Instructors

Trisha FitzGerald, Lead Instructor / Trainer

Trisha has performed emergency-services work more than half her life. Since 1978, she has been an EMT in the Commonwealth of Virginia. For several years, she was a volunteer firefighter in the Fairfax County and Fairfax City (Va.) Fire Department.

She currently volunteers as a park EMT during the busy summer months at Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va.

She is also an active member of a local search & rescue group.

Since 1985, Trisha has been a member of the National Ski Patrol, and for 14 years patrolled at Whitetail Mountain in Pennsylvania.

Trisha has been teaching EMT for the Commonwealth of Virginia for 9 years; Trisha is also an Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor for the National Ski Patrol, and a Level 1 Fire Instructor for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Trisha is an Instructor Trainer for American Health and Safety Institute and Emergency Care and Safety Institute.  

Steve Marshall, Co - Instructor

Steve has performed emergency-services work more than half his life. Since 1983, he has been an EMT in the Commonwealth of Virginia. For several years, he was a volunteer firefighter in Arlington County, becoming chief of the Fairlington Volunteer Fire Dept.

He currently volunteers as a park EMT during the busy summer months at Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va.

Since 1970, Steve has been a member of the National Ski Patrol, first in Wisconsin and now at Liberty Mountain in Pennsylvania.

He began teaching first aid for American Red Cross while a college student in the 1970s and still volunteers for the Red Cross in safety programs and disaster services.

He is a former board member of the Citizen CPR Foundation, which promotes CPR research and instruction throughout the world.