About Me

Hello, everyone!  My name is Mikaela and I am a paramedic living and working in Vermont.  My EMS journey started in 2015, when I made the decision to enroll in an EMT class while finishing my degree.  

I immediately fell in love with the lights, sirens, and excitement, and knew that EMS was something I wanted to learn more about!

So after a couple years as an EMT, I decided that I was ready to take the plunge into paramedicine.  I absolutely loved the program and found myself wanting study materials that weren’t actually available.  So, I took it upon myself to create them and started fiddling with some designs.  Not only did these tools help me learn the materials and pass all of my tests, but they turned out to be quite useful for my classmates, too!

After gaining my paramedic license, I was asked by my professors to return as both an instructor and a tutor, and my little study aids continued to gain popularity.  I soon discovered that there were even more areas in EMS that were lacking specialized resources, which led to the creation of the Run Card and, eventually, all of my other products.

I never set out to start a business- I was just filling holes as I found them, to streamline my own study and work habits.  But, as I got to know more students and first responders, it became clear to me that I wasn’t the only one who could benefit from these creations.  

And so The Nerdy Medic was born!