Lynn Stevens Award

Lynn Stevens Excellence in Safety Award

This award is presented for excellence in safety to an individual who has made significant contributions to safety initiatives that have impacted the safety and culture of a specific program or the transport community as a whole.

EligibilityAnyone directly involved in the critical care transport community who has made a contribution which enhances the safety culture of a program or the transport community as a whole.

Criteria:

  • Individual initiative promotes safety and improved the culture for a transport program or the transport community.
  • Individual steps above and beyond industry norms distinguishing themselves by implementation of an innovation, policy or practice centered on safety excellence.

The annual recipient will receive the award, AMTC Registration and $500.  Award sponsored by Jill Johnson  and Bari Conte.

All award winners were presented with their awards at the ASTNA Annual Meeting in October at AMTC in Omaha, Nebraska.

 

2025 Award Recipient

William Aiken

William Aiken began his EMS career in the mid-1980's. During his career he has served in numerous front line, educational, safety and administrative positions. He joined the Virginia Commonwealth University LifeEvac Critical Care Transport Team in 2004 as a PRN flight paramedic. Will has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, a Master's Degree in Health Services Administration, and is a Certified Flight Paramedic.

Will’s philosophy is that proficiency is a large contributor to safety. Growing and strengthening that proficiency is a continuous process. To date, he has produced almost two hundred weekly safety topics that are distributed to all team members and beyond. These topics are focused at the operational level and hopefully answer the “what’s in it for me" question. Many are generated from team member questions. Each topic can a quick review, but also include the resources for a group discussion or more. His hope is that all team members will benefit from a continuous delivery of actionable information that includes an inseparable safety element.