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Emerging Leader
She Helps
Close Gaps
in Care
Through
Education,
Outreach
By George O’Brien
obrien@businesswest.com
Chrissy Humason says she first
started thinking about a career
in healthcare while she was
working on the ski patrol at
Otis Ridge — she grew up near
it — when she was just 15.
“It was the ability to help people ...
giving them a boost after they’d fallen
or having their wrist splinted before
they were taken to the hospital — it was
rewarding,” she said of her work on the
slopes.
Chrissy
Humason
Nursing Supervisor and
Stroke Coordinator,
Noble Hospital
“Stepping into that
role was definitely a
change because it went
from being strictly
bedside, caring for the
patient, to managing
and overseeing all that’s
happening, the day-
to-day operations, the
staffing ... it was more
putting puzzle pieces
together.”
Those feelings stayed with her and
created ... well, a desire for more,
prompting her to join Otis’s volunteer
Fire and Rescue Squad when she was 16.
And to earn EMT certification by the time
she graduated from high school. And
to use a sports scholarship to enter an
EMS management program at Springfield
College, becoming a paramedic upon
graduation. And to then earn a nursing
degree at Berkshire Community College
(BCC). And to join the Westfield Fire
Department while working as a nurse
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