About

Experienced, real-world education services

Mission

Jefferson Country Emergency Consultants strives to improve the safety and wellbeing of out of hospital patients through contemporary education, planning, and exercises that evolve with the changing healthcare environment.

 

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We at JCEC want to build a program to meet the needs of your agency. Please let us know how we can apply our collective fifty years of experience to prepare your personnel and facility for your unique challenges!

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Owners

 
 

Senior Consultant, founder

Marc Winstead

Offering over 40 years of experience in Emergency Services, Marc is passionate about applying lessons-learned in the past to solutions for tomorrow’s problems. Marc is a licensed/registered Respiratory Therapist, Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator, and a Virginia Paramedic. With a career ranging from Chief of the busiest all-volunteer EMS agency in Virginia, to Respiratory Therapy Supervisor, to Emergency Management Coordinator for one of Virginia’s premier academic health systems, Marc has worked in nearly every area of healthcare as a care provider and administrator.

 

Education

Old Dominion University
B.S. Health Science, Management minor

Piedmont Virginia Community College & University of Virginia
A.S. Respiratory Care A.A.S. Emergency Medical Services

Career Highlights

  • Certified Hospital Emergency Manager III

  • Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness Exercise Coordinator

  • Former Chairman Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, Northwest Region

  • Former Virginia Society of Respiratory Care Disaster Coordinator

  • Former EMS Clinical Coordinator, Piedmont Virginia Community College

 
 

 
 
 

Senior Consultant

John Winstead

John is a Nationally Registered Paramedic working as an EMS-Technician for the largest Fire Department in Virginia. He has over a decade of experience in Fire and Emergency Services, serving departments ranging from rural to densely populated urban cities. He is a FEMA Medical Specialist assigned to an international Urban Search and Rescue Task Force.

 

Education

Jefferson College of Health Science B.S. Emergency Services

Piedmont Virginia Community College A.A.S. Emergency Medical Services

Career Highlights

  • American Heart Association ACLS Instructor

  • Adjunct Instructor, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue EMS Training

  • Developed prehospital mechanical ventilation program for the County of Orange Department of Fire & EMS