EMS portion of CHAP. She is married to a firefighter/paramedic and has one child.

  
  

• Katherine Remick, MD, Medical Director

  Dr. Katherine Remick is Associate Medical Director for Austin-Travis County EMS System and an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. She completed her residency and chief residency in pediatrics at Washington University and fellowships in pediatric emergency medicine and emergency medical services at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles County EMS Agency.

  Dr. Remick was Co-Primary Investigator of the California Pediatric Readiness Project (the pilot study for the National Pediatric Readiness Project) and actively serves on the National Pediatric Readiness Resource Development Group for the federal EMS for Children program. She also serves on the Texas EMS for Children Advisory Committee and the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council Medical Director’s Committee for the state of Texas. She is a member of the National Association of State EMS Officials EMS Education Task Force on Pediatrics.

  
  

• Ann Dietrich, MD, Medical Director

  Dr. Ann Dietrich is a pediatric emergency medicine doctor in Columbus, Ohio and is affiliated with Nationwide Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She is one of 59 doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who specialize in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
  
  
  

• Kyle Bates, MS, NRP

  Kyle David Bates is an EMS educator and program developer with an expansive background in EMS. He earned his Master’s degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), where he majored in Emergency Health Services Education, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Biomedical Photographic Communications.
   
  Kyle speaks at EMS conferences throughout the United States and Canada and is also an author, writing for textbooks, websites and national magazines. His current project is developing a cross-industry educational program called the First Few Moments: Managing the Scene of an MVC, as well as writing the textbook for it. Bates is a faculty member and instructional designer at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI), University of Maryland.

  
  

• Frank Flake, EMT-P

  Frank Flake is a paramedic and head of EMS for Malteser Hilfsdienst gGmbH in the district Oldenburg, Germany. He is also an educator and lecturer in emergency medicine. He is a chairperson and founding member of the German Association of Paramedics, a European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) assessor, and an external auditor. Frank writes for various medical journals and is an author and editor of numerous relevant book publications for prehospital emergency medicine, including a book on pediatric emergencies.
  
  Frank has more than 25 years of work experience in EMS. He has taught Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC), Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS), and Advanced Life Support (ERC ALS) for several years. He serves as the national coordinator for EPC in Germany and has helped to inaugurate EPC in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. In 2017, he was appointed to the International EPC Committee.

  
  

• Gustavo Flores, MD, EMT-P

  Dr. Gustavo Flores is director of Emergency & Critical Care Trainings LLC, a company that provides EMS continuing education in the Caribbean and internationally. He is also an air medical crewman for REVA Air Ambulance, and a volunteer member of First Response EMS, both in Puerto Rico.
  
  Gustavo has been involved in EMS for more than 20 years as a field provider and an educator in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, in the United States, and in Latin America. He is interested in social media, resuscitation science, and technology. Gustavo is an associate editor for Revista EMS World, a Spanish-language magazine, sits on the Editorial Board of EMS1, and is a member of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Educational Science and Program Subcommittee.

  Gustavo holds several certifications, is the NAEMT State Advocacy Coordinator for Puerto Rico, a member of the NAEMT Advocacy Committee, and an international faculty member for many of NAEMT's education programs.
  
  

• Jonathan Lee, Pediatric Critical Care Paramedic

  Most of Jonathan’s 20+ year career in EMS has been spent in the critical care environment, the majority of which was on Toronto’s Bandage One helicopter. In 2010, he changed focus and joined the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at Ornge. Jonathan has a background in medical education, which has included roles with several base hospitals across Ontario. He is currently involved in delivering both classroom and clinical education in Georgian College’s Paramedic Program. Jonathan is a freelance writer and speaker, and he has been invited to numerous national and international conferences. He is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Paramedic Association.