John Winstead is a prehospital paramedic with twenty years experience ranging from rural to urban EMS systems across Virginia. His areas of clinical interest include airway management, prehospital mechanical ventilation, resuscitation, and technical rescue medicine.  He is the medical training lead for Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County's Urban Search and Rescue Program and has deployed numerous times to domestic and international disasters.  John currently oversees Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department's EMS Specialist program, providing advanced prehospital care and clinical oversight.