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LETTER FROM THE EdITOR

Etymology of Heroes - Coined in English 1387, during the time of King Arthur’s round table, the word hero comes

from the Ancient Greek. “Hero, warrior”, literally “protector” or “defender”. It is also thought to be a cognate of the

Latin verb servo (original meaning: to preserve whole) and of the Avestan verb haurvaiti (to keep vigil over).

Heroes and Saints is a publication designed to

promote education, enhance dialogue, stimulate

discussion, and celebrate the sacred work you

do. We appreciate the stressful and immediate

tasks EMS providers face when they get the

call to respond to a need for urgent help.

Without your 24/7 dedication, training, and

commitment there would no doubt be more

fatalities – and the loss of significant quality

of life for many.

You don’t get to choose where you go, or

what you’ll find when you get there, but you

go hoping for the best, and prepared for the

worst. Those you serve hope they never have

to see you, but are incalculably grateful when

you arrive on the scene. You’ve experienced

horrors most can’t imagine, and know that

when tomorrow comes, you may not have seen

the worst. You are an extraordinary group of

people. Like our title suggests, you are “Heroes

and Saints.”

When I researched the background of

“Heroes” it seemed clear that in our present

day, “Heroes” and “Saints” have a lot in

common. It’s also evident that you need both

“Heroes and Saints” to save a life, offer hope,

and speed healing for those in need. Thus, the

title of this publication emerged to represent

our teamwork and our passion to serve

our communities.

The Editorial Board for this publication

includes our Trauma Surgeons, Medical

Directors from Idaho Emergency Physicians,

and other physicians, providers and staff who

oversee our most critical services. We want

this publication to be a dialogue, and a way to

provide feedback from our staff to yours.

I’ve truly enjoyed being out in the field

meeting so many of you, and appreciate the

feedback and orientation to the various stations

in Ada and Canyon County. Next month I plan

to head toward Ontario and Baker City to start

meeting EMS providers across our region. I

hope all of you felt appreciated and honored

during National EMS Week May 20 – 26.

Don’t miss the photo collage you’ll see on the

pages inside that represent honors bestowed on

your EMS brothers and sisters, as well as a few

photos I took while visiting various stations.

Saint Alphonsus Health System would

like to thank all EMS personnel for their

commitment to enhance the health and quality

of life of those we serve. YOU help make the

Critical Difference.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the

“HEROES ANd SAINTS”

AIMEE STEIN

sIsTEr bETH MuLvANEy

Emergency & Trauma services relationship Manager & Editor

“YOU help make the

CritiCal DifferenCe.”

“Heroes.” “saints.” They have a lot in common.

When the Catholic Church names someone a saint, it is official recognition that during the person’s lifetime, he or she was outstanding in the way they responded to God’s love and demonstrated it to others. saints respond to needs. saints overcome all kinds of obstacles to make good things happen. saints often put other people’s hopes ahead of their own.

Yes, our present day emergency medical responder “Heroes” and the “saints” as described above, have a lot in common.

reflections from

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John Fogg Sr. opened Ada-Boi Ambulance

in 1980 with four Cadillac coach ambulances.

Of the four, he kept and refurbished this 1970

Superior Coach to continue the memory.

John stated with a chuckle, “I wish we still

used these rigs. They ride like a Cadillac

Limousine where today’s rigs ride like

dump trucks.”

HIgHLIgHTS

2 LETTEr froM THE EDITor

3 HIGHLIGHTs 4 MEDICAL

DIrECTor GrEETInG

5 CArDIAC CArE

6 TrAuMA TALK

8 LooKInG AT us

12 nEuro/sTroKE

14 EAGLE Er

15 AWArDs & rECoGnITIon

16 MAp of LoCATIons

STROkE CASE REvIEW 3rd Wed. of every month 7am-9am Coughlin Conference room 2

TRAuMA ROuNdS 7am-8am Coughlin Conference room 2 June 13 & 27 July 11 & 25 August 8, 22, 29 september 12 & 26

EMS ROOFTOP BBQ september 27 3pm-7pm

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EdITORIAL BOARd

ABOuT THE COvER

AIMEE STEIN emergency & trauma Services relationship manager & editor

kRISTEN MICHELETTI Communications Director & editor

dR. BILLy MORgAN trauma medical Director

NANCy TAyLOR aprn-np/CnS hospitalist Cardiac Care

SISTER BETH MuLvANEy mission education

dR. BEN CORNETT iep/ada County medical Director

dR. kARI PETERSON iep/Canyon County medical Director

dR. EdWARd MCEACHERN iep executive Director/CeO

dR. ERIC ELLIOTT iep/eagle er medical Director

NICHOLE WHITENER mSn, Cnrn, ne-BC neuro/Stroke Director

JANE SPENCER CnS neuro institute

JANA PERRy rn, mSn trauma /General Surgery Director

RICH TRuMP pa-C trauma

ALISHA HAvENS Saint alphonsus nampa

LAuRA HuggINS Saint alphonsus Baker City

LEANNA BENTz Saint alphonsus Ontario

TEd RyAN SarmC emergency Department Director

PAT BERgEy rn, BSn

SNOW THANk yOu“Snowboarding with Jeff ” is the true account

of an adventure on Bogus Basin that goes

wrong. Go online and watch the video to see

how Jeff thanks Saint Alphonsus Eagle Health

Plaza Emergency Room for their great work!

http://vimeo.com/37383291

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MEdICAL dIRECTOR gREETINg

Idaho is beginning to make great stirrings

in the area of a Trauma System and its

development. As the Southwestern Idaho

Trauma Center, Saint Alphonsus Regional

Medical Center is combining forces with

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in

Idaho Falls, the Idaho Medical Association,

and the Idaho Hospital Association to

explore, in conjunction with the State EMS

Director and the Department of Health and

Welfare, the options that would best suit the

formation of a statewide Trauma System

for Idaho. From the EMS standpoint, it is

important that each of you be able to voice

your opinions on this matter. No system can

exist in a vacuum. We need your input and

your support to accomplish this for Idaho and

its many geographically distanced communities

so that each Idaho citizen can receive the same

excellent Trauma care. You will be hearing

more about this in the future, so for now, this

is just an opening statement on this subject.

Each of you works incredibly hard and

often, we, as the clinicians accepting your

patient’s, fail to remember the environment

that you frequently find yourselves working

in on a daily basis. I would like to say that I

appreciate and value each of you and the daily

sacrifices you make, the enormous educational

piece that you must accomplish and, the

professionalism and dedication you exhibit

with each patient encounter. Thank you to

each and every one of you.

HELLO ANd WELCOME to my first installment in the “EMs newsletter.”

bILL MORgAN, MD

Trauma Medical Director

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Meet the region’s only Level 2 Trauma Center Team

top: mD trauma and General Surgery: Daele Strawn, mD, Steven Casos, mD, harry Stinger, mD, George munayirji, mD

Bottom: rhoda lynch, pa-C, richard trump, pa-C, Jana perry, rn, mSn trauma /General Surgery Director

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Activation of Emergency Medical Services

(EMS) in the care of patients experiencing an

ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is

critical to early identification of this condition,

as well as effective treatment. In an article

published in Circulation in 2011, Mathews et al.

reported on an observational study of greater

than 37,000 patients suffering from a STEMI

using the National Cardiovascular Registry

data between January 2007 and 2009 where

they looked at patient factors related to EMS

transport versus self-transport. They found

that EMS transport was used only 60% of the

time. Our data shows that we have been closer

to 70% in the past 6 months.

Calling EMS has been shown to decrease

time to treatment and reduces ischemic time.

The long used phrase of “time is muscle”

really is true. The sooner perfusion to the

myocardium is restored, the better the patient

outcome. So who are the patients that call

EMS? Those characteristics identified by the

review of patients in this article revealed those

patients who were older were more likely to call

EMS. In addition, those people living farther

from the hospital were more likely to call. The

last group that seemed more likely to call were

those who were more unstable with greater

hemodynamic compromise. What didn’t

appear to be related to likelihood to call were

race, income, or education level.

How do we get more than 60% of people

to call EMS when they are having symptoms

of a heart attack? The most effective way

to get anyone to change a behavior is by

education. Community programs that teach

the importance of early heart attack care are

essential to changing this statistic. Working

together, we can get the word out and help the

community understand fully the benefits they

reap when they activate EMS.

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Level 3

+ Death of same car occupant

+ Extrication time >20 minutes

+ fall 2X patient’s height

+ Auto vs. bike or Auto vs. pedestrian

+ Motorcycle/ATV/snowmobile/ jet ski “crashes”

+ Horse ejection or rollover

+ >12” intrusion into occupant space or vehicle

+ “star” any window shield

+ rollover

+ broken/bent steering wheel

+ Assault with change in level of consciousness

+ Amputation of one or more digits

+ second or third degree burns <10-20%

Level 2

+ GCs 9 to 13

+ Chest tube in place

+ pelvic fracture (suspected)

+ Two obvious long bone fractures (femur/humerus)

+ flail Chest

+ near drowning

+ Cervical fracture

+ Ejection from an enclosed vehicle

+ burns >20% or involving face, airway, hands, feet, or genitalia

Level 1

+ bp < 90mmHg, or respiratory rate >24, Tachycardia >120 at any time in adult trauma patients

+ Age specific hypotension or tachycardia in children

• <70 mmHg + 2 X age

• Hr >200 or < 60

+ respiratory compromise/obstruction

+ Intubation

+ patients receiving blood to maintain vital signs

+ GCs <8 with mechanism attributed to trauma

+ Major limb amputation

+ Trauma arrest

+ pregnancy >20 weeks gestation with vaginal discharge or bleeding or abdominal pain that also meet a mechanism attributed to trauma.

+ Hanging with loss of consciousness or any neurological deficits

+ penetrating injury to abdomen, head, neck, chest or proximal limbs including knee and elbow.

+ spinal cord injury with neurologic abnormality

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standardizing Trauma Triage

SAINT AL’S THREE LEvELS OF TRIAgE

We encourage the EMS agencies locally and

throughout the region to utilize this trauma

triage criteria when transporting a patient to

our facility. This mobilizes all the appropriate

resources for an injured patient to the ER.

The Trauma Service suggests presenting the

criteria to your supervising physicians for

consideration to add to your local protocols

and when you call in you can give a level

assignment with your patient history and

our access center mobilizes the in house

resources. It would be appropriate to give

strong consideration to air lifting patients from

remote areas from the Trauma Center if they

meet a level 2 criteria or greater. Please never

hesitate to contact the Trauma Center for any

questions or concerns at 367-3674.

Change from a level 3 to a Level 2

+ Transfer from another facility

+ Extremes of cold or heat with prolonged exposure

+ Extremes of age <12 or >65

+ Co-morbidities (Anti-coagulant use, CopD, diabetes, CHf, etc.)

+ presence of intoxicants or illicit drugs

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A new report on accidental deaths among US

children received extensive coverage, mostly

from online sources. Most sources portrayed

the findings as a step in the right direction, but

also emphasized the fact that deaths among

this population due to some factors, like

prescription drug abuse, are on the rise. USA

Today (4/17, Hellmich) reports, “The number

of children and teens who die from any kind

of accidents has dropped nearly 30% from

2000 to 2009, mostly because of a decline

in traffic deaths, says a new report from the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

However, the gains are “offset by the sobering

news that more than 9,000 young people still

die annually from motor-vehicle accidents,

fires, poisoning, drowning, falls and other

unintentional injuries.” Road traffic fatalities

account for more than 41% of all deaths,

most of those are with the child as occupant,

followed by a vehicle strike of a child as a

pedestrian. Falls, burns, and drowning were the

next most common causes of pediatric death.

The Los Angeles Times (4/17, Maugh)

“Booster Shots” blog reports that “agency

officials fear it may be difficult to lower the

rate further, however, because of sharp

increases in two areas: a 91% increase in

poisoning deaths among teenagers during

the period – primarily from prescription drug

abuse – and a 54% increase in suffocation

deaths among infants.” The report indicated

that “for every accidental death, there were

25 hospitalizations and 925 visits to the

emergency” department (ED). “Every 4

seconds, a child is treated for injury in an ED.”

The AP (4/17, Stobbe) reports, “The

report also looked at trends in individual

states.” The researchers “saw declines in

almost every state, with the biggest drops in

Delaware, Iowa, Oregon and Virginia.”

The Boston Globe (4/17, Kotz) “Daily

Dose” pointed out that “Massachusetts had

the lowest rate in the nation for pediatric

injury deaths in 2009: 4 deaths per 100,000

children up to age 19.” This “compares with

a national average of 11 deaths per 100,000,

with the worst state, Mississippi, having a

death rate of 25 per 100,000 -- more than six

times the rate of Massachusetts. The findings

were published in the Morbidity and Mortality

Weekly Report.”

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TRAuMA TALk

+ The number of unintentional injury deaths for the period 2000 – 2005 was 486; that is an average of 81 deaths per year.

+ The unintentional injury death rate was 19.3 per 100,000 population; this was higher than the national rate of 15.0 per 100,000 population.

+ Most injury deaths (65%) occurred among males 0 to 19 years of age.

+ Children 15 to 19 years of age and those less than 1 year of age had the highest death rates of all age groups (39.6 and 28.9 per 100,000 population, respectively).

+ Transportation-related injuries had the highest death rate among children 0 to 19 years of age in the state of Idaho (13.1 per 100,000 population).

+ The death rate for drowning was 1.6 per 100,000 population, and for suffocation was 1.4.

+ rates based on fewer than 20 deaths may be unreliable. numbers of deaths are presented.

Other unintentional injuries (for example: deaths from machinery or firearm) are not included in this figure therefore total number of injury deaths on the figure does not match the total number of injury deaths.

Find further information on these data, including methods, in the CDC Childhood Injury Report: Patterns of Unintentional Injuries among 0-19 Year olds in the United States, 2000 – 2006.

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Accidental Death Among Children

IdAHO SLIgHTLy HIgHER THAN NATIONAL AvERAgE

CQ (4/17, Reichard, Subscription

Publication) reports that in a news release,

CDC Director Thomas Frieden said,

“Kids are safer from injuries today than

ever before.”

The Hill (4/17, Pecquet) “Healthwatch”

blog reports, “In conjunction with the report’s

release, the CDC and more than 60 partner

organizations released a National Action Plan

to raise awareness about childhood injury risks,

highlight prevention solutions and mobilize

action in a national, coordinated effort.”

MedPage Today (4/17, Petrochko)

reports that “unintentional injury still

accounted for 37% of all deaths in the

19-and-under age group in 2009 and was

the fifth leading killer of patients younger

than 1, the report said.”

WebMD (4/17, Boyles) reports, “States

with the lowest death rates tended to have

more laws on the books addressing child safety

and more programs aimed at keeping children

and teens safe.” Also covering the story are

the Minneapolis Star Tribune (4/17, Stoxen)

“Health Check” blog, the Wall Street Journal

(4/17, Martin) “Health Blog,” the CNN

(4/17) “The Chart” blog, the Huffington Post

(4/17, Young), Reuters (4/17), HealthDay

(4/17, Gardner), and the CBS News (4/17)

“HealthPop” blog.

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TRAuMA TALk

+ Teach your children to use a seat belt and never drive with out the proper child restraints in a car.

+ Teach your children common sense around cars and traffic.

+ never leave your child unattended at a pool or around water.

+ be aware of fall risks in your home.

+ Teach your children to swim, and respect water at a young age.

+ Lower the temperature of your water heater at home so that the hot tap water is unlikely to burn a child.

+ Lock all medicines away from areas where children might come in contact with them.

Things that you can do to prevent childhood deaths and injuries:

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NEuRO/STROkE

May was Stroke Awareness month. As we

strive to educate our community about stroke

risk factors, signs and symptoms of stroke,

and the importance of calling 911 if stroke

is suspected, we recognize the vital role that

our First Responders play in the outcome of

those who experience a stroke. Our continued

partnership allows us to provide the highest

quality care and reduce the impact that stroke

has on Southwest Idaho.

Research has proven that treating

ischemic strokes with IV t-PA reduces

death and disability from stroke. Across the

country, the average treatment rate is between

2-3%. At Saint Alphonsus, our IV t-PA

treatment rate has risen from 8.33% in 2008

to 17.24% in 2011! We would like this rate

to be even higher so that more patients can

benefit from this life-saving treatment. First

responders can have a tremendous effect on

the treatment received by stroke patients. The

American Stroke Association has published

recommendations for First Responders who

provide stroke care:

+ Patients should be transported to the highest level of care or the nearest Certified Stroke Center.

+ Pre-notify Saint Alphonsus Medical Access Center with a “brain attack”. This designates an acute stroke and allows our stroke response team to prepare to receive the patient and act quickly.

+ Cincinnati Stroke Scale is a highly reliable tool for identifying a stroke patient. It is also a great communication tool for the ED hand-off.

+ Determine by asking the patient or the witness what time the patient was last known to be normal. This time starts the treatment clock-remember that IV t-PA must be given in 3 hours (4.5 hours for certain patients) and clot extraction must happen within 8 hours.

+ Ask the patient or witnesses if the patient takes warfarin or other anticoagulant medications.

+ First Responders and hospitals should collaborate in EMS training.

To that end, we would like to provide you with

some stroke education that offers free

CE credits! EMS4Stroke.com to learn more

about this great opportunity.

Thank you for all the stellar care that you give

to our patients!

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photo above: listed left to right

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middle: ted ryan, Jane Spencer, terry newsome

Bottom: patty huffman, mary river mD, tita petersen, Jackie Whitesell mD

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IT’S gOLd AgAIN FOR SAINT ALPHONSuS

BREAkTHROugH STROkE dEvICE MAkES dEBuT AT SAINT ALPHONSuS

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center has

received the American Heart Association/

American Stroke Association’s Get With

The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality

Achievement Award for the second year in a

row. The award recognizes Saint Alphonsus’

commitment and success in implementing

excellent care for stroke patients, according to

evidence-based guidelines. Saint Alphonsus is

the only hospital in the region to be named.

To receive the award, Saint Alphonsus

achieved an 85 percent or higher adherence to

all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality

Achievement indicators for two or more

consecutive 12-month intervals and achieved

75 percent or higher compliance with six of

10 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality

Measures, which are reporting initiatives to

measure quality of care.

These measures include aggressive use of

medications, such as tPA, antithrombotics,

anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis,

cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking

cessation, all aimed at reducing death and

disability and improving the lives of stroke

patients.

“The time is right, now more than

ever, for Saint Alphonsus to be focused

on improving the quality of stroke care by

implementing Get With The Guidelines–

Stroke. The number of acute ischemic stroke

patients eligible for treatment is expected to

grow over the next decade due to increasing

stroke incidence and a large aging population.

As the area’s only Joint Commission Certified

Primary Stroke Center, Saint Alphonsus is

committed to providing the most effective

stroke treatment available,” said Nichole

Whitener, RN, MSN, Director, Saint

Alphonsus Stroke Program.

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center is

proud to be the only hospital in the Treasure

Valley to have used the Solitaire FR for the

treatment of acute stroke. In clinical trial,

Solitaire FR showed a 1.7 times improvement

in neurological function and a 55 percent

reduction in mortality at 90 days when

compared to other devices.

This state-of-the-art device works by

expanding into a clot that is blocking a vessel

in the brain and snaring it, then removing the

clot. Compared to other devices, the Solitaire

FR restored 2.5 times as much blood flow to

the brain, which is crucial in the successful

treatment of stroke.

Saint Alphonsus radiology staff is fully

trained to use this device to treat acute stroke.

Physicians have received specialized training

and experience that is unique to the Treasure

Valley. This new advancement is another

addition to Saint Alphonsus’ award-winning,

certified, proven system of care to treat

complex stroke patients.

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The Emergency Department at the Saint

Alphonsus Eagle Health Plaza was the first

of its kind in Idaho, and has proven to be a

valuable resource for the Eagle community.

We provide care close to home for patients

of all ages, with a range of diagnoses, from

urgent to emergent. As an EMS provider, you

are probably familiar with the facility, but it’s

important to understand the nuances of the

free-standing ER.

The Eagle ER is a full-service facility

with the capability to handle a broad range

of emergent conditions. Staffed 24/7

with a board-certified emergency medicine

physician and certified emergency medicine

nurses, we are always ready to receive EMS

arrivals. The facility is equipped to care

for patients with high-risk problems such

as chest pain, abdominal pain, headaches,

COPD exacerbations, asthma attacks, fever,

anaphylaxis, closed fractures, and Level 3

traumatic injury. Many patients with these

problems are treated and discharged from

the ER, so it makes sense to keep them close

to home. And if a patient needs admitted

from the Eagle ER, transport by ambulance is

provided free of charge to any local hospital

of the patient’s choice.

There are a few patients who should not

be transported to the Eagle ER, but rather

go directly to the nearest hospital capable of

definitive treatment for their condition. As a

general rule, these are patients with emergent

conditions that need immediate treatment by

a specialist in a hospital setting. These would

include patients with STEMI, acute stroke,

pre-hospital intubation, and Level 1 or Level

2 traumatic injury. Also, patients with open

fracture, unstable active GI bleeding, and

contractions or labor during pregnancy.

The Eagle ER is always ready to assist

with resuscitation. If you have a patient

who is receiving CPR or needs emergent

intubation, do not hesitate to come directly

to the Eagle ER for assistance with initial

management and stabilization.

Thank you for all you do. We look

forward to partnering with you in providing

care for our community, keeping patients close

to home.

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AWARdS & RECOgNITION

ExCELLENT JOB kuNA EMS! We value your work and appreciate you keeping our community safe.pat Bergey, rn, BSn

The Trauma Service Team would like to express thanks to Kuna Fire for a job well done. Kuna

ambulance transported two patients to Saint Alphonsus in the early morning hours of February

14. Both patients, a 41 and 42 year-old male were involved in a high-speed rollover collision in

the desert by Swan Falls. The less injured patient extricated himself from the vehicle, and pulled

a sleeping bag out to cover the other more seriously injured patient who was ejected from the

vehicle. The Kuna ambulance service did an outstanding job. The patients received excellent

care, and were “packaged” appropriately for transport. The crew called in the appropriate

information, which allowed the Access Center to activate the trauma team members necessary

for the level of care. Good job Kuna, great teamwork!

If you would like to have further follow up on your patients hospital course, please have a

representative of your agency contact me by phone or email, and I will be happy to provide a

more complete report. Contact: 208.367.6435 or patrberg@sarmc.org

gREAT JOB TO THE AdA COuNTy PARAMEdICS

for their Trauma Leveling skills!

Through the efforts of the Ada County Paramedics, the Saint Alphonsus Access

Center, and the Saint Alphonsus Emergency Department, trauma under triage level

has been 3% or less over the past 8 months! Thank you!

2012 ACP EMS AWARdS

SUperviSOr Of the Year

CLInTon WOLF

reServe Of the Year

AMon RAE

phYSiCian Of the Year

MArK HENzLER,MD

parameDiC Of the Year

MArK BABSON

emt Of the Year

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BUSineSS OffiCe

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KArEn MARTIN

aDminiStrative Of the Year

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