Prehospital Basic Life Support Protocols
January 1996 (8/96)
| Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City Prehospital Basic Life Support Protocols January 1996 (8/96) |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The second edition of the Regional Emergency MedicalAdvisory Committee (REMAC) of New York City Basic and AdvancedLife Support Prehospital Treatment Protocols is the culminationof the efforts of many individuals who have served on the RegionalEmergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City, the RegionalEmergency Medical Advisory Committee Basic Life Support Subcommittee,and the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee AdvancedLife Support Subcommittee. This document reflects the changingfield of out-of-hospital emergency medicine and the continuousattempts of the emergency medical and trauma communities in allprovider sectors (municipal, voluntary hospital, proprietary,and volunteer), acting in concert, to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art,out-of-hospital emergency medical care to emergently ill and injuredadults and children in the New York City region.
The task of updating, editing, revising, and reconcilingthe Basic Life Support Protocols, both the Emergency Medical Technicianand the Certified First Responder Protocols, was the work of theBasic Life Support Subcommittee, chaired by Carl Nolte, MD andthe Basic Life Support Protocol Subcommittee, chaired by ArthurCooper, MD. The following individuals served on the Subcommittee:
| Arthur Cooper, MD | Liz Cascio, EMT | Louis Deutsch, EMT |
| Marie Diglio | Henry Ehrhardt, EMT | Lorraine Giordano, MD |
| Dario Gonzalez, MD | Wayne Longmore, MD | David Markenson, MD |
| Carl Nolte, MD | Joseph Paz, AEMT-P | Arthur Umlas, EMT |
The task of updating, editing, revising, and integratingthe Advanced Life Support Protocols of the three largest advancedlife support provider sectors (municipal, proprietary, and volunteer)was the work of the Advanced Life Support Protocol IntegrationSubcommittee, chaired by Dario Gonzalez, MD. and the AdvancedLife Support Medical Oversight Subcommittee, chaired by ArthurCooper, MD. The following individuals served on this Subcommittee:
| Joseph Bove, MD | Joseph Connell, Esq., RPA-C, AEMT-P | Arthur Cooper, MD |
| Marie Diglio | Robert DiGregorio, PharmD | Lorraine Giordano, MD |
| Dario Gonzalez, MD | Ronald Gospardarski, AEMT-P | Wayne Longmore, MD |
| Daniel Mathisen, AEMT-P |
The work of these groups was greatly facilitatedby the support of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Councilof New York City, chaired by Louis Deutsch, EMT, Nancy Benedetto,Executive Director for Administration, Marie Diglio, ExecutiveDirector for Operations; the Regional Emergency Medical AdvisoryCommittee, chaired by Lorraine Giordano, MD; the Regional EmergencyMedical Advisory Committee Basic Life Support Subcommittee, chairedby Carl Nolte, MD; the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory CommitteeAdvanced Life Support Subcommittee, chaired by Dario Gonzalez,MD and Alexander Kuehl, MD; the American Academy of Pediatrics/DistrictII Committee on Emergency Medical Services for Children, chairedby George Foltin, MD; the New York City Emergency Medical Service,David Diggs, Executive Director, Lorraine Giordano, MD, Directorof Medical Affairs; the Ambulance Association of Greater New York,Ian Spira, MD, President, Wayne Longmore, MD, Medical Director;and the Chevra Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Service, Rabbi MechelHandler, Executive Director, Joseph Bove, MD, Medical Directorof Telemetry, Yedidyah Langsam, Ph.D., Course Sponsor Administrator.
The final editing was done by Arthur Cooper, MD,Marie Diglio, Lorraine Giordano, MD, Dario Gonzalez, MD, and MeganMills.
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