Bios
Junellen Eastman, EMT-P
June, has been a paramedic since 1984, is a paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department. As an active paramedic, CPR is apart of her daily job and she performs this life saving skill most shift days.
June has been teaching the American Heart Association method of CPR for over 20 years. June is not only an instructor but also an instructor trainer. In 2000 when the AED was implemented across the United States, June has been responsible for training over 4000 serving fire fighters and new recruits in the American Heart Association method of CPR and AED, at the Chicago Fire Academy. In addition she has been responsible for running training classes in CPR with AED all over the country for a number of national organisations.
June has also been an emergency medical technician instructor as well as a first aid instructor. June particularly likes to use her extensive practical paramedic experience to make the training she gives relevant to real life situations.
June is the founder of Chicago's Pulse and set the company up in 1995 because her field experience showed her that too many people are not trained in CPR. Too many calls she attends result in death when the outcome could have been different had lifesaving techniques been applied prior to the paramedic's arrival. She has therefore made it her company mission to train as many people as possible in this life saving skill.
June lives in Chicago Illinois with her husband Patrick and their three children, Jennifer, Emily and Aiden.
Darlene Sheehan
Darlene began her career in health care and public service in 1987. She became a licensed Emergency Medical Technician/Ambulance on July 31st 1987. On July 2nd 1989 she began her career with the City of Chicago as a Call taker for the Chicago Fire Department. While working, studying and utilizing her experiences gained through her work she was promoted to Fire Dispatcher on August 1st 1992. While still working with the city, now in the Chicago Office of Emergency Management/Fire Operations “911 Center” she wanted to expand her career, and find even more creative ways to serve the public and help educate people in the gratification saving lives. She became an American Heart association BLS CPR Instructor. Teaching has been very rewarding to her. She is now Training Center Faculty for Chicago’s Pulse and plans on many years working as an educator in a subject she feels is essential and the most gratifying work anyone can do. Saving Lives!
Sheila Goosherst
Sheila has been a certified Paramedic since 1987, working on CFD ambulances for 19 years. She began teaching CPR in 1989. Sheila also has a degree in biology and has had experience teaching high school students. In her classes, she stresses the importance of knowing how to perform CPR. She joined the training center faculty of Chicago’s Pulse in order to teach more people the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED usage and first aid. Sheila believes this knowledge is as essential to the general public as it is to medical professionals.