Disaster Response
NIM Medical provides clinical solutions for natural disasters that require immediate response. Regardless of environment, location, duration or disaster type, NIM can mobilize and deploy professional clinical staff within a 24 hour window.
Our operational model includes direct clinical staffing, mobile medical units, primary care / emergency base camps, ambulance services, and technical rescue teams. Additionally, NIM’s operational, logistics, and financial management team supports and drives our medical efforts in the field.
Disaster Response
Education
NIM Medical creates and delivers unique clinical education opportunities. We are rooted in the idea that quality clinical care is driven by immersive experiential learning models and that students are most successful when they are given the opportunity to adapt and overcome challenging environments. We believe in pushing others to think, decide, and learn in such a way that they are not inspired by others but inspire themselves.
NIM Medical offers a variety of clinical courses including austere medicine, AHA courses, and custom industry-specific education. Go to Education Courses.
Education
NIM Medical (Nolen Independent Management) is a clinical operations company that deploys throughout the United States in multiple capacities. NIM provides clinical resources and personnel to various government and private entities and offers emergency management, clinical operations, and logistics solutions in private, public, and corporate environments.
NIM Medical provides a fleet of operational and logistics services in a static or mobile capacity with resources that are adaptable to unfamiliar and unconventional environments and deploy to meet the needs of our clients. NIM’s expertise includes pre-hospital medicine, emergency and hospital management, public health, and technical rescue.
Integrity and clinical excellence are key tenets of NIM Medical philosophy. All NIM Medical staff perform to the highest expectation with the needs of the patient and the client being integral to our vision of success. Â
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Meet the Team
Nicholas Nolen
Nick is an owner and Chief Operations Officer of NIM Medical. His primary focus within the company is clinical development, contract development, and field operations.
Nick has a bachelor’s degree in English, a Master’s Leadership Management, and an Associate’s in Paramedicine. His professional focus has included wilderness medicine, operational development, quality assurance, and pre-hospital medicine.
Previously, Nick worked as the operations chief and quality manager for the University of Colorado Emergency Services, as a clinical operations consultant building COVID response teams and aeromedical transport response, and has over 16 years of EMS experience, working as a paramedic, flight paramedic, in hospital administration and management, and education.
Nick has a specific passion for wilderness and austere medicine. Nick remains on the faculty for the U. of Colorado Medical School, Wilderness Medicine Dept, and is an active member seeking Fellowship (FAWM) with the Wilderness Medical Society. Nick has been an avid ski patroller for 15 years and is a member of the NSP.
Nicholas Nolen
Chief Operations Officer
Sara Nolen
Sara Nolen is an owner and Chief Executive and Logistics Officer of Nolen Independent Management. Her primary focus is logistics management, human resources, and marketing / brand development.
Sara has a masters degree in dental hygiene / public health from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science and her bachelors in Dental Hygiene from the University of South Dakota. Sara’s work in public health has included grant writing, program development for school-based health clinics, and community health and nursing home programs. Sara has taught in the university setting, been a graduate advisor, and director of a dental assisting program.
Sara’s been involved in multiple business startups and software development, including her population health pediatric dental app “ToothSense” and PONTIC, an intuitive platform based staffing software.
Publications:
- April 2018 – Journal of Dental Hygiene – Development and Testing of a Smartphone Application Prototype for Oral Health Promotion
- October 2019 – Journal of Dental Hygiene – Influence of a Smartphone Application on the Oral Health Practices and Behaviors of Parents and Preschool Children.
In her spare time, Sara mountain bikes, snowboards, and enjoys frequent trail runs and hikes with her husky pups, Luna and Sol.
Sara Nolen
Chief Executive and Logistics Officer
Jesse Sprenger
Jesse is an owner and Chief Financial Officer of NIM Medical with specific focus on business management, financial procurement, and contract development.
Jesse has an extensive history in banking, underwriting, and financial management. In addition to NIM, he serves as the Vice President, Corporate Portfolio Manager at First Foundation Bank. In prior positions, Jesse has been involved in a broad range of activities from education to land surveying, to the film industry and PR / marketing.
Jesse has a bachelor’s degree in English and an MBA. He has professional interests in contract development, entrepreneurial investments, and government business operations and logistics.
Jesse Sprenger
Chief Financial Officer
Deanna Lassegard
Deanna works with NIM Medical as Physician Medical Director and Clinical Advisor. Her expertise is in emergency and prehospital medicine and has a specific interest in wilderness and austere environments.
Deanna has a uniquely broad understanding of emergency medicine. She has been an EMT, RN, remains certified as a Paramedic, and is currently a practicing Emergency Medicine Physician. Deanna has a deep experience working with underserved populations, specifically in rural and remote areas.
Additionally, Deanna works with her local EMS service as a medical director and advisor. Deanna enjoys her garden, baking, biking, skiing and her family.
Dr. Deanna Lassegard
Medical Director
Rob Willits
Rob works with NIM Medical as a Wildland Fire Medicine instructor and Education Specialist.
Rob is a Paramedic and former Fire Chief, Battalion Chief, and Fire Prevention Chief, and has been in emergency services for 28 years. His industry expertise is broad, ranging from volunteer to paid-part time to career responder, and spent many years specializing in all hazards including Structure Fire, Wildland Fire, HazMat Response, and Technical Rescue.
Rob has a specific passion for education, mental health, and wildland fire. Rob has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and enjoys spending time with his family and woodworking.
Rob Willits
Instructor and Education Specialist
Avrey Mason
Avrey works with NIM Medical as a Wildland Fire EMT, Field Operations Specialist, REM Unit Rope Tech, and Wilderness and Wildland Medicine Instructor. In 2021 Avrey helped lead the NIM Medical team as a project manager in COVID-19 Vaccine response.
Avrey has an Associates degree in Paramedicine and is a Rescue3 certified Rope Rescue Technician. While wilderness medicine and technical rescue are his passion and professional focus, he also manages a floor covering business where he has received two Master Craftsman Awards.
In addition to his other work, Avrey is an active ski patroller and enjoys, cycling, rock climbing, backpacking, and fly fishing.
Avrey Mason
Field Operations Specialist
Jenny Ringling
Jenny works with NIM Medical as a Supply Chain Specialist, Wildland Fire EMT, and Rope Rescue Operator on the REM Team. Jenny has a background in pre-hospital medicine, but draws from an expansive expertise in developing remote medicine infrastructure including: management, maintenance, quality and insurance development, training and education, and interdepartmental communication.
Jenny has been a ski patrol assistant director, enjoys skiing and ski patrolling in her free time. Jenny also enjoys climbing, biking, and spending time with her pups.
Jenny Ringling
Supply Chain Specialist, Wildland Fire EMT, RRO
Will Buckman
Will works with NIM Medical as a Wildland Fire EMT, on the REM Unit, and as a Wilderness Medicine and Wildland Fire Medicine instructor.
Will has a bachelor’s degree in English / Communication and graduated from the National Search and Rescue Academy. He has worked extensively with the National Park Service as a climbing ranger, backcountry ranger, vertical rescue tech, and wilderness EMT and has spent time in Yosemite, Zion, and Joshua Tree, and has over 300 summits of Devil’s Tower.
Will has also been an avid ski patroller for many years and has a specific interest and expertise in rope rescue, S&R, and austere medicine.
Will Buckman
Wildland Fire EMT & Instructor
Josh Buttrell
Josh Buttrell is NIM Medical Logistics and Fleet Specialist, Wildland Fire Rope Rescue Operator and member of the REM Team. Josh is a results-driven individual with experience in facilities management, logistics, fleet management and maintenance. Additionally, Josh excels at building infrastructure and project development and adds a diverse background of expertise into multiple areas.
Josh enjoys spending time at the shooting range, riding BMX, and spending time with his pups.
Josh Buttrell
Logistics and Fleet Specialist
Mari Daly
Mari works with NIM Medical as a Clinical Instructor teaching AHA courses, Wilderness Medicine, and Wildland Fire Medical courses.
Mari has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies. She is a practicing emergency Physician Assistant with concurrent experience in family medicine, occupational medicine and pulmonology.
Mari has over 20 years of clinical experience working as a clinical instructor and practitioner in rural and critical access hospitals, working with the USFS providing work capacity assessments, teaching with the University of Utah Physician Assistant’s program and traveling with the U. of Utah to Africa and Thailand.
In addition, Mari is an avid supporter of her local ski patrol, acting as the hospital-ski patrol liaison and enjoys the outdoors and her family.
Mari Daly
Field Clinical Instructor