EMT/Rescue Technician & Instructor

BENJAMIN E. COVE

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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/ INSTRUCTOR

FIREFIGHTER / INSTRUCTOR

RESCUE TECHNICIAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Academy For Allied Health High School

LEAD Educator and EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR

• Lead educator for the whole year of the high school EMT program, teaching theory, Practice, and applied skills needed to pass the New Jersey NREMT practical and written exams.

• Planning lessons, demonstrating skills, and facilitating practical classes to develop students' abilities to become capable EMTs.

• Evaluating students' competencies to ensure that students are prepared for the NREMT.

• Development of texts and quizzes to evaluate student knowledge of all things in the New Jersey and National EMT scope of Practice and curriculum

South Branch Emergency services 2022-Present

RESCUE TECHNICIAN

• Serving as a heavy rescue expert who has extensive training and certifications in, but not limited to:

Hazardous Material Operations Entrapments

High and Low Angle Rescues Building Collapse

Trench Rescue Extractions

Confined Space Swift Water

Firefighting

• Implementing technical skills and knowledge in the field including operating equipment necessary for completing rescues successfully.

• Working as a team player to perform rescues safely and as quickly as possible to ensure the victim's survival.

Union County Community College 2021-Present

EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR, CPR INSTRUCTOR

• Teaching EMT students essential proficiencies, including theory and applied skills needed to pass the NREMT exam.

• Planning lessons, demonstrating skills, and facilitating practical classes to develop students' abilities to become capable EMTs.

• Evaluating students' competencies to ensure that students are prepared for the NREMT.

• Teaching AHA CPR, Family and Friends, Heart Saver AED, and First Aid, and BLS

Mercer County Dempster Fire Academy 2019-Present

Senior EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR, CPR INSTRUCTOR

• Teaching EMT students essential proficiencies, including theory and applied skills needed to pass the NREMT exam.

• Planning lessons, demonstrating skills, and facilitating practical classes designed to develop students' abilities to become capable EMTs.

• Evaluating students' competencies to ensure that students are prepared for the NREMT.

• Teaching AHA CPR, Family and Friends, Heart Saver AED and First Aid, and BLS

University Behavioral Health Care, 2017-Present

MEDICATION TECHNICIAN/EMT, CPR INSTRUCTOR

• Managing medications for 1,200 inmates. Duties include verifying, pre-pouring, administering and documenting.

• Performing skilled tasks such as drawing blood and EKGs on inmates in the prison's medical unit.

• Serving as the prison's Emergency Medical Technician and tending to any incidents that may arise.

• Training fellow staff on various emergency services topics such as CPR, oxygen use, and back boarding.

TekSolv, 2013- 2018

RESCUE TECHNICIAN

• Working at various refineries and plants in the tri-state area, including Honeywell, Phillips 66, and Philadelphia Energy Solutions, to monitor safety and function as a rescuer, firefighter, and EMT to aid in any emergencies.

• Continuously overseeing external conditions and testing air quality inside confined spaces to guarantee a safe work environment for entering spaces such as holes, furnaces, or tanks.

• Ensuring danger-free conditions at work sites by confirming that entrants are following safe practices as defined on the confined space permit and are wearing the proper protective clothing and equipment when in the confined space.

• Accounting for and logging all persons who have entered and exited the confined space.

• Devising hazard assessments, rescue pre-plans, and corrective implementation documents to foresee and prevent possible employee injuries.

• Working closely with rescue teams and plant personnel to build complex extrication systems that could be deployed swiftly.

• Inspecting and documenting rescue equipment to ensure OSHA and NFPA compliance is maintained.

Somerset Fire and Rescue Company No.1, 2008–2018

FIREFIGHTER AND RESCUE SPECIALIST

• Serving as an on-call heavy rescue expert who has extensive training and certifications in, but not limited to:

Hazardous Material Operations Entrapment

High and Low Angle Rescue Building Collapses

Trench Rescue Motor Vehicle Extractions

Confined Space Rescue, Swift Water and Dive Rescues, Fire and Carbon Monoxide Activations

• Implementing technical skills and tactics, including operating equipment necessary for completing rescues successfully.

• Working as a team player to perform rescues safely and as quickly as possible to ensure the victim's survival.

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East Millstone First Squad, 2006–2015

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

CHIEF (2014-2015), DEPUTY CHIEF (2013-2014), CAPTAIN (2011-2013)

• Served the residents of Franklin Township and East Millstone Borough by maintaining the day-to-day operations of the local fifty-member volunteer first aid squad, which operated three ambulances and responded to over one thousand calls per year.

• Supervised and provided direction for fellow EMTs in areas of EMS training, EMS response operations, apparatus and equipment readiness, and safety and facility cleanliness.

• Recognized operational and training deficiencies and adjusted protocols as needed to ensure that daily functions can proceed safely.

• Developed training exercises and programs to hone members' skills.

• Held the squad in readiness in the event of a disaster, mobilization or any other emergency.

• Responded to specialized rescues, mass casualty incidents, and other medical emergencies.

• Coordinated large scale incidents and served as EMS Branch Director during such occasions.

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