Krista Elkins has 20 years of experience in healthcare as both a Paramedic (NRP) and a Registered Nurse (RN). She has worked on both ground and helicopter ambulances (CCP-C, CFRN), ER, ICU, Primary Care, Speciality Care, Psychiatric, and Wilderness Medicine. She also practices and has a devoted life-long interest in Preventative Medicine.

In addition, she writes content marketing for the healthcare industry because that is where her expertise lies. She is a conscientious, research-driven writer who cares about deadlines, accuracy, and ethics. She is dependable, versatile, flexible, and detail-oriented. Moreover, she can help clarify complex ideas and complicated clinical or technical information in ways that the reader can understand.

Experience

• Freelance

  Freelance Healthcare Writer

  Nov 2021 – Present

• Bozeman Health

  Registered Nurse

  Jun 2013 – Present

• Bozeman Health

  Instructor – PALS, ACLS

  Jan 2009 – Jun 2015

• American Medical Response

  Paramedic

  Aug 2004 – Present

• Air Methods 

  Flight Paramedic

  May 2017 – Jun 2019

• Wilderness Medical Associates International

  Wilderness Medicine Instructor

  Oct 2009 – Oct 2015

• Hope House

  Psychiatric Nurse

  Jun 2013 – Jun 2015

• City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services

  Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate

  Jun 2002 – Jun 2004

Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  Bachelor’s degree, Health Science

• Excelsior College

  Associate’s degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse