Author Richard Main, MEd, NRP

About Richard Main, MEd, NRP

Richard Main, MEd, NRP, is an EMS instructor. He has worked in EMS since 1993 after obtaining his EMT from Johnson County Community College. He has lived in Kansas, Arizona and Nevada. While in Arizona, Main worked for Avra Valley Fire District in for 10 years and worked in private EMS in Southern Nevada. He currently works as a professor of emergency medical services at the College of Southern Nevada and is lead instructor for Distance CME.

Dallas Paramedic Avoids Felony Injury Charges

Dallas Fire Department Fire Fighter/Paramedic Brad Cox will not be charged with a felony as per last week’s Grand Jury. Prosecutors were seeking an indictment of injury to a disabled person. Cox’s engine was reportedly called to a grass fire on a section of frontage road along interstate 30 in 2019. Cox is seen on video [...]

Dinosaur of EMS?

Florida is Looking for Teachers!   Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that he is introducing legislation that would allow an avenue for retired law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency services (EMS) personnel to become teachers.  DeSantis stated that after serving for 20 years that these individuals who have lived a life of service are going to [...]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  It won’t be too long before we enter carbon monoxide (CO) season.  CO as we know is a colorless, odorless gas that prevents oxygen (O2) from binding to our hemoglobin.  In the United States somewhere between 170 and 400 people die every year of CO poisoning from nonautomotive sources.  These sources can be house fires, [...]