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Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, EMT-P
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe is an emergency physician and EMS author from Midlothian, Texas.
He entered EMS in 1974 as an EMT and attended one of the first paramedic programs
in north Texas. Dr. Bledsoe worked for several years in Fort Worth as a paramedic
and went on to become an EMS Instructor and Coordinator.
Dr. Bledsoe has a B.S. from the University of Texas and a D.O. from the University
of North Texas. He completed a residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center and at Scott and White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Bledsoe is the author of numerous EMS textbooks including: Paramedic Care: Principles
& Practice, Paramedic Emergency Care, Prehospital Emergency Pharmacology, Anatomy
and Physiology for Emergency Care, and many others. He is a frequent contributor
to EMS magazines and presenter at national and international EMS conferences. He
is married and lives in Midlothian, Texas. He enjoys salt-water fishing. |
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Jay L. Falk, M.D., FACEP, SCCM
Since 1988 Dr. Falk has been faculty at the University of Florida College of Medicine
in Gainesville and is currently Clinical Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
He is also Academic Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine and Director of the
Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the Orlando Regional Medical Center, a Level
One Trauma Center and teaching hospital in central Florida. In June 1999, Dr. Falk
was appointed Director of Medical Education for Orlando Regional Healthcare, and
is ultimately responsible for the graduate Medical Education of over 150 physicians.
In 2001, Dr. Falk became a member of the Board of Directors of the Orlando Regional
campus of the Florida State University Medical School.
Dr. Falk is board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and has
a certificate of special qualifications in Critical Care Medicine from the American
Board of Internal Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American College
of Chest Physicians. His contributions to the literature include clinical studies
focusing on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and especially acid base balance and end
tidal CO2 (New England Journal of Medicine), as well as issues of fluid resuscitation
from shock states. Dr. Falk serves on the editorial board of the journal Critical
Care Medicine and as a peer reviewer for numerous prestigious medical journals including
JAMA, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Chest, and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Falk has been honored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as one of only
a handful of recipients of the Shubin-Weil award, recognizing him as a national
role model as a practitioner and teacher of ethical critical care medicine. He is
a popular lecturer at national level postgraduate courses and as a visiting professor.
Dr. Falk has been actively involved in the lay media for many years. Most recently
he had been (September 1996 through October 2000) the on air medical correspondent
for WKMG-6 (CBS), Orlando. He has hosted a national cable medical talk show (America's
Health Network), and a local radio call-in talk show. Dr. Falk has appeared on numerous
industry-sponsored videos and public television specials. |
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Zvi Feigenberg M.D.
Since 1993, Dr. Feigenberg has been the Medical Director
of Magen David Adom, Israel's National EMS System. After completing medical school
at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Feigenberg was a practicing surgeon and became Director
of Trauma at Beilinson Medical Center. He is a member of Israel Society of Surgeons,
International Society of Surgery, Israel Trauma Society, and Israel Association
for Emergency Medicine. He has published extensively in both fields of Surgery and
Emergency Medicine. |
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Todd Leduc, EMS
Chief LeDuc has been involved in EMS for the last 17 years, working in
private, hospital and fire department based EMS systems. He currently is an Assistant Fire
Chief for the Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
He has published numerous peer reviewed articles on a variety of EMS topics. He serves on the
Editorial Boards for EMS Magazine, JEMS, Emergency Services Best Practices, Prehospital &
Disaster Medicine, Frontline First Responder Magazine as well as the UCLA Prehospital Care
Research Forum. He has been appointed by the Florida Governor's Office to the State Sterling
Quality Board as an Examiner as well as an Examiner for the Commission of Accreditation of Ambulance
Services. During his tenure with Broward's Fire Rescue they have been recognized by the State of
Florida in 1999 as the State Injury Prevention Agency of the Year, in 2000 the State of Florida EMS
Provider of the Year, 2003 by the International Association of Fire Chief's the National Heart Safe
Community Award and in 2004 EMS Magazine's EMS Gold Award. Chief LeDuc also serves as faculty for the
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration for the Quality Improvement for EMS Leaders and
was Past President of the National EMS Managers Association(NEMSMA). |
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Paul Louis, M.D.
Dr. Louis is a practicing emergency physician and is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Emergency Medicine. After completing medical school at University of Miami,
Dr. Louis continued with a residency in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Medical
Center in New York City. Dr. Louis presently works at a busy community emergency
department in South Florida and is a local expert on quality management, risk reduction,
and patient care documentation. |
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Eugene L. Nagel, M.D.
Dr. Eugene Nagel is a pioneer in the field of Emergency Medical Services. He was
Medical Director for the City of Miami Fire Department's rescue operation from 1964
until he left Miami in 1974. During those 10 years, he developed the first paramedic
program utilizing telemetry and voice medical control rather than the then practice
of riding either a physician or nurse with the paramedics. He was a member of the
Robert Wood Johnson grant program for emergency medical communications.
Dr. Nagel helped lobby for the EMS Act of 1974. He authored a column in the magazine,
EMS, entitled "Paramedic" for several years. Dr. Nagel helped develop
the MAST shock trousers and was a Fire Surgeon with Baltimore County Fire Department.
Currently a consultant with Polk County Emergency Services, Dr. Nagel served as
project director for an NIH grant on "Sudden Cardiac Death", with publications
in journals such as Circulation, New England Journal among others. |
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Boaz Rosenblat, M.D.
After completing his undergraduate education at Columbia University in
New York City, Dr. Rosenblat attended medical school at the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. He continued his training at the University of Pennsylvania
Emergency Medicine residency program. Dr. Rosenblat is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Emergency Medicine and is the Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Memorial
Hospital Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Dr. Rosenblat has a particular interest in EMS, Quality Management, and Patient
Documentation. |