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Michael Turconi grew up in the outskirts of Milan, Italy. He completed high school in a military boarding institution. Michael joined the Army with the objective of becoming a Special Forces soldier. He volunteered for Special Forces selection in 2012 and fulfilled a lifelong passion for medicine by specializing as a NATO Special Operations Combat Medic (NSOCM). He deployed three times to Iraq as the senior medic for Special Forces Operational Detachment 51 of the 9th Regiment “Col Moschin”. Michael was recognized as the International Medic of the Year 2017 by the Special Operations Medical Association (Charlotte, USA) and awarded a Silver Cross for Merit by the Italian Army. Michael immigrated to Canada in 2018 and pursued paramedic equivalency in Newfoundland receiving his PCP designation in 2019. In October 2020 Michael joined Eastern Health Paramedicine and Medical Transport (PMT) in St. John’s where he currently works as an ACP. Michael is a Board Certified Flight and Tactical Paramedic (FP-C, TP-C), a Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructor and holds a Bachelor of Science in Paramedic Studies with First Class Honours obtained at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Michael has published multiple peer reviewed papers and contributed to the US Department of Defence Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines on sepsis management in the field. He has also participated as a speaker and lecturer at conferences in USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany and Australia. Parallel to paramedic practice, Michael collaborates with numerous private and government organizations as a consultant in military and tactical medicine. He also collaborates as an instructor for the online platform Master Your Medics.