Michael Beach’s areas of practice include emergency medicine and disaster preparation and response. He coordinates the 2nd Degree Accelerated BSN Program and teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He teaches a variety of courses ranging from topics such as Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Clinical Diagnostics, and Critical Care Nursing. One of his courses, Fundamentals of Disaster and Mass Casualty Care, equips students with disaster response knowledge and experience – giving them the opportunity to use a TVI Decontamination tent, PAPR hood assemblies, and TYVK suits. Beach has worked in search and rescue and disaster management for more than 30 years and is a member of the Pennsylvania 1 Disaster Medical Team (DMAT). Beach and his search and rescue team have provided relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina Disaster; as part of PA-1 DMAT, he responded to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.