Rob Blackston, M.Ed., CST, CSFA
Rob Blackston is a Certified Surgical Technologist and Certified Surgical First Assistant (CST/CSFA). Currently, Rob lives in Coeur d’Alene, ID and is the Program Director/Instructor of Surgical Technology. He also works part time as a CST and CSFA in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls area. Rob has been a CST since 2004 and has worked in all surgical specialties, but his main focus has been in neurosurgery, ENT and orthopedics.
Rob graduated from Boise State University with a Master of Educational Technology and an Online Teaching Certificate. Rob also has a Technical Certificate in Surgical Technology from the College of Southern Idaho, and a Bachelor of Science in Training and Development: Career and Technical Education from Idaho State University.
Sam Hunter
Sam Hunter was born into a family of global wanderers. His parents lived in Guatemala, Bolivia, and Nigeria working in missions. Sam grew up with a Registered Nurse mom that cared for the medical needs of people without access to clinics and hospitals in these emerging countries. Often she treated people with the limited resources of sterile bandages and antibiotics accompanied by compassion and prayer.
Sam’s long term interest in medical care started with family dinner time conversations and continued to guide his work on useful products to improve and enhance the lives of the elderly and those in need of medical care.
Collaborating with Rob Blackston on the Blackstone Scissors has been a joyful journey. Our conversation at a choir rehearsal resulted in a quality and time saving medical instrument.