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Brian Maguire is an epidemiologist with Leidos, an adjunct professor at both Central Queensland University and Mitchell College, and a former paramedic and manager in the NYC emergency medical services system. Barbara O’Neill is an associate professor of nursing at the University of Connecticut. Paul Maniscalco is president emeritus of the International Association of Emergency Medical Service Chiefs, a former president of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, and worked for more than 20 years in the New York City Emergency Medical Services as a deputy chief, instructor and paramedic. Daniel Gerard is the EMS coordinator for the City of Alameda Fire Department, the president-elect of the International Association of EMS Chiefs. Kathleen A. Handal is an emergency medicine physician, the medical director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services at the Arizona Department of Health Services, and chair of the ACEP EMS committee. They wrote this for InsideSources.com. They wrote this for InsideSources.com