In this issue:

• Participation and conflicts of interest policy in the 2010 Guidelines review process and a report from the 2009 International Stroke Conference

• Keeping bystanders’ CPR skills current

• Heartsaver Skills Evaluator

• Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens Course

• CPR training in Ireland, adapting BLS and ACLS training in Kenya, and German Army becomes an ITC

• Two mothers and a victim’s best friend work to increase emergency preparedness in their town

• How the current economic climate affects emergency medical services in your community

• Meet Gary Terry, American Heart Association volunteer, and Dan Biggane, a lifesaving Chicago carpenter, and the staff of the Greenwich Country Day School

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Reviewed/Updated: 06/02/2009