Kathy Conlin, RDH, RN, CCRN, MS, CRA, is a clinical research associate in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Wash. She works both as a registered nurse and a registered dental hygienist. She taught for 16 years at Eastern Washington University on subjects like medical emergencies, pharmacology, and medically compromised/special needs patients in the dental office. Conlin is also an advance cardiac life support instructor for the American Heart Association and a volunteer for the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome Foundation.