Guidance for the American Red Cross Healthcare Guidelines was provided by the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, a panel of 60+ nationally and internationally recognized experts from a variety of medical, nursing, emergency medical services, advanced practice, allied health, scientific, educational and academic disciplines.
Members of the Scientific Advisory Council have a broad range of professional specialties including resuscitation, emergency medicine, critical care, obstetrics, pediatrics, anesthesia, cardiology, surgery, trauma, toxicology, pharmacology, education, sports medicine, occupational health, public health and emergency preparedness. This gives the Scientific Advisory Council the important advantage of broad, multidisciplinary expertise in evaluating existing and new assessment methodologies, technologies, therapies and procedures—and the educational methods to teach them.
More information on the science of the course content can be found at the following websites:
- Ilcor.org
- redcross.org/science
We extend our gratitude to all of the members of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, who lend their expertise and guidance to support the development of American Red Cross Training Services programs.
Eunice (Nici) Singletary, MD, FACEP
Scientific Advisory Council Co-Chair
Scientific Advisory Council Continuing Education & Editorial Committee
University of Virginia Emergency Medicine
Joseph W. Rossano, MD
Scientific Advisory Council Co-Chair
Scientific Advisory Council Continuing Education & Editorial Committee
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Co-Executive Director, The Cardiac Center
Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aquatics Sub-Council
William Dominic Ramos, MS, PhD
Aquatics Sub-Council Chair
Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health – Bloomington
Director, Indiana University Aquatics Institute
Bloomington, Indiana
Stephen J. Langendorfer, PhD
Aquatics Sub-Council Vice Chair
Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
Shaun M. Anderson, MBA, EdD
Associate Professor
Department of Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science
Norfolk State University
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Angela K. Beale-Tawfeeq, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Program Coordinator
Health and Physical Education Teacher Education (HPETE)
College of Education, Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
Director of Research and Education
Diversity in Aquatics
Jodi Jensen, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of Aquatics
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia
Tamar L. Levene, MD, MS
Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeon
Memorial Healthcare System, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Hollywood, Florida
Christopher Whipple, MEd, NREMT, AqP
President, Whipple Aquatics & Safety, LLC
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Emergency Department Children’s Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Disaster Cycle Sub-Council
Michael Kleeman, MA
Disaster Cycle Sub-Council Chair
Senior Research Fellow
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
Raj Pandya, PhD
Disaster Cycle Sub-Council Vice Chair
Professor of Practice/Executive Director
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Shannon Jackson LCDR, MSC, USN
Plans, Operations and Medical Intelligence Officer (POMI) / Global Health
Medical Service Corps, US Navy
Robert J. Lempert, PhD
Principal Researcher, RAND
Professor of Policy and Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Director, RAND Pardee Center for Longer-Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition
Milosh Puchovsky, PE, FSFPE
Professor of Practice; Associate Department Head; Principle Industry Liaison
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Fire Protection Engineering
Worcester, Massachusetts
Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF
Director of Geriatrics
Sinai Health & University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
Professor of Medicine, Adjunct
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jacqueline Snelling, Ed.M.
Retired FEMA Preparedness, Senior Advisor
Arlington, Virginia
Education Sub-Council
Thomas E. Sather, EdD, MS, MSS, CAsP
Education Sub-Council Chair
Director, Tactical Combat Casualty Care Program
Assistant Professor (USUHS)
Naval Medical Forces Development Command
JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Nicholas Asselin, DO, MS
Education Sub-Council Vice Chair
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of EMS
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
LifePACT Critical Care Transport
Providence, Rhode Island
Rita V. Burke, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Evan Feuer, NRP, CHSOS, CHSE
Paramedic Simulation Specialist
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Brian Miller, PhD, MS, MSEd, CHES
Program Director, Health Sciences
Chair, Institutional Review Board
Cadaver Anatomy Lab Technician
Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences
Mary Baldwin University
Fishersville, Virginia
Gamze Ozogul, PhD
Associate Professor
Indiana University School of Education
Instructional Systems and Technology Department
Bloomington, Indiana
John Yosaitis, MD, MBA
Medical Director
MedStar Institute for Innovation/Georgetown Medical School
First Aid Sub-Council
Nathan P. Charlton, MD
First Aid Sub-Council Chair
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Program Director, Division of Toxicology
Director, Wilderness Medicine Education Program
Director, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program
Associate Medical Director, Blue Ridge Poison Center
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia
Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD
First Aid Sub-Council Vice Chair
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Faculty Physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David C. Berry, PhD, MHA, AT, ATC, ATRIC, CKTP
Professor and Department Chair, Kinesiology
College of Health and Human Services
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, Michigan
Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, University of Texas Health School of Nursing
San Antonio, Texas
Jestin Carlson, MD, MS, FACEP
National Director of Clinical Education, US Acute Care Solutions
Director of Resident Research, St. Vincent HospitalErie, Pennsylvania
Deanna Colburn Hostler, DPT, PhD, CCS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, MHCDS, FACEP
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Torrance, California
Vijay Kannan, MD, MPH
Regional Director, Office of Quality Management
Indian Health Service
Amy Kule, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FACEP, FAEMS, NRP
Assistant Director, Division of Special Operations
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Senior Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Center for Law Enforcement Medicine
Associate Director, John Hopkins Emergency Services Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Howard County Government
Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Columbia, Maryland
Thomas P. Lombardi, PharmD, FASHP
Systems Director of Pharmacy
St. Peter’s Health Partners
Slingerlands, New York
Yolanda Malone-Gilbert, MD, MBA, FAPA
Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
National Medical Association
Psychiatrist, Atlanta Veterans Health Care System
Assistant Clinical Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Edward J. McManus, MD, FACP
Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Infectious Disease Physician
I.D. Care, Inc./I.D. Associates, P.A.
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Nathaniel McQuay, MD
Chief, Acute Care Surgery
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Aaron M. Orkin, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD, CCFP(EM), FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Emergency Physician
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Amita Sudhir, MD
Associate Professor
University of Virginia
Department of Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD
Professor and Chair
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee
Resuscitation—Adult Sub-Council
Joshua M. Tobin, MD
Resuscitation – Adult Sub-Council Chair
Professor, Chief Trauma Anesthesia
UT Health
San Antonio, Texas
Captain, Medical Corps
US Navy
Bryan M. White, Col., USAF, MC MD, FACC, FASE, RPVI
Resuscitation – Adult Sub-Council Vice Chair
DHA Life Support Medical Director, CMIO/ISC Chair – 99th MDG, MTN/DHA J-7 LSSAC, DHA CVCC Chair, AF Cardiology Consultant
Defense Health Agency
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FAAEM, FCCM
Attending Physician
Durham VA Medical Center
Representative, 48th President 2019-2020
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Richard N. Bradley, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Director of Medical Response Services
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Wendell E. Jones, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP
Network Officer
Veteran’s Integrated Service, Network 17
Arlington, Texas
Elizabeth Kadow, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Catherine Margaret Kuza, MD, FASA, FCCM
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Quality and Safety
Harbor-UCLA
Andrew MacPherson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP
Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Bryan F. McNally, MD, MPH
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Executive Director, Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)
Associate Medical Director, Air Life Georgia
Ira Nemeth, MD
Medical Director
Ben Taub Emergency Department Senior Faculty
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Lt Col Stephanie Streit, MD, FACS, USAF, MC
Assistant Professor of Surgery
George Washington School of Medicine & Health Services
United States Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Resuscitation—Pediatric Sub-Council
Sarita A. Chung, MD, FAAP
Resuscitation – Pediatric Sub-Council Chair
Professor in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Bruce J. Barnhart, MSN, RN, CEP
Resuscitation – Pediatric Sub-Council Vice Chair
Senior Manager, Research Support
The University of Arizona
Arizona Emergency Medical Research Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Brian Appavu, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care Research
Barrow Neurological Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Julie L. Bacon, MSN-HCSM, NE-BC, NPD-BC, CPN, CPEN, C-NPT
Program Manager – Dispatch/Administrative Liaison
Med-Trans Florida Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
Sarah Copple, MSN, RNC-MNN, C-ONQS
Director, Perinatal Programs
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Washington, DC
Jacqueline Corboy, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Quality, Division of Emergency Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Iqbal El-Assaad, MD
Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Stephen R. Pratt, MD
Neonatologist (Retired)
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany New York