Subcommittee Hearing Roundtable on Crisis in the ER: How Can We Improve Emergency Medical Care?

Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions- Subcommittee on Bioterrorism & Public Health Preparedness Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Time: 02:30 PM Location: Dirksen 430

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Witnesses

Panel I

  1. MD Frederick Blum
    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at West Virginia University
    President of American College of Emergency Physicians
  2. M.H.S. Margaret van Amringe
    Vice President
    Public Policy and Government Relations at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  3. R.N., M.S. Nancy Bonalumi C.E.N.
    Director of Emergency Nursing, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    President of Emergency Nurses Association
  4. M.D. Leon Haley, Jr. M.H.S.A., F.A.C.E.P.
    Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
    Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for Grady Health Systems
  5. M.D. Robert Bass F.A.C.E.P.
    Executive Director for Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services
    President of National Association of EMS Officials