Dwight A. PolkInvolved in EMS since 1975, and a paramedic since 1982, Dwight Polk is currently a volunteer paramedic in Maryland. He has held the position of Paramedic Program Director at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) since 1990. Prior to arriving at UMBC, Mr. Polk was a field paramedic and Education Coordinator at Acadian Ambulance Service in Lafayette , Louisiana.'In 1996, Mr. Polk completed his Master’s Degree in Occupational Social Work at UMBC; specializing in Employee Assistance Programs. As part of his clinical Master’s Degree, Mr. Polk participated in two specialized internships: first, providing psychotherapy to patients with head injuries at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; and second, in an employee assistance program at the National Security Agency (NSA).'After receiving licensure as a social worker in the State of Maryland, Mr. Polk became active in the field of Critical Incident Stress, while studying under the mentorship of Jeffrey Mitchell, PhD, President Emeritus of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. Mr. Polk is still an active mental health professional for two CISM teams in the Baltimore area, and is a Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) instructor for the Howard County (MD) Mental Health Authority and Howard County Police Department.'Since February of 2005, Mr. Polk has held a contractual position as a mobile crisis team (MCT) member for the Grassroots 'Crisis Center in Columbia, Maryland. As an MCT member, he responds to various scenes to conduct crisis intervention for individuals and families, or psychiatric evaluations for emergency petition (72 hour emergency commitment). Read More Read Less