2010: The Year in EMS in Review

BY SUSAN NICOL
Source: EMSWorld.com News
Created: December 25, 2010

New CPR was perhaps the biggest story, but lots more happened.

The NAEMT's EMS On the Hill Day successfully premiered, with an estimated 140 EMS proponents visiting Capitol Hill legislators and staffs;
The County of Los Angeles Fire Museum recognized Drs. Leonard Cobb, J. Michael Criley, Walter Graf and Eugene Nagel and its inaugural Pioneers of Paramedicine;
The National EMS Memorial Service inducted 26 news honorees killed in the line of duty;
The swine flu pandemic officially ended;
In October, EMS Magazine, EMSResponder.com and EMS EXPO unified under the name EMS World;
The National Fire Protection Association released its draft ambulance standard;
The FAA proposed new safety measures for medical helicopters;
Medicare ambulance bonus payments were extended through 2011, but a new rounding policy and "productivity adjustment" will decrease payments to services;
The FDA began working on improving defibrillator safety.