EMS Today 2019

Ryan "Birdman" Parrott
Former Navy Seal, Founder/President
Sons of the Flag


Ryan “Birdman” Parrott, Author, Public Speaker, and Founder of two non- profits benefiting Veterans and First-Responders is originally from Detroit, Michigan. Ryan enlisted in the Navy after watching the Twin Towers fall on 9/11, serving eight years as a U.S. Navy SEAL attached to Team SEVEN, completing three combat tours to Iraq. After service, Ryan moved to Dallas and had the privilege of meeting a retired Army Ranger officer who suffered significant burn injuries, and Ryan was inspired and humbled by his display of strength and courage, despite his debilitating scarring. Ryan was discouraged that this Ranger, and others like him, were not benefiting from progressive treatment of burns in the same way that amputees benefit from incredible advancements in prosthetics. Searching for better answers, Ryan sought out physicians, medical professionals, civilian burn survivors as well as fire-fighters and paramedics, seeking to understand how burn treatment could be improved. In 2012, Ryan established Sons of the Flag to help burn survivors and their families find the help and medical attention that they deserve.

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