Jeanne Schmick

• Assumed ownership of multi generational taxidermy business and transitioned the vision to high end unique home decor items.
• Work closely with US Federal Government and international agencies to import and export harvested specimens in strict accordance with mandates as an USDA Approved Facility.
• Responsible for accurately completing and submitting federal paperwork and adhering to required policies and procedures.
• Oversee end-to-end business processes to maintain proficiency and profitability for global customer base.
• Consult with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
• Responsible for all business budget planning and administration, accounting functions, purchasing, and weekly payroll.
• Prepare bank deposits and handle business sales, returns and transaction reports.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies to generate new customers and increase sales and profit margins.
• Organize and attend trade shows and special events to showcase products, network with other businesses and attract new customers.

• Responsible for evaluation of critically ill and injured patients and implementing or maintaining continuance of care.
• Accurately disseminated and responded to interpretive data while providing necessary interventions and medications.
• Concisely and effectively received and relayed pertinent information which defined the next phase in the patients care.
• Developed an outreach education program for agencies in our service area. Acquired and maintained State accreditation for presentations to be awarded state approved education credits.

Presented lectures at local, state, national and international level.

Topics included:

• Medico-Legal Death Investigation
• Respiratory Disease Processes
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Kinematics of Trauma
• Emergency Medical Surgical Interventions
• Critical Thinking
• Child Abuse

Presentation Venues:

• Medical University in Munich Germany
• Iowa State District Attorney Conference
• Missouri State EMS Conference
• International Air Medical Conference
• Kansas Trauma Society
• Midwest Trauma Society
• Missouri State Fire Academy
• Loyola School of Medicine
• International Air Medical Transport Conference

Additionally, I was an Examiner/Evaluator for Paramedic testing and initial licensure of competency at the state and national level. Assisted in writing test questions for the Board Assessment as well as scenarios for Practical Exams.

• By invitation of German Government, worked with the aircrafts of the Bavarian Red Cross flying patient missions across Germany and Czechoslovakia to the higher level of care facility in Munich Germany.
• Consultant to South Africa and Mozambique hospitals and air medical services in 2009. On site evaluation and recommendations for improvement of facilities, air crafts and equipment. Policy and Procedure review and recommendations in compliance with standards of the time.

• Responded to the humanitarian crises in Milot, Haiti following the Earthquake in 2010. By invitation, we implemented a field hospital and treated more than 1000 patients providing emergency surgical interventions and post-op treatment. At the conclusion of the first week we had a fully operational hospital. My first trip in lasted for 2 weeks and I returned for an additional 2 weeks in February.
• Responded to 2 passenger head-on train collision in Johannesburg, South Africa. Response efforts included triage with emergency interventions and transport of critically injured patients.

• Evaluated and managed patients with a variety of respiratory disease processes and injuries. Worked in both Neo-natal and Adult Intensive Care Units and the Emergency Department and frequently served shift supervisor. Provided ventilatory management and continued evaluation of patients during transfer to specialty resource facilities