Andrew Neill has been a paramedic and EMS educator for over 30 years. He has worked for the Nashville Fire Department/EMS Division for 24 years and is currently an EMS district chief for one of the busiest districts in the city. He is a Tennessee paramedic instructor coordinator and has a Doctorate in Adult Education. His goal as an EMS educator and leader is to instill the importance of empathy and compassion in other providers and to show how stress and fatigue in EMS impact organizational recruitment and retention. He can be contacted at atneillm29@gmail.com.