Rita is a Registered Nurse, Paramedic, and EMS educator with more than three decades of experience in emergency medical services, healthcare, and outdoor emergency care. She has served as a paramedic with North Flight EMS since 1994 and has been a Registered Nurse at Mercy Hospital in Grayling, Michigan, since 2004. Rita's career also includes leadership roles in ski patrol and emergency care instruction, including service as a Ski Patrol Director and adjunct faculty member in EMS education. She holds numerous certifications in advanced life support, trauma care, and EMS instruction, and has dedicated her career to patient care, emergency response, and educating future healthcare professionals.