Guest Instructors

Katie Luchette | katie_luchette@brown.edu

Katie is a paramedic at Brown EMS and for the town of Exeter. She also works in clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has worked in EMS for four years, starting as an undergraduate EMT at Brown EMS, and this is her fourth year working with the Brown EMS summer course. She has since completed her undergraduate education at Brown and has worked in various capacities for several 911 EMS systems. When not working, she also enjoys running for nonsensical lengths of time and baking chocolate chip cookies.

Oliver Isik | oliver_isik@brown.edu

Oliver is a former Brown EMT, BLS Supervisor, and Team Leader of the Brown EMS Emergency Response Team. He taught the Brown EMS Summer EMT course for a year as a Skills Instructor and for another two as the Lead Curriculum Instructor. Until January, he was the certifying American Heart Association Instructor listed on Amy Sanderson’s BLS for Healthcare Providers card. Personal pastimes include playing classical piano, running, and brewing his own beer.

Thomas Martin | thomas_martin@brown.edu

Tom Martin is a second-year medical student at Brown University and a paramedic for Brown EMS as well as the Towns of South Kingstown and Cumberland. He has worked in 911 EMS for almost 7 years between RI and NJ, where he grew up volunteering as an EMT on the Jersey Shore. He enjoys teaching both EMT and paramedic students and likes to keep material simple and engaging. He is always happy to discuss Fire/EMS, ocean rescue, research studies, or whatever else you might like. You’ll have him for your Torso trauma lecture at the end of June (appropriate, since his research focuses on trauma patients, specifically rib fractures!).

Brendan McStay | bmac161@gmail.com

Brendan currently works as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the North Kingstown, RI Fire Department. After serving a four-year sentence in the private ambulance industry as an EMT and EMT-Cardiac, Brendan became an ALS Supervisor at Brown EMS in 2007, ultimately leaving just barely into 2018 as Assistant Service Chief. For most of that time, he also volunteered with Warren Rescue, serving 4 years as Lieutenant, as well as a volunteer firefighter with the Tower company. Brendan has taught EMT and Cardiac classes outside of Brown as well as for BEMS, and enjoys helping nervous noobs become competent providers. Hopefully, by the time his Abdominal Emergencies presentation is over, you too will be well on your way. When not working, Brendan does his best to make sure that his two kids, Tommy (6) and Erin (3) manage to not kill themselves or each other, and hopefully maintain he and his wife Kate's sanity along the way.

Kris Wetterland | kris_wetterland@brown.edu

I come from the small Town of Warren, RI where I started my career on the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department in 2010. I started out as a Firefighter and first responder riding Engine 1, Special Hazards and after a short time I started working on the Rescue as a driver. It didn't take long until I became passionate about EMS. I became an EMT in 2011 and then an AEMT Cardiac in 2012. Soon after becoming an EMT, I began working part time for Alert Ambulance / Paramedic Systems and then at Brown University as an ALS Supervisor in 2014. I attended undergraduate at Rhode Island College where I received a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, and have since received a M.S in Information Technology from Southern New Hampshire University. When I am not working on an Ambulance I work full time for Fidelity Investments as an Agile Coach for a cloud solutions delivery team, and am an adjunct professor at Rhode Island College. In 2017 I moved to Bristol, RI and have since joined the Bristol Volunteer Fire Department as a Firefighter and EMT. EMS has become not only a job but a passion for me . I enjoy being able to give back to the communities of Bristol RI and Brown University and cherish the opportunities I have to assist people in some of their worst times, and to also help educate more junior EMTs to be the best they can be.

When I am not working or teaching I spend my time enjoying my wonderful home in Bristol RI with my beautiful wife Renee. I look forward to working with all EMT students this summer. If you have any questions for me or if I can assist you in any way to understand the material you are studying do not hesitate to reach out to me via email. See you in class!

Jameel Sylvia | jameel_sylvia@brown.edu

Jamie is a recent MPA graduate of Anna Maria College and currently serves as the QI/QA Officer and an ALS Supervisor for Brown University EMS. He is also an EMS Lieutenant for the Warren, RI Fire/Rescue Department and an ALS Supervisor for the Jamestown, RI Fire/EMS Department. He has worked in 911 EMS for over six years and is currently in a cardiac-to-paramedic bridge program which he hopes to have completed by the end of 2019. You will see Jamie present topics on anaphylaxis, radio communications, and will be present for challenge day that takes place over in Warren as well. He encourages free-thinking and promotes discussion during presentations, so feel free to ask any questions you might have when you see him!