Rhonda Healey
Rhonda Healey is dedicated to the EMS profession where she has
spent nearly the past 20 years as an exceptional pre-hospital
provider and paramedic. Rhonda started her EMS career as a First
Responder progressing through the certifications to include the
critical care paramedic endorsement. She is an outstanding
patient care provider, mentor and teacher and well respected by
her peers. She continually demonstrates best practices when
providing patient care and doing so in the most compassionate
and competent manner. Rhonda is a true patient advocate and has
the ability to gain a patient’s trust and put the most uneasy
patient at ease. She provides extraordinary care to patients
while serving on the Key West Fire & Rescue and Bi-County
Ambulance Services.
Rhonda holds instructor endorsements for PHTLS, AMLS, ACLS,
PALS, BLS, and PEARS and also serves as regional faculty for the
American Heart Association. She has been involved for several
years assisting in the paramedic program at NICC and in the most
recent years leads the EMT course. Rhonda has been an active
member of the NICC EMS Advisory Committee for the past 15 years.
She has fulfilled a position and is responsible for infiltrating
competent and capable EMTs into EMS services within and around
the Dubuque County area.
When you think of advanced cardiac life support for adult and
pediatric, one name comes to mind, Rhonda Healey. She has
provided advance cardiac training and continuing education for
surrounding EMS services, registered nurses and physicians for
numerous years. Rhonda is a captivating educator and has an
astonishing talent of taking the most complex theory and making
it understandable and fun. Rhonda has gained the admiration of
her peers and students alike. The positive feedback from
patients, co-workers and students are endless.
In recognition of her efforts Rhonda has been a recipient of
UnityPoint-Finley’s Make A Difference Award. Her commitment to
her community and the patients that she provides care to do not
cease there. Rhonda continues to serve her community as a member
of the Dubuque County Public Health organization and has served
for the past 15 years with the state of Iowa disaster team
providing medical relief in Hurricane Katrina and locally in the
Cedar Rapids floods of 2008. She has continued to serve this
team and be a valuable member through her work on the team’s
training committee.
Rhonda is dedicated and loyal and always looking for ways to
seek improvement both personally and professionally and has an
outstanding ability to interact with patients, peers, hospital
staff and students.
Rhonda’s significant contributions to EMS are exceptional and
greatly respected.
