Paul LeSage Clinical Assistant Professor, OHSU School of Medicine, Asst. Fire Chief, TVF&R (Ret) worked for 29 years as a Firefighter/Paramedic for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, serving several years on the Technical Rescue and Dive Team and as a Flight Paramedic with Life Flight Network.

 

He retired from the Fire District as the Assistant Chief of Operations in January 2010, has over 40 years of experience in emergency services as a provider and executive, and has received many awards and commendations, including the State of Oregon EMS Impact Award, several Lifesaving Awards, and the OFCA’s Golden Trumpet Award. He spent two years as the Interim Director at Oregon’s second-largest 911 Center, implementing a unique Quality and Performance Program.

Paul currently works as a Founding Partner and Senior Analyst with SG-Collaborative Solutions, where his work centers on creating reliable and resilient teams and systems that analyze and manage risk. His current clients are primarily centered in commercial aviation, air-medical programs, healthcare, and EMS. Paul also leads a Human Factors Analysis Group responsible for deconstructing and analyzing aviation, EMS, and healthcare incidents and accidents.

Paul and his teams at SG currently conduct this work across the United States, and in Canada, Central America, and Australia. He holds degrees in Organizational Communications, Human Factors Analysis, EMS, and Fire Science, and is on the faculty at the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine.

Paul has authored a popular book on Crew Resource Management in Emergency Services, and was also the founder of Informed Publishing, which created Nursing, Medic, and Emergency Service mobile apps for front-line care providers.