TABITHA RASCH

Air Methods; Flight Paramedic FPC: 2024-Present

• Trained in rotor-wing aircraft operations, including comprehensive safety protocols,emergency procedures, and in-flight critical care.
• Proven ability to manage high-acuity, time-sensitive medical emergencies, including multi-system trauma, cardiac events, and respiratory failure, in coordination with flight crews, transport nurses, and receiving hospital teams.
• Provided autonomous medical decision-making in dynamic conditions, including altitude-related physiological changes and desert-specific environmental conditions.
• Compassionate provider with advanced interpersonal skills, offering critical emotional support to patients and families during high-stress, life-altering moments, while maintaining professionalism and clear communication.

Bell Ambulance Service; Critical Care Paramedic: 2019 - Present

• Performed critical care transports for medically complex, high-acuity patients, providing advanced life support and continuous monitoring throughout transport.
• Skilled in managing advanced ventilator settings, continuous vasoactive infusions, and rapid sequence intubation to stabilize critically ill patients.
• Direct experience operating Impella devices, with working knowledge of ECMO, intra-aortic balloon pumps, Swan-Ganz catheters, and central venous pressure monitoring, utilizing this knowledge to support patient care and collaborate with specialized teams.
• Applied best practices and clinical protocols to improve transport safety and patient outcomes during high-acuity transfers.
• Led critical care transport teams effectively in high-pressure situations, coordinating with multidisciplinary staff to ensure smooth, successful missions.
• Collaborated with military and civilian partners during Operation Allies Refuge, supporting complex patient transfers and mission coordination.

Aurora Sinai Medical Center; Emergency Room Technician 2020 - 2021

• Served on Sinai Medical Center’s First Response Team, providing rapid emergency support.
• Assisted physicians and medical staff with the treatment and care of acute illness and trauma patients.
• Delivered critical interventions and maintained composure in fast-paced, high-stress situations.

• World Extreme Medicine High Altitude Course, Mt. Everest, Nepal (November, 2025)
• Emergency Room Shadowing at St. Mary's Milwaukee and Ozaukee Hospital (120+ hours) (January, 2022 - Present)
• Project Moonlight, Nicaragua (November, 2022)
• Máximo Nivel, Guatemala (May, 2022)
• HBI ministries, India (February, 2017)