Kim McKenna

Kim D. McKenna PhD MEd RN NRP is an assistant lecturer at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale and National Faculty for the NAEMSE IC1 course. Formerly, she was Director of Education for the St. Charles County Ambulance District where she led employee education and was the Program Director for the department’s EMT and paramedic programs. Kim holds a PhD in Education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. She has authored many EMT, Paramedic and EMS education textbooks, and journal articles. Kim serves on the board of advisors for the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA; the Board of Directors of the Committee on Accreditation of EMS Professions (CoAEMSP); and is the Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the National Registry of EMTs.