The Emergency Medical Technician

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NREMT-P is the Education Director and Chief Operating Officer for the San Francisco Paramedic Association. He has been involved in EMS since 1982, and has worked as an EMT and Paramedic in both rural and urban environments. An educator since 1987 with a Master's degree in education, Art has been a chief training officer for a metropolitan fire department, a paramedic program director, and has trained both new providers and experienced medical professionals in the finer points of emergency medical care. He is a past president of the National Association of EMS Educators, and has presented at conferences and workshops nationwide. Kevin Boone, BSN, NREMT-P is a Paramedic Captain with the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) and has been an active paramedic in San Francisco for the past 20 years. Kevin has been a paramedic program director and primary instructor, and has served as an instructor providing in-service training for the EMTs and paramedics of the SFFD. A majority of his nursing experience has been in intensive care and cardiopulmonary nursing.