A Change of Heart: Perspectives on Patient Care and Technology

Bryon Moore has had a rich and varied career in EMS. He became an EMT in 1979 and received paramedic training at the fabled UCLA Daniel Freeman School for Paramedicine in 1982. He went on to be a paramedic in several systems before becoming the Northern California Clinical Coordinator for American Medical Response (AMR). Bryon then was attracted to helping develop and bring new resuscitation technology to market, working for a variety of medical device companies and launching new products globally. He’s currently VP of EMS Market Development for Defibtech, a company owned by Nihon Kohden, a leading medical device manufacturer. In 2009, Bryon fell ill from a virus that irreversibly damaged his heart. A heart transplant saved his life—and changed his perspective on life.Q: What originally attracted you to EMS? I was allegedly speeding in my '67 GTO on the way to classes at my local junior college. While fighting that ticket, my fellow court attendee talked about his progress toward a degree in fire science. Being 18, I thought it sounded cool, so I got my EMT certification and joined the fire department as a “part-paid” firefighter. Before I knew it, I was deep into an industry that I still love, nearly 40 years later. I really wanted to understand the “why” of what I was being taught in EMT II school. I was full of questions: Why give that many milligrams? Why is that drug the standard? And when I explained this frustration to a buddy, he said I should go to p...
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