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4 JULY 2016 | EMSWORLD.com PARTNERS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Peter Antevy, MD CEO & Founder, Pediatric Emergenc y Standards James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP Medical Advisor, Washington Township Fire Depar tment, Day ton, OH; Clinical A ssociate Professor, Depar tment of Emergenc y Medicine, Wright State Universit y, Day ton, OH; Direc tor of Clinical Operations, US Acute Care Solutions Raphael M. Barishansky, MPH, MS, CPM EMS Consultant Eric Beck, DO, NREMT-P A ssociate Chief Medical Of ficer, American Medical Response Bernard Beckerman, MD, FACEP Associate Professor, School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, York College (CUNY), Jamaica, NY Tom Bouthillet, NREMT-P Captain, Town of Hilton Head Island (SC) Fire & Rescue Division Kenneth Bouvier, NREMT-P Deput y Chief of Operations, New Orleans EMS; NAEMT President 2004 –2006 Elliot Carhart, EdD, RRT, NRP EMS Per formance & Research Coordinator, Pinellas Count y EMS & Fire Administration, Largo, FL Chris Cebollero, NREMT-P Senior Par tner, Cebollero & A ssociates, St Louis, MO Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, TNS Direc tor of Per formance Improvement, American College of Surgeons Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT Clinical Education Coordinator, VitaLink / AirLink, Wilmington, NC; Lead Ins truc tor, Wilderness Medical A ssociates Michael W. Dailey, MD A ssis tant Professor, Dept. of Emergenc y Medicine, Albany Medical College, NY Thom Dick EMS Educator, Brighton, CO William E. Gandy, JD, LP EMS Educator and Consultant, Tuc son, A Z Erik S. Gaull, NREMT-P, CEM, CPP Mas ter Firefighter/Paramedic, Cabin John Park (MD) Volunteer Fire Depar tment Troy M. Hagen, MBA, NREMT-P CEO, Care Ambulance, Orange, C A Martin Hellman, MD, FAAP, FACEP At tending Physician, Children's Hospital of Pit t sburgh, Pit t sburgh, PA Tim Hillier, Advanced Care Paramedic Direc tor of Professional Development, M.D. Ambulance, Saskatoon, SK Canada Lou Jordan PIO, Fire Police Of ficer, Union Bridge (MD) Fire Depar tment C.T. "Chuck" Kearns, MBA, EMT-P EMS Consultant G. Christopher Kelly, JD At torney at L aw, Atlanta, GA; Chief Legal Of ficer, EMS Consultant s, Ltd. Skip Kirkwood, MS, JD, EMT-P, EFO, CMO Direc tor, Durham Count y (NC) EMS Sean M. Kivlehan, MD, MPH, NREMT-P International Emergenc y Medicine Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Har vard Medical School William S. Krost, MBA, NREMT-P Adjunc t A ssis tant Professor of Emergenc y Medicine, The George Washington Universit y Ken Lavelle, MD, FACEP, NREMT-P Clinical Ins truc tor and At tending Physician, Thomas Jef ferson Universit y Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Rob Lawrence, MCMI Chief Operating Of ficer, Richmond ( VA) Ambulance Authorit y Todd J. LeDuc, MS, CFO, CEM A ssis tant Fire Chief, Broward Sherif f Fire Rescue, Ft. L auderdale, FL Mark D. Levine, MD, FACEP A ssis tant Professor, Dept. of Emergenc y Medicine, Washington Universit y School of Medicine; Medical Direc tor, St. Louis (MO) Fire Dept. Tracey Loscar, NRP, FP-C Battalion Chief, Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough EMS, Wasilla, AK Craig Manifold, DO EMS Medical Direc tor, San Antonio Fire Depar tment and San Antonio AirLIFE; A ssis tant Professor, Universit y of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Paul M. Maniscalco, MPA, EMT-P Senior Research Scientis t & Principal Inves tigator, The George Washington Universit y Of fice of Homeland Securit y David Page, MS, NRP Direc tor, Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCL A; Paramedic, Allina Health EMS; Senior Lec turer, PhD candidate, Monash Universit y Richard W. Patrick, MS, CFO, EMT-P, FF Direc tor, Medical Firs t Responder Coordination, Of fice of Health Af fairs– Medical Readiness, U.S. DHS Tim Perkins, BS, EMT-P EMS Sys tems Planner, Virginia Of fice of EMS, Virginia DOH, Glen Allen, VA Michael E. Poynter, EMT-P Executive Direc tor, Kentuck y Board of Emergenc y Medical Ser vices Vincent D. Robbins President & CEO, MONOC, Monmouth- Ocean Hospital Ser vice Corporation, Neptune, NJ Mike Rubin Paramedic, Nashville, TN Angelo Salvucci Jr., MD, FACEP Medical Direc tor, Santa Barbara Count y & Ventura Count y EMS, C A Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P Facult y, Public Safet y Training Center, Emergenc y Care Program, Santa Rosa Jr. College, C A Matthew R. Streger, Esq., MPA , NRP Par tner, Keavney & Streger, Princeton, NJ; Senior Consultant, Fitch and A ssociates, LLC, New Brunswick, NJ Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS Vice President/COO, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. Cindy Tait, MICP, RN, PHN, MPH President, Center for Healthcare Education, Inc., Riverside, C A John Todaro, BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE EMS/CME Academic Depar tment Coordinator, St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL William F. Toon, EdD, NREMT-P EMS Training Manager, Loudoun Count y ( VA) Fire, Rescue and Emergenc y Management; Bat talion Chief - Training (ret.), Johnson Count y (KS) EMS: MED-AC T David Wampler, PhD, LP A ssis tant Professor, Emergenc y Health Sciences, Universit y of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, T X Paul A. Werfel, MS, NREMT-P Direc tor, Paramedic Program, Clinical A ss t. Professor of Health Science, School of Health Technology & Management, A ss t. Professor of Clinical Emergenc y Medicine, Dept. of Emergenc y Medicine, Health Science Center, Stony Brook Universit y, NY Katherine West, BSN, MSEd, CIC Infec tion-Control Consultant, Infec tion Control/Emerging Concept s, VA Gerald C. Wydro, MD, FAAEM Chief, Division of EMS, Temple Universit y School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT Direc tor of Public Af fairs, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Ft. 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