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About Guardian MedX
Built For Utah.
Credentialed For Anything.
Guardian MedX exists to close the gap between standard event first aid and full 911 emergency response for Utah’s most demanding events, at the highest tier of clinical and operational readiness.
Origin
Why Guardian MedX Exists.
A high-risk mountain bike race in Moab. A massive festival in Salt Lake City. A remote film production in the Uintas. Event organizers carry immense liability and most medical vendors hand them a warm body and a trauma bag. That gap, between a first-aid tent and a full emergency response, is why Guardian MedX was built.
We are the infrastructure that runs underneath the event, physician-directed, fleet-equipped, OSHA-credentialed, and documented to the standard insurance underwriters and county health departments already read. When something goes wrong on your event, you don’t need a vendor. You need a team that was already there, already prepared, and already deployed before the first attendee arrived.
Our Standards
What We Hold Ourselves To.
- Physician-Directed Protocols Every clinical action under Utah Code 53-2d-210-compliant, Medical Director-authored protocols. Not outsourced. Not signature-only.
- ALS-First Staffing Philosophy When risk profile warrants ALS, we deploy ALS. We don’t downgrade coverage to win on price.
- OSHA 30 On Every High-Risk Deployment The credential IATSE, corporate procurement, and insurance underwriters specifically look for.
- The Arsenal, Matched To The Risk UTV, Dirt Bike, ATV, Drone, Mobile Clinic, Telemedicine — deployed per the Pre-Event Plan, not per a pricing tier.
- Named Artifacts On Every Event Pre-Event Plan, EAP, ePCR, After Action Report. Documents your team can forward and your insurer will sign off on.
- Full Insurance Stack On Every Engagement Professional liability, individual liability, malpractice, general liability, and workers’ comp — verified before contract signature. COI delivered same business day, additional insureds added on request.
Leadership
Named Leaders.
Credentialed. Accountable.
“If our family were on that course, this is the standard we’d want. That’s the only standard we run to.” – CEO | Co-Founder
PRESIDENT | CEO · CO-FOUNDER
J.T. GAMBLE, FP-C , NRP
Paramedic · Event Medical Specialist
Founded Guardian MedX to close the gap between standard event first aid and full 911 emergency response for Utah’s most demanding events. Background in high-acuity pre-hospital care and event medical logistics. Directly contactable for high-stakes buyer conversations.
TRAINING DIRECTOR · CO-FOUNDER
MARIA BARCENA, BSc, AEMT
Owns the Training Pipeline · Guardian EMT
Owns, operates, and oversees our in-house EMT training program at guardianemt.com. Owning the training pipeline means higher and more consistent field quality than agencies that subcontract.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
BENJAMIN D. GOLD, D.O.
Emergency Physician · Utah Licensed
Authors and authorizes every treatment protocol Guardian MedX operates under. Reviews high-acuity incidents post-event. Directs continuous clinical education. Medical Direction Letter available on request for insurance underwriters.
9
Paramedics
16
AEMT'S
27
EMT'S
8
RN'S
11+
SPECIALTIES
1
Medical Director
Owned Training Pipeline
We Don't Subcontract Our Standards.
Guardian MedX runs Guardian EMT, an in-house EMT training program in Provo, Utah (guardianemt.com). When we need to raise the bar on field quality, we raise it inside our own training program. When we need to add a specialty credential to the roster, we train to it ourselves.
Most event medical agencies are staffing shops. They rent the clinicians they deploy. We train them.
Meet The Team On Your Event.
Start with a conversation. We’ll match the Arsenal and credentials to the risk profile.