David Weiss is a Critical Care Flight Nurse (CFRN) who serves on the Vermont State Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team. As a nurse, David works full-time in a Level 1 Trauma Center Emergency Department and with the UVM HealthNet Transport Critical Care HEMS Program. He started his EMS career at 16, working on various EMS agencies in the Northeast. David holds specialty care certifications in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and trauma care. This episode dives into how the USAR members prepare and deploy to large-scale incidents across the nation.