The Team Behind the Playbook
Our Origin
Why We Built This
We are three paramedics who have spent our careers working in high-acuity environments where the details matter and the stakes are real.
Between us, we bring years of experience in EMS, critical care transport, and frontline leadership — with opportunities along the way to shape education, contribute to protocol development, and drive system-level improvement. All of it has been guided by one goal: doing the job better for the patients we serve.
A lot of what we know has not come from textbooks. It has come from real calls, real challenges, and learning alongside the teams we work with every day. Those experiences have shaped how we approach patient care, decision-making, and performance under pressure.
While much of our work has centered on airway management, our broader focus is on building practical, team-based approaches to patient care that actually translate to the real world — because consistency, preparation, and communication matter just as much as technical skill.
This platform is simply an extension of that mindset: sharing what we have learned, continuing to grow, and hopefully contributing something meaningful to the next provider stepping into a critical moment.
John Wheeler
Master of Public Health · Flight Paramedic Certified · Licensed Paramedic
TJ Riddle
Bachelor of Science in Nursing · Flight Paramedic Certified · Licensed Paramedic
Lane Matheny
Bachelor of Health Sciences · Flight Paramedic Certified · Licensed Paramedic
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