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EMSPROPHOTOSFrom The Field In Our Own Backyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6


News & Technology NAEMT News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Medicare Finalizes a New Rule for Telmedicine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Healthcare Reform Law Will Not Solve Crisis in Emergency Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Dia Gainor Joins NASEMSO as Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 LifeBot Conducts Demonstrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 emsCharts Teams with FirePrograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Zoll Honored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 PainKillers Could be Dangerous to Heart Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21


Feature ‐ Communications Never Too Late for New Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Revolutionizing Emergency Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Tools for Communications When Words Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Unconscious Patients Can Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34


Special Feature Personal Wellness, Mind, Body, Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36


EMSPRO TOP PRODUCTS Emergency Products + Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Rapid Response Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 iTEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Kimtek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Mac’s Lift Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Mercury Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Oxygen Generating Systems International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 ReMed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47


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