Midge Burrows

Midge Burrows has been a nurse for 44 years. The majority of that time she has worked in Critical Care, Coronary Care and the ER. She was on the emergency Cor- Zero team at St. Anthony’s hospital for over ten years. She has been actively teaching in the health care field for over 30 years. She has been an ACLS Course Director for over 25 years and a CPR instructor for over thirty years. She enjoys teaching classes and has many experiences to make the scenarios real to those she teaches, helping them visualize things they may not have experienced yet in their own practice. Her philosophy is that you cannot learn in a stressful environment and therefore has low-stress classes where learning can be enhanced. She enjoys customizing the classes to meet the course participates’ needs. She puts the emphasis on the needs of a medical office, surgical center, GI center, dental office or whatever group she is teaching. However, all of the classes fully meet the requirements of AHA for ACLS, PALS, PEARS, CPR, First Aid, AED and State requirements for school and day care facilities for Universal Precautions and Medication Administration Classes.

Judy McLean

Judy has over twenty years experience teaching ACLS, PALS, NRP, ENPC and Critical Care Classes. She has worked in the ICU, NICU, PICU and in a Level One Pediatric Trauma Center. The oportunity to teach small classes and give each student what they need, appealled to the ideals and goals that Judy has set for herself. To pass on the valuable knowledge and experience that she has collected over the years, is the driving force in her teaching. Being the PALS Instructor for EdCor is a challenge and great oportunity. If you are afraid of “kids” and worried about their care, Judy gives gentle tips to relieve your concerns. She is always happy to gear the classes to the learners’ needs and situations.

Tammy Turner

Tammy Turner has been a BLS instructor for 2 years and recent First Aid instructor. Her passion is teaching in the community. Her life experiences have allowed her to use BLS and First Aid Her understanding of being a lay person in a medical situation shows students that using basic skills is not something to be feared but a tool anyone can use. Her teaching style is relaxed and adaptable to whatever group she is teaching.

Sherri Spitler

Sherri Spitler has been a nurse for 15 years. She has spent the majority of her career working in school & community settings and working with children with disabilities. Therefore, she has had a great deal of experience in teaching people how to take care of others in a non-medical setting. She also has an understanding of licensing requirements for daycare settings.She is an instructor of the Colorado State approved medication administration training for school/camps/daycare facilities as well as the Colorado Department of Developmental Disabilities medication administration course. She also teaches Universal Precautions and is an authorized instructor for American Heart Association CPR & First Aid classes.Her teaching style is relaxed and she encourages questions to help minimize stress. She has a passion for educating laypeople as well as those with medical backgrounds and believes that her responsibility to her students is to emphasize the practical application of the subject matter so that her students leave the class with an understanding of how to apply their learning to their every day lives and work.

Jason Degregorio

A Colorado native, Jason DiGregorio started as an EMT for six years, three at Northglenn Ambulance, three at Children’s Hospital, Denver. He became a nurse in 2005 and has worked on almost every floor at Porter Adventist Hospital since he was hired in 2006.  While working, Jason earned his Masters as a Family Nurse Practitioner and his Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Colorado. He practiced as a cardiovascular nurse practitioner at Porter, has been a University of Colorado clinical instructor since 2008, and a faculty member at Platt College since 2009. With a flair for teaching and a passion for global nursing scholarship, Jason is proud to be working with Edcor and excited to share these international curricula with his fellow clinicians!

Mark Ippolito

Mark Ippolito has been a  certified physician assistant for 30 years. Following his training and certification, he successfully completed a post graduate residency in emergency medicine for PAs at the Maine Medical Center in 1981. Prior to becoming a physician assistant he was an EMT from 1975 until 1980. He has worked in rural and inner city emergency departments, as well as, North Country LifeFlight and as a member of a backcountry rescue team. He currently works  EDs in Denver and Leadville and is retiring from twenty years with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He has been actively teaching advanced life support for over 19 years. Mark has an engaging teaching style that makes complex concepts easy to understand and retain. His varied experience in a variety of settings allows him to relate to and create scenarios that are tailored to any team in any practice. Mark is a certified BLS, ACLS and PALs instructor and has recently completed course director certification.