<p>Jon completed his paramedic training in 1997 in Tallahassee, Florida. As a paramedic, he has worked in both the rural EMS settings, as well on the streets of New Orleans, where he served as the co-creator, and head of the New Orleans EMS Field Training Officer Program for six years. Throughout his career, Jon has taught EMS at the college level, has worked as a flight medic, and an Emergency Room Paramedic at both Tulane University Hospital and Children's Hospital of New Orleans.</p>
<p>He is the author of <em>Hard Roll: A Paramedic's Perspective of Life and Death in New Orleans</em>, <em>Goodbye Bad Dreams</em>, and the comicbook series, <em>Endangered</em>.</p>
<p>He currently lives in New Orleans with his wife, two sons, an army of weenie dogs, and a few cats.</p>
