AHDR Authors

The AHDR author team developed the AHDR course materials for students and instructors and are available to provide advice and guidance to AHDR faculty.

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AHDR Authors

Faizan H. Arshad, MD

Dr. Faizan Arshad serves as the EMS Medical Director for Vassar Brothers Hospital – Healthquest systems. He is a graduate of Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and received specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Yale – New Haven Hospital, which included resuscitation and the care of critically ill and injured patients.

Faizan's experiences sparked his passion for EMS and led to his involvement in 911 response and critical care helicopter EMS transport. He completed his fellowship in the Fire Department of New York City’s (FDNY) training program. As deputy medical director of Manhattan, Faizan provided continuing medical education for thousands of providers, served as an on-line medical control physician for New York City, responded in all five boroughs as a rescue-trained physician, and helped develop the New York State Collaborative Protocols.

Faizan has served as a deputy EMS fellowship director at Newark Beth Israel Hospital, a Deputy System Medical Director for MONOC, and as a tactical (TEMS) physician alongside the New Jersey State Police on TEAMS/SWAT assignments. He has lectured at numerous national conferences, launched the EMS Nation podcast, a #FOAMed resource, and manages the emsnation.org blog. He is the lead author for the NAEMT All Hazards Disaster Response course and is an at-large member of the NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Committee.
Sean J. Britton

Sean J. Britton, MPA, NRP is the Emergency Preparedness Planner for the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems in Baltimore, Md. He was formerly the director of public health and a deputy EMS coordinator for Broome County, N.Y. He has also been a paramedic for Superior Ambulance Service and an adjunct instructor of Criminal Justice and Emergency Services at SUNY Broome Community College, both in New York. Sean is a research associate for the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA. He was also the public health emergency preparedness coordinator for Broome County and the program coordinator for Emergency and Trauma Services at UHS Hospitals. Sean earned a bachelor's degree in Community and Human Services from SUNY Empire State College and a master's degree in Public Administration from Binghamton University.

Sean is a member of the author group for NAEMT's All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) course. He is an affiliate faculty member of the Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS), and Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS) courses. Sean received an NAEMT Presidential Leadership Award in 2016.
Brad Newbury MPA, NRP, I/C

Brad Newbury is President and CEO of the National Medical Education & Training Center in West Bridgewater, Mass. Brad has been involved in EMS for over 30 years, beginning as a volunteer firefighter in Tiverton, R.I., the receiving his paramedic certification and working for both a private ambulance and hospital-based, non-transport paramedic service. In 1997, he became a firefighter/paramedic for a fire department and was then promoted through to Captain/Paramedic in 2015. He also served as Safety and Training officer and Shift Commander.

Brad has an extensive teaching background and holds an EMS Instructor Coordinator designation from the Massachusetts Department of Health, as well as Fire Instructor certification. He has taught for the Massachusetts Fire Academy and has lectured nationally on a variety of EMS topics. Brad created the National Medical Education and Training Center in in 2010 and serves as its president and CEO. He was instrumental in managing the application process to full national accreditation of its paramedic program, and developed a hybrid paramedic program that educates and trains students from around the world.

Brad has worked as a faculty educator, content writer, and has been published by a national journal. He is also a principle author and speaker for the NAEMT All Hazards Disaster Response course. Brad holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Science and a Master Degree in Public Administration.