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Danville,Pennsylvania Communications Becky Albert Chief Dispatcher/LifeFlight St. Joseph Hospital Omaha. Nebraska Standards/Clinical Practice Pat Yancy, RN St. VincentMedical Center Toledo, Ohio Medical Advisor Henry Bock. MD Methodist Hospital Indianapolis,Indiana Eastern Regi E. M. IEdtHolt Nightingale,All Services Norfolk, Virgin Central Regi~ Don Stamper Coordinator/St~ Columbia.Miss Western Reg WendyBigga r, Chief FlightNu Partners in Life LongBeach Ca by Marcia Katz Endings and Beginnings Resolving the past and starting anew The year 1986 signifies endings and beginnings. Ending are the ser- vice terms of many National Flight Nurses Association [NFNA) and American Society of Hospital-Based Emergency Air Medical Services (ASHBEAMS) board members. We thank them for their selfless contri- bution to our organization and hope they sustain their service commitment by sharing their concerns with the new board members. The quality of our organization is derived, in no small way, from the quality of the service rendered by our board members - past and pre- sent. We are all indebted to them. The year 1986 signifies the ending of a major period of growth for the Journal of Aeromedical Healthcare - the publication that has been nur- tured for the past two years through the uniquely cooperative efforts of ASHBEAMS and NFNA. Since its inception as a newsletter almost five years ago, many members of NFNA and ASHBEAMS have experienced the intrinsic satisfaction that comes from sharing one's ideas in published form. However, with the transformation from a newsletter to a growing journal, several unpredictable problems arose and were magnified dur- ing the past year. To resolve them, the boards of these two organizations decided to end one publishing relationship and begin another. At the executive board meeting in Reno {Nev.), after much deliberation and discussion, both boards agreed to join forces with the publishing company of Jems, a company that will sustain our commitment to become the best professional journal possible. With the help of Jems, we also hope to expand our readership significantlyin the near future, a prospect many of us are quite enthusiastic about, and we hope you share our enthusiasm. Thus, 1986 brings a new beginning to our journal under its new pub- lishing auspices. We hope it will be a journal you will read, think about, and save for future reference. Its authors are professionals like your- selves - individualsworking with, and in, transport programs throughout the U.S. Their articles are based on their professional knowl- edge and experience, and we know you will find them valuable. On a personal level, I am enthusiastic about 1986 as a year that I look forward to working with experienced board members, cherished col- leagues from existing helicopter programs, and past contributors to the journal; to establishing new relationships with the incoming board mem- bers and many other colleagues across the country - in old and new programs, in fixed-wing and specialty transport areas; to communicating with those submitting work for the first time; and, to working with our new publishers, Jems. With my enthusiasm and forward-looking opti- mism goes this wish for all of my colleagues whom I thank for their continuing support of this journal - may 1986 be a happy, healthy, and safe year for all of you. ,~'~-" 6 MARCH/APRIL 1986 AM,,I
