David Sanko BA, NRP, started in EMS in 1982 as an EMT with one of the local private ambulance services in Denver and then upon graduating from Boston University with a BA in Psychology. After Paramedic school I continued working in the Denver Metro region as a Nationally Registered paramedic and instructor for several private and public agencies, Flight for Life aeromedical service, volunteer Fire Fighter /Paramedic with Parker Fire Protection District, adjunct faculty for Front Range Community College EMS Department, primary instructor for Denver Health EMT-Basic and Paramedic School, and most recently with Centura Health – South Denver Group Prehospital Services Department as the EMS Manager of Education and Training. Additionally, I was a co-founder/ owner of Pridemark Paramedic Services in Arvada, CO until it was sold in 2010. I have been active in teaching at the ALS and BLS levels for over 34 years.  I currently reside in Parker, Colorado with my wife Jan and our two college students/ children; Halee and Ryan. When not working or referring soccer games I enjoy golfing, softball, skiing, and hunting.

Colorado State EMS Conference- Keystone, CO; 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

“Outback EMS Conference”- Burlington, CO; 1991

Basic Trauma Life Support “Traveling Road Show”; EMS Grant Series, State of Colorado; 1992

MedTrans EMS Annual Best Practices Conference; Las Vegas, NV; 1996

Elbert County Colorado, EMS Mini-Conference; Kiowa, CO; 2007, 2008

EMS Mini-Conferences; Centura Health-South Denver Group Prehospital Services; Denver, CO; 1988-Present; Multiple lectures delivered.

University of Colorado Medical School; Clinical Instructor-Adjunct; Denver, CO; 1990-1995

Denver Health Paramedic School; Primary Instructor and Skills Coordinator; 1999-2001

Denver Health EMT-Basic School; Course Coordinator and Primary Instructor; 1999-2001

Exempla –Lutheran Medical Center EMT Basic School- Adjunct Instructor/ Lecturer;  Wheat Ridge, CO; 2001-2018

Northeastern Junior College EMS Conference, Sterling, CO; 2009, 2010

Pueblo Community College-Paramedic School;  2014

The Children’s Hospital –Denver Conference; 2010

South Metro Fire Rescue Clinical Master’s Lecture Series- Centennial, CO ; 2010, 2012

Cardiology Review for RN’s lecture series– Parker Adventist Hospital; Parker, CO ; 2012

Connecticut State EMS Expo Conference- Uncasville, CT; 2016, 2018, 2019

Wyoming State EMS Conference- Cheyenne, WY; 2019

Advanced Cardiology Course -8.0 hour course-Parker Adventist Hospital ; Parker, CO ; 2017

UCHealth and Colorado Springs Fire Paramedic Refresher Speaker; Colorado Springs, CO; 2018

Centura Health South Denver Group Prehospital Services Webinar Week ; Webinar;

Distribution Lecturer; Parker, CO; March 2018, February 2019