Janet Trethewey, EdD, NREMT is the Time Sensitive Illness & Injury Program Manager at Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. She began working for the EMSTS section in 2015. Her initial responsibilities were assisting in the development, implementation, and assessment of the emergency cardiac system of care. This position has evolved to include other time-sensitive emergencies. She works with communities, 911 dispatch centers, law enforcement agencies, EMS agencies, and hospitals developing cohesive, data-informed systems. She provides training in High-Performance CPR, heart attack and stroke recognition, traumatic brain injury protocols, and improved patient care to EMS agencies and critical access hospitals. Quality Improvement using data-driven assessments is a key interest for her. Her position allows her the privilege of traveling to every community in the state, working with amazing first responders and front-line health care workers. Janet recently “retired” from a volunteer EMS agency where she was able to put theory into practice. She is active in several professional groups including the American Heart Assn., the Resuscitation Academy, and the Citizen CPR Foundation.

Janet retired after teaching for 25 years at MSU-Northern in Havre, MT. At MSU-Northern, she developed the Health Promotion program and taught courses in health, exercise science and education. She was the first certified athletic trainer to be hired by the College. She is proud to be a lifetime member of MFPE.

She is married to a retired fire fighter/EMT, and their son is a fire fighter/EMT. Their grandson is a teenager. In her spare time, she has a dog, a cat, and a yard that all need TLC.