Nicholas Maynard is a field paramedic, paramedic educator, curriculum developer, and founder of Maynard Protocol Systems, an EMS education technology company created to improve how educators evaluate performance in any environment, provide feedback, support remediation, and document development.
Maynard’s career has combined frontline paramedicine with extensive experience in classroom instruction, clinical education, simulation, curriculum development, and EMS program coordination. He has taught across the EMT and paramedic curriculum, including cardiology, pharmacology, advanced airway management, patient assessment, trauma, medical emergencies, special populations, and capstone education.
As an EMS Instructor and Coordinator at Stanly Community College, Maynard has led the development of simulation curriculum and introduced new instructional components such as search-and-rescue familiarization. His work has contributed to improved student outcomes, including first-attempt and overall course pass rates exceeding previous program performance.
Maynard previously served as a Clinical Instructor and Adjunct Professor with the Atrium Health Center for Prehospital Medicine. In these roles, he developed cardiology curriculum, testing materials, and anatomy-based instructional experiences using cadaver, dissection, and live-tissue exploration. His teaching philosophy emphasizes connecting underlying anatomy and physiology to clinical recognition, decision-making, and treatment.
His field experience includes service as a senior paramedic with Cabarrus County EMS, where he also served as an explosive ordnance disposal medic and land search team medic. Currently, he works as a paramedic with Davie County. In addition to responding to emergency calls, he has instructed continuing education, precepted EMT and paramedic students, and created competition scenarios.
Maynard is certified as both a Critical Care Paramedic and Flight Paramedic and holds a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Medical Care from Western Carolina University and an Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Medical Science. His background also includes service as a combat engineer in the North Carolina Army National Guard.
Maynard founded Maynard Protocol Systems after recognizing that EMS educators and trainers are frequently expected to manage complex student and team evaluations, simulation records, remediation plans, instructor observations, testing documentation, and accreditation evidence through disconnected systems and inconsistent processes.
The platform reflects his belief that technology should strengthen—not replace—professional judgment. Maynard Protocol Systems uses artificial intelligence to organize evidence, assist with analysis, identify patterns, and draft feedback while preserving the instructor’s authority over scoring, interpretation, and final educational decisions.
His goal is to give EMS educators a practical system built around the realities of EMS education: realistic scenarios, defensible evaluations, consistent standards, meaningful student feedback, instructor accountability, and clear evidence of program performance.
Outside of EMS, Maynard is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and instructor with more than 18 years of training experience. That background has further shaped his approach to education: standards should be clear, practice should be deliberate, feedback should be direct, and competence must be demonstrated under realistic conditions.