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 Larry
Joy was one of the original pioneers in the development and implementation of
modern day EMS in Kansas.
He was the first service director and system
developer of Reno County Ambulance Service, credited as being one of the first
two ALS services in Kansas. Larry was also the first director of Johnson
County Med-Act and while there, developed a tiered response system in Johnson
County that afforded coordinated medical control and quality assurance on a
system-wide basis.
Larry was a driving force in aiding the Bureau
of EMS in developing standards for ambulance services and was intimately
involved in the development of the Kansas Ambulance and Rescue Association,
the forerunner of the Kansas Emergency Medical Technicians Association. | 
