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Joy Dickinson
Executive Editor
Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Nurse Planner
Sue A. Behrens, APRN, BC
Manager, Trauma Services
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, IL
Nurse Reviewer
Kay Ball
Author
Mark J. Greenwood, DO, JD, FAAEM, FCLM
Flight Physician, Aero Med Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Contributing Editors
Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
President, Bitterman Health Law Consulting Group, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Vice President, Emergency Physicians Insurance Co., Inc.
Auburn, CA
Stacey Kusterbeck
Mark J. Greenwood, DO, JD, FAAEM, FCLM
Flight Physician, Aero Med Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Associate Publisher
Coles McKagen
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The following individuals disclose that they have no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study: Larry Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP (executive editor), Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP, President, Bitterman Health Law Consulting Group, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Vice President, Emergency Physicians Insurance Co., Inc., Auburn, CA (contributing editor); Sue A. Behrens, APRN, BC (nurse planner), Manager Trauma Services, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL; Kay Ball (nurse reviewer); Stacey Kusterbeck (contributing editor); Mark J. Greenwood, DO, JD, FAAEM, FCLM; Joy Dickinson (Senior Managing Editor); and Coles McKagen (Associate Publisher).
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