On the Cover: The Department's new ASAP ambulance in Times Square. Photo by EMT Alex Arroyo.
In this Issue
Features
Responding ASAP
By Multiple Contributors
Nerve Agents, Part 1–Properties and Clinical Effects
By First Deputy Medical Director, Dr. Bradley Kaufman and Lieutenant Joan Hillgardner
Q&A with Deputy Chief Anthony V. Napoli Upon Retiring from Emergency Medical Dispatch
By Lieutenant Juliette Arroyo
Columns
SAFETY FIRST: Routine Chemical Exposures in the EMS Workplace
By Captain Farooq H. Muhammad and Lieutenant Robert J.Carlo
CALL REVIEW: 500 Souls Aboard, Many Complaining of Sickness
By Dr. Glenn H. Asaeda, Chief Medical Director
STEP BY STEP: Intravenous Access Skill–Starting a Line
By Captain Farooq H. Muhammad
INSIDE LOOK: EMS Academy Family Day
By Deputy Chief James Darnowski
FROM THE OFFICER’S CORNER: Leadership Traits, Qualities and Skills
By Division Chief Christine M. Mazzola
ONE ON ONE: Career Reflections with Chief of EMS James P. Booth
By Chief of Staff Elizabeth Cascio
Departments
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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