Meet Our MIH Team

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Meet Our MIH Team

Meet Our Community Paramedics

Tom Dardas, CCP-C, CP-C Tom has been in emergency medical services (EMS) for over 30 years. He served as a combat and flight medic with the U.S. Army for 14 years deploying to Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. Tom is dual boarded-certified as a critical care paramedic (CCP-C) and community paramedic (CP-C). He completed his community paramedic clinical rotations here at MCH. Tom has been a Community Paramedic at MCH since the program since it started in April 2020.

Joshua Patrick, MPSLA, CP-C Josh has been in emergency medical services (EMS) for over 15 years. He earned a Master of Public Safety Leadership and Administration degree with a concentration in mobile integrated healthcare and is currently a Ph.D. candidate and active researcher. Josh is a board-certified community paramedic (CP-C) and an adjunct instructor of community paramedicine. Josh is currently the Lead Community Paramedic clinician at MCH and has been with the MIH program started in April 2020.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Team

Karen Bednarski

Karen Bednarski
Position: Dispatcher

Louise Danforth

Thomas Dardas

Joshua Patrick

Lucas Shippee

Lucas Shippee, DO
Position: Medical Director

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Louise Danforth Position: Project Manager About: Louise is the Program Manager for the Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) program at Monadnock Community Hospital. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Business, along with 30+ years of experience in the healthcare field. Louise engages with many community initiatives that address critically important social determinants of health. In her free time, she enjoys training for and taking part in triathlons. ) [_page_sections_2_accordion_rows_1_content] => Array ( [0] => field_5a849df16875b ) [page_sections_2_accordion_rows_2_heading] => Array ( [0] => Thomas Dardas ) [_page_sections_2_accordion_rows_2_heading] => Array ( [0] => field_5a849de86875a ) [page_sections_2_accordion_rows_2_content] => Array ( [0] =>

Thomas Dardas, CP-C, CCP-C Position: Community Paramedic About: Tom has been in emergency medical services (EMS) for over 30 years. He served as combat and flight medic with the U.S. Army for 14 years deploying to Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. He is dual board-certified as a critical care (CCP-C) and community paramedic (CP-C). Tom is currently finishing an Associate of Science in Community Paramedicine. In his free time, he is working on obtaining his private pilot’s license. ) [_page_sections_2_accordion_rows_2_content] => Array ( [0] => field_5a849df16875b ) [page_sections_2_accordion_rows_3_heading] => Array ( [0] => Joshua Patrick ) [_page_sections_2_accordion_rows_3_heading] => Array ( [0] => field_5a849de86875a ) [page_sections_2_accordion_rows_3_content] => Array ( [0] =>

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