Rom Duckworth, MPA, LP, EFO, FO, is a dedicated emergency responder, author, and educator with more than thirty years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private emergency medical services. Rom is currently a career fire Captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department and Founder of the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine. Rom is the recipient of the American Red Cross Hero award, Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Hero award, the EMS 10 Innovators award, and the NAEMT Presidential award. An Advisory Board member for the Sepsis Alliance, Rom is the co-author of the Sepsis Care chapter in the NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) program as well as chapters in more than a dozen EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and over 100 published articles in fire and EMS journals, magazines, and websites. Rom is an international advocate and leader in emergency services education.