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Barishansky, MPH Director of Professional Development, M.D. Ambulance, Saskatoon, SK Canada Executive Director, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services Director, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Connecticut Department of Public Health Lou Jordan Mike Rubin, BS, NREMT-P STAFF PUBLISHER Scott Cravens, NREMT-B • 800/547-7377 x1759 Scott.Cravens@emsworld.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Deanna Morgan • 901/759-1241 Deanna.Morgan@emsworld.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Nancy Perry • 800/547-7377 x1110 Nancy.Perry@emsworld.com PIO, Fire Police Officer, Union Bridge (MD) Fire Department Paramedic, Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN ASSOCIATE EDITORS Associate Professor, School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, York College (CUNY), Jamaica, NY C.T. 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Christopher Kelly, JD Captain, Town of Hilton Head Island (SC) Fire & Rescue Division Kenneth Bouvier, NREMT-P Chief, EMS, Christian Hospital, St Louis, MO Emergency Medicine Resident University of California - San Francisco Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, TNS William S. Krost, MBA, NREMT-P Manager, ATLS Program, American College of Surgeons Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT Performance Improvement Coordinator, Airlink/Vitalink, Wilmington, NC; Lead Instructor, Wilderness Medical Associates Alan R. Cowen, MA, EMT-P Deputy Fire Chief (ret.), Los Angeles City Fire Department, CA; Associate Professor of Emergency Services, Los Angeles Valley College Ken Lavelle, MD, FACEP, NREMT-P Clinical Instructor and Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Todd J. 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