Cliff Weaver- Flight Medic, OVSAR Search Manager

Formerly a U.S. Air Force and FAA air traffic controller. Over 30 years experience in Public Safety. Started flying as a Flight Medic in 1982 with the Evansville Life Flight Program. Currently Chief of Operations for the Evansville Fire Department and holds the rank of Battalion Chief. Is a Search Manager with the Ohio Valley Search and Rescue team. Also is an Evaluator for the National Association of Search and Rescue. Holds several instructor certifications for EMS and Homeland Security related areas.
 
 

Jack Winternheimer- LifeFlight Pilot, Base Manager

Total of 37 years and 14,700+ hours of aviation experience. Twenty years in the Marine Corps to include assignments in Vietnam; instructing Naval and Marine pilots in advanced helicopter tactics in Pensacola, FL and duty as a Command Pilot for Presidents Carter and Reagan on Marine One; ten years flying from oil drilling or production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico; and seven years EMS flying with Welborn Baptist/St. Marys's Medical Center LifeFlight.
 

Tom Poulton- M.D. OVSAR Medical Adviser

Tom Poulton, MD, is a pediatric intensive care specialist and anesthesiologist 
who will be the medical director of the Pediatric ICU at the new Deaconess 
Gateway Hospital.  He has served as medical director for two air medical 
transport programs, and is presently the medical advisor to OVSAR and 
pediatric medical advisor to Air Evac system-wide.  He has served as a 
member of the editorial board of *The Air Medical Journal* for many years 
and has published over 60 articles and book chapters.  A Navy Medical Corps
veteran, certified technical rescue instructor, ice rescue technician, and rescue 
diver who served as a battalion-level field medicine specialist with the Marine 
Corps, Tom has a special interest in the psychological aspects of survival in 
austere *environments.
 
 

Kurt Behme- EFD Firefighter, Instructor, EMT

Kurt Behme FF/EMT, is the Owner/Lead Instructor of OnSite Health & 
Safety Services. "OnSite" is an American Heart Assoc.Certified Training 
Center, teaching CPR, OSHA, confined space, HAZWOPER and fire 
extinguisher/safety courses. He started his career as a firefighter and 
EMT in 1984. His range of services has included working on Military, 
volunteer, and career fire departments, and full and part-time ambulance 
services.  In relation to the flight programs, Kurt served as a military 
crash-rescue specialist for the Army Aviation Training Brigade at 
Ft. Rucker, AL.  Kurt is an NFPA Fire Instructor II/III, Indiana EMS 
Extrication Instructor, and member of the Evansville Fire Dept Special 
Teams.