David Chreene
Hot Springs,AR
Summary
Operations and clinical leader with extensive experience in EMS, specializing in air medical operations. Demonstrates effective team coordination and program development to enhance efficiency, safety, and patient care. Committed to maintaining regulatory compliance and promoting a culture of collaboration and professional growth.
Overview
1
1
Certification
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Pafford Medical Services
08.2023 - Current
- Provided operational leadership and long-term planning to align with organizational goals.
- Evaluate operations and budgets to improve efficiency and overall performance.
- Identified operational challenges and developed solutions to enhance workflow resilience.
- Led and coordinated teams, fostering collaboration and supporting professional development.
- Support employee development through mentoring, coaching, and leadership.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and operational standards.
Flight Paramedic
LifeNet Air
07.2002 - 08.2023
- Managed high-acuity patients, delivering critical interventions to stabilize conditions during air transport.
- Performed RSI, intubation, cricothyrotomy, needle decompression, ventilator management, and invasive monitoring to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Applied clinical judgment in rapidly changing, high-risk situations to make timely decisions that improved patient care.
- Provided advanced emergency and critical-care treatment in the air medical environment for more than 20 years.
- Mentored colleagues in both air and ground EMS environments.
Air Operations Manager
LifeNet Air
08.2010 - 08.2013
- Identified and implemented opportunities for program improvement and expansion, facilitating the establishment of LifeNet's second air base in Hot Springs.
- Managed crew scheduling and daily operational coverage.
- Collaborated with first-responder agencies and community partners to enhance operational efficiency and build strategic relationships.
- Acted as liaison between Air Methods and LifeNet.
- Represented LifeNet Air on the Arkansas Governor's Air Advisory Committee.
- Coordinated public relations initiatives and conducted landing-zone education to raise community awareness and ensure safety.
Education
Associate's Degree - Paramedicine
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA01-1998
Skills
- Operations strategy
- Process optimization
- Business and operations management
- Planning and implementation
- Project coordination
- Operations monitoring
- Performance management
- Process improvements
- Policy implementation
- Regulatory compliance
- Compliance standards
- Multi-site operations
- Staff management
- Operational marketing
Certification
- Arkansas
- Texas
- Louisiana
- Oklahoma
- Mississippi
- International Board Certified Flight Paramedic — FP-C
- Critical Care Paramedic — CCEMTP
Timeline
Operations Manager
Pafford Medical Services
08.2023 - Current
Air Operations Manager
LifeNet Air
08.2010 - 08.2013
Flight Paramedic
LifeNet Air
07.2002 - 08.2023
Associate's Degree - Paramedicine
Bossier Parish Community College