Crista D Lenk
Associate Professor · Non-Tenure Track
About
Crista is a long-time paramedic with extensive ties to, and family history in, public service. She has a background in sports medicine, kinesiology, healthcare administration and EMS.
Her expertise is in critical care emergency medical transports and healthcare provider continuing education.
Additionally, Crista enjoys participating in functions supporting humans and their service animals; teaching students how to best manage service animals and interacting with service animals and/or household dogs in emergency situations; and training her dogs in obedience and protection work.
She continues to serve her community by volunteering in a rural 911 system, as well as a part time Senior Professional Flight Paramedic II for a high capacity flight program.
Teaching interests
Critical Care Transport, paramedicine, inter and intrafacility transport, air medical transports.
Education
- MA, Public Administration/Healthcare Administration — West Virginia University (1999)
- BS, Exercise and Sport Science/Kinesiology — Pennsylvania State University (1997)
Presentations
- Blood Chemistry & Lab Data Analysis 2024
- MD system wide PHOTB data 2020
Courses Taught
- ALS Field & Clinical III
- ALS Field & Clinical IV
- ALS Field & Clinical II
- Instructional Concepts in EHS
- Medical Terminology
- Instruct Issues In EHS
- Instruct Issues In EHS
- Medical Terminology
- Instruct Issues In EHS
- Medical Terminology
- EHS 360
- Instruct Issues In EHS
- Instruct Issues In EHS