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Dr. Newton's Biography
Aaron Newton MD is the medical director for DT4EMS. Dr.
Newton is a board certified physician in family medicine, and
presently practices at the Gainesville Clinic in Gainesville, MO.
Aside from maintaining a full schedule at the clinic, he also is the
medical director for the Gainesville Health Care Center, and is the
supervising physician for two nurse practitioners.
In 2004, at the request of Kip Teitsort,
the founder and master instructor of DT4EMS, Dr. Newton accepted the
position of medical director and has since been instrumental in
developing DT4EMS LLC.
Since 2007, Dr. Newton joined his local
volunteer fire department as a fireman and first
responder. Presently, he is the assistant chief and fire instructor
for the department. He presently is an adjunct instructor for the
Missouri University-Fire Rescue Training Institute, and actively
teaches in many classes and training exercises. He responds to fire
calls as well as medical calls. Dr. Newton is also the medical
director for the West Plains Fire Department Hazmat Team (Region G),
in West Plains, Missouri.
Dr. Newton grew up in Greenville, S.C,
and joined the U.S. Marine Corps right after high school
graduation. After his Marine Corp enlistment, in 1987, he began
attending The Univ. of Alaska in Juneau, AK. After two years he
transferred to Rochester Univ. in Rochester, N.Y. to finish an under
graduate degree in Neuroscience. He attended the Medical Univ. of
S.C in Charleston, S.C., and completed his residency training in
Family Medicine in Selma, Alabama. He has been practicing in
Gainesville Missouri since 1999.
“When I was presented with the
techniques that Kip wanted to teach EMS, I instantly recognized the
benefits this training would provide. As a physician, on occasion,
I am confronted by angry patients, usually when I refuse to refill
their narcotics. Those encounters can be very frightening because I
don’t know if the patient will attack me or not. Before I took the
DT4EMS class I did not have any self defense skills. So, I probably
would have gotten my butt kicked if I had been attacked. My nurses
would have had no means to help me, and probably would have fled
from the attacker anyway. I personally do not like to fight, and
more than likely will walk away from a confrontation if it presented
itself. After taking the first DT4EMS class I now feel very
confident I can defend myself, or my staff, should an attack occur.
Even if I was attacked on the street, I can use those skills I
learned in DT4EMS to defend myself. If I wasn’t absolutely
confident in the DT4EMS training, then I would not put my stamp of
approval on this class.”
Saving yours......while you save
others!
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