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GEOFF LASSERS
Firefighter, Paramedic, and instructor, West Bloomfield Fire Department
Host and Executive Producer, EMS on AIR Podcast
Executive Producer, ED on AIR Podcast
Host and Executive Producer, MPFFU Podcast
Co-Host and Executive Producer, Minds on the Frontline Podcast
MORE ABOUT GEOFF
Geoff Lassers began his career as a first responder in 2002. Since then, he has earned a depth of experience as a professional firefighter, paramedic, EMS instructor, and in the hospital as an ED tech. Geoff has been a professional firefighter/paramedic and EMS instructor with the West Bloomfield Fire Department (IAFF local 1721) since 2004.
In 2020, Geoff was integral in establishing the EMS on AIR Podcast was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the EMS on AIR Podcast was designed to provide up-to-date information to the local, state, and national EMS community regarding the pandemic, as well as express best practices. Since then, the EMS on AIR Podcast has expanded to all topics related to prehospital care. Geoff hosts and produces multiple podcasts:
Minds on the Frontline Podcast: This podcast discusses the mental and behavioral health of first responders and 911 dispatchers. Minds on the Frontline Podcast brought to you by the Frontline Strong Together 5 (FST5) Program. FST5 provides streamlined access to behavioral and mental health services, as well as crisis resources for Michigan’s frontline five workers and their families. This includes all professional, part-time, and volunteer firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, corrections officers, and 911 dispatchers in Michigan and their immediate family members.
MPFFU Podcast: The Michigan Professional Fire Fighter Union (MPFFU) Podcast supports the mission to improve wages, working hours, and working conditions for its members through the dissemination of evidence-based relevant information, resources, and strategies. To accomplish this, the MPFFU podcast will provide reliable, factual, and actionable information that strengthens, empowers, and supports MPFFU members and locals through united action.
ED on AIR Podcast: (Executive Producer) The ED on AIR Podcast is designed to keep emergency department providers and other in-hospital practitioners safe, informed, and prepared. The ED on AIR podcast is hosted by Dr. Robert Dunne who is an Emergency Medicine and EMS physician in Detroit, Michigan.
DR. ROBERT DUNNE
University of Michigan Medical School
Henry Ford Hospital Residency in Emergency Medicine
Served as EMS coordinator, associate program director, and research director
Associate professor at Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine and EMS physician
MORE ABOUT DR. DUNNE
Robert Dunne, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS, is an Emergency Medicine and EMS physician located in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Dunne is currently the EMS Medical Director of the Detroit Fire Department, as well as a professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University, and directs the School of Medicine’s pre-hospital programming, including Emergency Medical Services, Preparedness, EMS Research and more. He is also program director of the Emergency Medical Services fellowship. Additionally, Dr. Dunne is the elected medical director of the Detroit East Medical Control Authority, the local version of the state-designated entity that supervises all pre-hospital care in Detroit and eastern Wayne County.
Dr. Dunne is co-host of the EMS on AIR podcast and host of the ED on AIR podcast.