EMS & Tactical Medicine Expert
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Emergency Medical Services and FireKeywords/Search Terms:
EMS Standard of Care, Paramedic, Critical Care Transport, Tactical EMS, Flight Paramedic, EMS Training, EMS Education, Fire Service Operations, Rapid Sequence Intubation, USAR Medicine, Rescue Operations, EMS Protocols, Wilderness Medicine, Hazardous Materials, Quality Assurance, Disaster Medicine, Airway ManagementEducation:
Bachelors, Long Island University, CW Post; Paramedic Program Certificate, North Shore University Hospital School of Paramedicine; FP-C; TP-C; WP-C, International Board of Specialty CertificationsYears in Practice:
30+Additional Information
Adam J. Tomko is a nationally certified paramedic with more than 30 years of experience in emergency medical services, fire service operations, tactical medicine, critical care, hazardous materials response, technical rescue, and EMS education. He has served in urban, suburban, hospital-based, fire-based, and tactical EMS systems throughout his career and has extensive experience in advanced life support operations, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), critical care transport principles, and operational medical response. Mr. Tomko currently serves as a Paramedic Firefighter with the Dix Hills Fire Department and has held numerous leadership and instructional positions throughout his career, including CME Coordinator, Field Training Officer, faculty member at SUNY Farmingdale, and instructor for civilian, military, law enforcement, and special operations personnel. He maintains multiple advanced certifications including National Registry Paramedic (NRP), Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C), Tactical Paramedic Certification (TP-C), Wilderness Paramedic Certification (WP-C), USAR Medical Specialist, Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS), Advanced HazMat Life Support (AHLS), Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Instructor, and Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Instructor. Mr. Tomko serves on the Suffolk County Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC) Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Advisory Subcommittee, where he participates in the development and refinement of regional educational standards, provider competency expectations, quality improvement initiatives, and operational guidance for advanced airway management. His work includes collaboration on evidence-based educational standards and protocol implementation supporting one of New York State's largest EMS systems. His expertise includes EMS standard of care, advanced airway management, rapid sequence intubation, critical care transport, tactical emergency medical support (TEMS), EMS education, fire service operations, rescue medicine, hazardous materials response, quality assurance, protocol development, and emergency response system operations. Mr. Tomko is actively engaged in EMS research, professional publication, conference education, and textbook review activities, with ongoing work focused on advancing prehospital critical care and emergency medical education.