R. Shawn Rogers, Director
Mr. Rogers has been active in Oklahoma EMS for forty years, starting as an EMT-emergency vehicle operator at AmCare in Oklahoma City in 1981. He has served as an EMT, EMT-Advanced, Paramedic, Ambulance Service Director, State Trauma Systems Coordinator and as the State EMS Director from 2001 to 2010.
In the 1980s and 90s, Mr. Rogers led his suburban hospital-based ambulance service as it expanded from 1000 runs per year to 8000 runs per year, acquiring new service areas through a reputation for high quality service. Mr. Rogers and his team solicited communities, wrangled funding, acquired ambulances and equipment, updated radio systems, developed a certified Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) operation and established one of the State's first AED operations. Mr. Rogers hired and fired staff, wrote policies, procedures and protocols, coordinated medical direction and trained field staff, supervisors, dispatchers and support staff.
He also managed a ambulance subscription program, growing it from 200 family memberships to over 1000 in four years, yielding over $50,000 in new annual revenue. Member families on fixed incomes could be assured their ambulance costs, at least, would not rise.
An EMS instructor since 1986, Mr Rogers has helped train many EMTs and Paramedics. He has designed continuing education and original training courses for training facilities and individual ambulance services. He maintains EMS Instructor status and American Heart Association ACLS, PALS and BLS Instructor certiications.
As a state administrator, Mr. Rogers developed an extensive understanding of EMS rules and statutes. He drafted legislation amending the Emergency Response System Development Act and drafted rules for EMS enforcement, the Oklahoma Emergency Response System Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund (OERSSIRF) grant program, the trauma fund, the stroke system and the Oklahoma EMS Line of Duty Death Benefit. Now a resident of Oregon, he has just been appointed to their regulatory review board.
Mr. Rogers has been recognized in the national EMS scene, serving as President-elect for the National Association of EMS Officials from 2008-2010 and as a board member of Advocates for EMS, a national EMS advocacy organization, as well as the Commission on Air Medical Transportation Systems (CAMTS).
He is a successful grant writer, authoring many successful applications for the Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) and the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Fund. He has written grants for several Oklahoma communities, for the Oklahoma State Health Department, and organizations such as the National Association of EMS Officials and the University of Oklahoma Health Science center.
Mr. Rogers holds a bachelors degree in Human Resource Managment from Southern Nazarene University and a Masters in Legal Services in Healthcare from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
In the 1980s and 90s, Mr. Rogers led his suburban hospital-based ambulance service as it expanded from 1000 runs per year to 8000 runs per year, acquiring new service areas through a reputation for high quality service. Mr. Rogers and his team solicited communities, wrangled funding, acquired ambulances and equipment, updated radio systems, developed a certified Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) operation and established one of the State's first AED operations. Mr. Rogers hired and fired staff, wrote policies, procedures and protocols, coordinated medical direction and trained field staff, supervisors, dispatchers and support staff.
He also managed a ambulance subscription program, growing it from 200 family memberships to over 1000 in four years, yielding over $50,000 in new annual revenue. Member families on fixed incomes could be assured their ambulance costs, at least, would not rise.
An EMS instructor since 1986, Mr Rogers has helped train many EMTs and Paramedics. He has designed continuing education and original training courses for training facilities and individual ambulance services. He maintains EMS Instructor status and American Heart Association ACLS, PALS and BLS Instructor certiications.
As a state administrator, Mr. Rogers developed an extensive understanding of EMS rules and statutes. He drafted legislation amending the Emergency Response System Development Act and drafted rules for EMS enforcement, the Oklahoma Emergency Response System Stabilization and Improvement Revolving Fund (OERSSIRF) grant program, the trauma fund, the stroke system and the Oklahoma EMS Line of Duty Death Benefit. Now a resident of Oregon, he has just been appointed to their regulatory review board.
Mr. Rogers has been recognized in the national EMS scene, serving as President-elect for the National Association of EMS Officials from 2008-2010 and as a board member of Advocates for EMS, a national EMS advocacy organization, as well as the Commission on Air Medical Transportation Systems (CAMTS).
He is a successful grant writer, authoring many successful applications for the Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) and the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Stabilization and Improvement Fund. He has written grants for several Oklahoma communities, for the Oklahoma State Health Department, and organizations such as the National Association of EMS Officials and the University of Oklahoma Health Science center.
Mr. Rogers holds a bachelors degree in Human Resource Managment from Southern Nazarene University and a Masters in Legal Services in Healthcare from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.