Centurio Strategies Group LLC
Pilot proposal for agency discussion
Prepared by Joel Arriolacolmenares, MSN, BA-HR, RN, PHNHelp patrol officers strengthen their immediate medical response capability for themselves, fellow officers, and members of the public before EMS assumes care. The pilot combines practical instruction, observed skills assessment, and an agency-specific improvement summary.
The initial audience is one patrol cohort with participation from an agency training lead. Exercises reflect agreed responsibilities, equipment, policies, and applicable medical protocols. The pilot does not assess an officer’s actions in a previous incident or promise a particular clinical outcome.
Joel Arriolacolmenares, MSN, BA-HR, RN, PHN, served in the Army from June 2001 through April 2022, retiring honorably as a Sergeant First Class (E-7) after nearly 21 years of active service. His service records document Health Care Specialist (68W) and Recruiter (79R) specialties and overseas service in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Poland, including two separately recorded Iraq service periods.
His documented military education includes the 16-week Emergency Medical Technician–Ambulance Course (2002), the 56-week Practical Nurse Course (2003), and the Medic Tables Validation Course (2011), along with leadership, battle staff, training-plan development, and training-management education. His retirement record lists the Meritorious Service Medal, four Army Commendation Medals, and four Army Achievement Medals among other decorations.
Joel also brings experience instructing medic-table skills and conducting validation activities supporting operational readiness and NREMT-related requirements. His DD-214s document the listed service and course completions; the description of instructional duties draws on his professional account. This background informs practical teaching, observation, feedback, and repeat performance.
In his separate adjunct role at Southeast Technical College, Joel teaches LE 119, a first responders course for law enforcement students. After assuming the course with limited existing instructional resources, he developed a structured block of instruction guided by the law enforcement program’s student guide and course expectations.
CSG is an independent business offering. Joel’s adjunct teaching is described as professional experience; it does not imply college sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation with this pilot, or an institutional partnership. Prior Army experience does not imply current military or NREMT certification.
CSG holds a signed American Red Cross Licensed Training Provider agreement. Applicable Red Cross training can be delivered under that agreement and Joel’s current instructor authorizations, with the required curriculum, equipment, participant prerequisites, delivery time, and assessments.
Joel’s documented instructor qualifications are Basic Life Support Instructor r.25; First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor r.25; CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers Instructor r.24; Emergency Medical Response Instructor; First Aid for Severe Trauma Instructor; and Life-Threatening Bleeding Tourniquet Application Instructor.
These qualifications support a broader training discussion than workplace CPR alone. The specific participant course and certification eligibility are confirmed in the written scope. Red Cross certification is issued only after successful completion of all applicable requirements; an instructor qualification is not a blanket authorization for every intervention or course format.
1. Applicable Red Cross course instruction and assessment: select appropriate first-response, bleeding-control, severe-trauma, professional-rescuer, or other authorized content based on the agency’s objectives and participant prerequisites.
2. Supervised skills development: guided practice, observed performance, coaching, and reassessment of the agreed skills using appropriate training equipment.
3. Supplemental agency application: controlled exercises addressing access to supplies, self-aid and buddy-aid concepts within scope, role clarity, communications, and transition to EMS. Agency tactical personnel and appropriate EMS or medical representatives help define operational application.
4. Readiness improvement support: an agency debrief and concise report describing training delivered, skills demonstrated, observed equipment or workflow gaps, and practical follow-up actions.
Formal Red Cross course instruction and certification remain distinct from supplemental CSG exercises and readiness observations. A supplemental exercise does not modify an authorized curriculum or create an additional certification.
Start with a 30-minute planning discussion involving the agency training lead and, where appropriate, its EMS or medical representative. Confirm priority situations, existing qualifications, policies, accessible equipment, instructor coverage, training space, and assessment criteria.
For initial discussion, consider one cohort of approximately 8–12 officers and a four-hour skills-and-application workshop. These are planning assumptions, not a fixed package or certification duration. The final group size and time depend on course requirements, equipment, participant needs, and safe instructor-to-participant coverage.
If a full Red Cross certification course is included, its required content, duration, and delivery conditions govern scheduling. It may require a separate class or additional time. No fee, date, or certification is confirmed until the written scope is agreed.
Before delivery: agree on objectives and success measures; review relevant policies and equipment information; select the authorized course or workshop scope; approve scenarios and simulation safety procedures.
During delivery: introduce the agreed objectives; conduct appropriate baseline observations; provide instruction and guided practice; assess selected skills with a written checklist; coach and reassess; conduct controlled application exercises.
After delivery: debrief with agency representatives, summarize findings, identify priority improvements and responsible owners, and recommend a refresher approach appropriate to the selected skills and course requirements.
Use a small set of agreed measures: correct completion of selected skills, improvement between equivalent baseline and final assessments where appropriate, practical access to supplies, and completion of agreed communication and EMS handoff elements. Speed may inform an exercise but does not establish competence by itself.
Deliverables include an agreed scope and objectives; instruction and supervised practice; attendance and selected skills-assessment records; an agency debrief; and a written improvement summary with recommended next steps.
Assessment findings describe performance in the training conditions observed. They do not guarantee field performance or survival outcomes. Any participant certification is identified explicitly and issued under the applicable program requirements.
CSG confirms instructional authorizations, develops the agreed plan, provides instruction and assessment within scope, and documents findings. The agency designates a training lead, provides relevant policy and equipment information, arranges the training space, and coordinates tactical and EMS or medical input.
Exercises use inert simulation equipment and agency-approved safety procedures. Live weapons and ammunition are excluded from the designated training area. Threat-related decisions, movement, and tactical procedures remain subject to agency expertise, policy, and the agreed scope.
The initial pilot excludes invasive procedures, advanced clinical interventions, and live-fire exercises. It does not confer clinical licensure, NREMT eligibility, tactical instructor credentials, or independent authority to perform medical procedures. It is not presented as an accredited TECC/TCCC course.
Agree in advance on handling individual assessment records and the agency report. Public use of agency names, results, photographs, or testimonials requires separate permission. Findings from prior military, teaching, or leadership roles are not represented as CSG client outcomes.
A written quote follows scope confirmation and accounts for participant count, instructor coverage, duration, equipment and consumables, any certification fees, travel, reporting, and follow-up. A class is booked only after scope, price, and scheduling terms are agreed.
Next step: request a pilot planning discussion with Joel to determine whether the program fits the agency’s priorities. The inquiry does not reserve a date, create a payment obligation, or confirm a certification course.