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4 JANUARY 2018 | EMSWORLD.com PARTNERS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Peter Antevy, MD CEO & Founder, Pediatric Emergenc y Standards 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, NR-P, CMTE Clinical Outcomes Manager, AirLink / VitaLink Critical Care Transpor t; Lead Ins truc tor, Wilderness Medical A ssociates International, Wilmington, NC Michael W. Dailey, MD, FAEMS Chief, Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine, A ssociate Professor 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 Shai Jaskoll, MAS, EMT-I/C, Director of International Operations, United Hatzalah - United Rescue Lou Jordan (IN MEMORIAM) 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 A ssociate Direc tor, International Emergenc y Medicine Fellowship, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Har vard Medical School William S. Krost, MD, 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 Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS Vice President /COO, Center for Emergenc y Medicine of Wes tern Pennsylvania, Inc. Cindy Tait, MICP, RN, PHN, MPH President, Center for Healthcare Education, Inc., Riverside, C A John Todaro, BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE A ssis tant Direc tor Experiential Learning Universit y of South Florida College of Nursing Tampa, Florida William F. Toon, EdD, NREMT-P 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, University 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 University, 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 Chief Strategic Integration Officer, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Ft. Wor th, T X Published by HMP 70 E. 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