Keith Griffin- Owner, Instructor
Keith Griffin is a 15 year Naval veteran currently working as the Leading Medical Chief Petty Officer for Naval Aviation Schools Command. He currently instructs at Rescue Swimmer School and the Joint Flight Medic School and in the past has instructed medical courses ranging from Basic CPR to National Registry EMT to Search and Rescue Medicine. He has been involved in some type of an Emergency Medical System now for 13 years all over the world from the Caribbean to the Northwest to Iraq and all across the South Pacific with a specialization in Emergency Flight Medicine. An expertise in his field, he has accumulated over 1100 mishap-free flight hours in various helicopter and fixed wing platforms performing numerous medical evacuations and helicopter rescues.
He is an avid triathlete, completing two 70.3 Ironman series events and continuously works on his golf game every chance he gets.
Medical/Instruction Qualifications-
US Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Instructor
US Navy Search and Rescue Medical Technician
National Registry EMT
ASHI Wilderness EMT
EMT Instructor
ACLS Instructor
BLS Training Site Faculty/ Instructor Trainer
PALS Certified
First Aid Instructor
PHTLS Instructor
Operational Emergency Medical Skills Course Certified
International Trauma Life Support Certified
Trauma Combat Casualty Care Course Instructor
US Army Medical Evacuation Course Certified
US Navy Aerospace Medicine Technician
Aircrew Qualifications-
Helicopter Rescue Crewchief
STRIKE Level III Crewchief
SH-60F/ HH-60H Utility Aircrewman
UH-3H Utility Helicopter Aircrewman
Helicopter Inland Rescue Aircrewman
Helicopter Weapons School STRIKE Course
Others-
US Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School
US Air Force Arctic Survival School
US Navy First Line Leadership Course
Shipboard Firefighting School
Naval Aviation Warfare Specialist
Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist
Duty Stations-
1996-1998 Presidential Honor Guard, Washington D.C.
1998-2000 National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD/ NICU
2000-2003 VC-8, Puerto Rico/ SAR Unit
2003-2007 NAS Whidbey Island, WA/ SAR Unit
2006-2006 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment, Kuwait
2007- 2010 HS-14, Atsugi, Japan/ CSAR Unit
2010- Present Aviation Rescue Swimmer’s School, Pensacola, FL