MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students

How does wilderness EMS care relate back to urban EMS care? We have part 2 of a special episode of the discussion on the topic crossed over from the Disaster Podcast for you. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 494 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode we have the second part of a special segment on wilderness EMS with a large panel of specialists on the subject. This episode comes to us by way of the Disaster Podcast which will air this double episode on that channel this week. I thought I’d bring it to you here first. So stay tuned to the show this week and next. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Wilderness EMS Applications for All Providers Part 1 This week on the show we have a group of excellent panelists on the subject of wilderness EMS as it relates to what the Urban medic can take from it. We have Kevin Reiter from WildSafety.com, Dr. Seth Hawkins from  Hawk Ventures which supports a wide range of Wilderness EMS programs, including the flagship Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship program. also joining us is Dr. Ben Abo, DO, MPH an ER Doc and Wilderness EMS specialist, and paramedic David Fifer, NRP who is a wilderness search and rescue specialist and founder of the Red River Gorge Search and Rescue team. We also have the regular Disaster podcast hosts and guests paramedic Sam Bradley and USAR doc, Dr. Joe Holley. Here’s part one of that segment. Part one was on last week’s MedicCast. If you are a wilderness EMS provider and would like credit towards a Wilderness Medical Society fellowship, check out this double episode on the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com. Details on how to get the continuing education credit are detailed over there. Tip Links –  Wilderness Medical Society — Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the 

How does wilderness EMS care relate back to urban EMS care? We have a special episode of the MedicCast with a crossover panel discussion on the topic from the Disaster Podcast for you. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 493 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode we have a special segment on wilderness EMS with a large panel of specialists on the subject. This episode comes to us by way of the Disaster Podcast which will air this double episode on that channel in a week. I thought I’d bring it to you here first. So stay tuned to the show this week and next. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Wilderness EMS Applications for All Providers Part 1 This week on the show we have a group of excellent panelists on the subject of wilderness EMS as it relates to what the Urban medic can take from it. We have Kevin Reiter from WildSafety.com, Dr. Seth Hawkins from  Hawk Ventures which supports a wide range of Wilderness EMS programs, including the flagship Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship program. also joining us is Dr. Ben Abo, DO, MPH an ER Doc and Wilderness EMS specialist, and paramedic David Fifer, NRP who is a wilderness search and rescue specialist and founder of the Red River Gorge Search and Rescue team. We also have the regular Disaster podcast hosts and guests paramedic Sam Bradley and USAR doc, Dr. Joe Holley. Here’s part one of that segment. Part two will be on next week’s MedicCast. Tip Links –  Wilderness Medical Society — Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

More on critical incident stress and how responders and hospital staff are struggling to recover from the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 492 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week on the show we continue our discussion about the very real trauma suffered by all providers in and out of the hospital when encountering mass casualty incidents and other traumatic events. This is part two of a two-part episode where I have critical incident stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives on the show to talk about the advice he’s giving to the hospital staff and responders in the Orlando nightclub shooting that happened last week. That is coming up later on in the second part of a two-part episode we started last week here on the MedicCast. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Dan McGuire on Critical Incident Stress and the Orlando Incident In this upcoming segment with Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives, I continue the discussion started on last week’s show and talk with Dan to get his input on the very real stresses and more being suffered by all the responders and the Orlando Regional Medical Center staff who dealt with the patients and dead, during and after the shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. This is a two-part, audio only episode that has Dan sharing the advice he has given the ORMC human resources staff to help them manage the aftermath of the shooting. Check it out and, if you haven’t already listened to it, go back and check out last week’s part 1 of this segment. Tip Links –  CISM Perspectives site — Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —

Critical incidents, provider stress and the Orlando active shooter incident with Critical Incident Stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 491 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week on the show we talk about the very real trauma suffered by all providers in and out of the hospital when encountering mass casualty incidents and other traumatic events. I have critical incident stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives on the show to talk about the advice he’s giving to the hospital staff and responders in the Orlando nightclub shooting that happened last week. Check out part one of that two-part interview in this special MedicCast episode. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Dan McGuire on Critical Incident Stress and the Orlando Incident In this upcoming segment with Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives, I talk with Dan to get his input on the very real stresses and more being suffered by all the responders and the Orlando Regional Medical Center staff who dealt with the patients and dead, during and after the shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. This is a two-part, audio only episode that has Dan sharing the advice he has given the ORMC human resources staff to help them manage the aftermath of the shooting. Check it out and stay tuned for part two of this excellent interview next week. Tip Links –  CISM Perspectives site — Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Synthetic Opioids causing major problems for overdose patient management in the field for EMS providers, then we have an interview with EMS Blogger and Educator Sean Eddy about how EMS providers can learn to live smart. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 490 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. Kicking off the single major news item this week we are joined by our good friend Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center to talk about the impact synthetic opioids are having on overdose injury and death nationwide. Then in this week’s special tip segment from the EMS Today conference earlier this year, we have Sean Eddy on the show where he talks about EMS provider fiscal responsibility and health. Check it out coming up later in the show. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — News: It’s not a surprise that we have a heroin epidemic in the United States right now. In 2014, there were 10,574 overdose deaths related to heroin; 26% more than in 2013. What has become apparent is that many of the heroin overdoses and deaths that we are seeing are not just due to heroin. Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are being added to heroin, usually without the buyer’s knowledge. Check out this special interview segment with Lisa Booze, PharmD. from the Maryland Poison Center to talk about this important problem they are seeing coming through their phone lines recently. Maryland Poison Center Site — EMS Tip of the Week: EMS Provider Well-Being This week on the tip of the week, I have a final segment from the EMS Today conference in the Physio-Control booth where I interviewed EMS blogger and educator Sean Eddy about his initiatives to help EMS providers to live smarter with both better health and better finances. Check out this great segment with Sean. Tip Links –  Sean Eddy’s MedicMadness.com site — Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store.

Going the extra mile and creating a non-profit EMS organization with worldwide reach. We have it with part 2 of our interview with Jason Friesen from Trek Medics International. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 489 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. We have part 2 of a special crossover episode for you this week from the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com. A year ago I interviewed Jason Friesen, the founder of Trek Medics International, a non-profit organization committed to transforming emergency medical care in third-world countries. We had him on a few weeks back on the Disaster Podcast to talk about what he’s been doing over these last few years since I last talked with him. We’ll have part two of the interview started in last week’s episode. That is coming up later on in this special extended episode. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Trek Medics International Update TrekMedics.org is a special organization that seeks to improve emergency medical care in third world countries around the world. Featured recently on CNN, many people heard about them here first on the MedicCast when I interviewed founder Jason Friesen a few years ago. Now the programs supported by the organization are even bigger and better because of recent support from folks like Google and other large donors who have awarded grants to Trek Medics so they can continue to grow and develop their work. Check out this update from the Disaster Podcast with me, my cohosts Sam Bradley and Joe Holley and special guest Jason Friesen. Remember, for those of you watching this on the video version. The Disaster Podcast is an audio only show so you’ll just be seeing their logo during this segment. Do not adjust your TV sets. Tip Links –  TrekMedics.org DisasterPodcast.com —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store.

How is a select group of paramedics going the extra mile for EMS in the third world? We have return look at Jason Friesen and the Trek Medics organization this week for you. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 488 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. We have a special crossover episode for you this week from the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com. A few years back I interviewed Jason Friesen, the founder of Trek Medics International, a non-profit organization committed to transforming emergency medical care in third-world countries. We had him on a few weeks back on the Disaster Podcast to talk about what he’s been doing over these last few years since I last talked with him. That is coming up later on in this special extended episode. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Trek Medics International Update TrekMedics.org is a special organization that seeks to improve emergency medical care in third world countries around the world. Featured recently on CNN, many people heard about them here first on the MedicCast when I interviewed founder Jason Friesen a few years ago. Now the programs supported by the organization are even bigger and better because of recent support from folks like Google and other large donors who have awarded grants to Trek Medics so they can continue to grow and develop their work. Check out this update from the Disaster Podcast with me, my co-hosts Sam Bradley and Joe Holley, and special guest Jason Friesen. Remember, for those of you watching this on the video version. The Disaster Podcast is an audio only show so you’ll just be seeing their logo during this segment. Do not adjust your TV sets. Tip Links –  TrekMedics.org DisasterPodcast.com —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the 

How do we manage victims of abuse and advocate for them in front of our peers? We’ll have abuse victim advocate Kim McCaffery on the show to share her thoughts and important lessons we can all share for these at-risk patients. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 487 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this week’s special episode, I have a full episode segment on victim advocacy and human trafficking. Most of us really know very little about how to care for these fragile patients. We might have an idea of how to help with their physical injuries and problems, but what about the emotional scars and psychological problems that hide beneath the surface? That’s what we will delve into this episode so stay tuned. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Domestic Abuse Advocacy with Kim McCaffery My guest today, Kimberly McCaffery, has served as Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator in the non-profit sector since 2011. Prior to accepting this role she held the position of Victim Advocate working with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She has trained members of the U.S. Military, law enforcement agencies, juvenile justice agencies, youth serving organizations and businesses about a variety of topics in victim advocacy. The topics she presents include: Media Literacy & Rape Culture, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Human Sex Trafficking; Violence Prevention, and Victim Advocacy and Volunteer Training, among others. Throughout her career she has chaired county Coalitions for Violence Prevention and has served as a Director on the Board of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, the city’s accredited Child Advocacy Center. Kim is an old friend of mine and reached out to me recently to have her on the show to focus on this important topic. While we will just be scratching the surface, this episode will hopefully give you a starting point from which you can seek out other opportunities to follow up and educate yourself with local resources. Here’s my segment with Kim on abuse victim advocacy and human trafficking. Tip Links –  National Sexual Violence Resource Center NSVRC’s Preventio...

Scene safety is something I talk about all the time here on the MedicCast. What do you do, though, if the scene suddenly turns from safe to dangerous in the blink of an eye? I have a cautionary tale about that topic. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 486 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. In this cautionary tale and segment from EMS Today, I have two San Diego paramedics who share their story of an assault on EMS and the physical, emotional, and psychological wounds they received. We’ll have that coming up after the introduction of this special episode. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Scene Safety Story From the Street This next segment for the week is a story of an assault on a pair of San Diego paramedics while they were caring for a patient on a busy street. Out of the blue, they were assaulted by an individual with a knife. I want to say that I can find nothing wrong with the way these two guys approached their scene, before, during or in the aftermath of the attack. It was a surprise and no one could have predicted it. The lesson here, if you’ll be open to learning it comes in how we support each other through difficult times. How do you handle stress in your job and deal with the things that you encounter on the job. These two exceptional gentlemen learned a lot about themselves in the course of their recovery from the attack. They are still learning about their reactions to the events that day. I want you to pay special attention to this special episode. It’s short, but it is packed full of good information for you and your colleagues. Check it out. —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS....

Dealing with opioid deaths and overdoses requires a lot of specific research and training. We’ll have a special segment on the latest in EMS specific opioid addiction and overdose research with paramedic researcher Scott Sommers. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 485 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has an amazing segment I recorded a while ago but never had the chance to air until now. In light of the information coming out about the death of rock star Prince, I thought it would be a good opportunity to revisit this topic with this specific segment also make sure you buy Melanotan 2 from a trusted source. Scott Sommers, EMS opioid researcher reached out to me to see if I wanted him to come on the show and talk about the information he and his team is finding out. We will have that coming up later on in this episode. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: EMS Opioid Overdose Research EMS researcher and paramedic Scott Sommers emailed me a while back to see if I would like to talk with him about his research into opioid addiction and overdoses from a specifically EMS and emergency perspective. I said sure. He had contacted me in response to several articles I had run in the beginning of the year about public access naloxone programs in various locations like with school nurses. Check out my conversation with Scott and see what is the latest info on overdoses nationwide and how they affect you in your EMS practice as an EMT or paramedic. —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. — The MedicCast is a proud member of the 

Checking what’s going on with the future of EMS technology, plus a look on EMS and social media leadership and what the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation is up to. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 484 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. I chatted there with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about some big news they announced at the event. Plus I have two segments from Carissa O’Brien on two projects she is involved with. Check those out later on in this episode after the introduction. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Paramedic Jobs Overseas First up in the show is a look at an interview I had with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about the news on their acquisition by Stryker and what that means to their brand and products. Check it out. Next up are two back-to-back segments with Carissa O’Brien that look at social media leadership and what systems can do to better utilize their social tools for their community. Then she talks about the initiatives of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and their projects to build awareness about this public health problem. Here are those two segments. —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

What kind of opportunities are available for you overseas? We’ll learn more about where you can find an EMS job outside of the U.S. if you’re looking for a changes of pace. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 483 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. In this single segment episode I chat with the MadDog Medic about his work as a paramedic in the Middle East and what you can learn from him about working abroad and where those opportunities lie. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Paramedic Jobs Overseas The MadDog Medic is a social media fixture for those of us who follow the EMS community online. I always try and connect with him when I get the chance if only just to say hello. This time, I have him on the show to talk with me about what opportunities there are overseas for paramedics and other EMS positions around the world. Check out this segment from the Physio-Control Booth and while you’re at it, drop them a thank you on their Facebook page or twitter feed for having me in to cover the conference. —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Training civilian responders in Jersey City, raising the bar for EMS education in Austria, and we’ll talk about hoarding behaviors and the potential issues for EMS. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 481 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. First we’ll talk with two of the EMS10 innovation awardees about the projects they implemented that won them the awards. Then we talk with the EMS Siren Amy Eisenhauer about her work to show the risks and challenges with managing patients who are hoarders. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: EMS 10 Awardees First up in this week’s segments is a chat with EMS10 Awardee Rob Luckritz about his program to involve civilian first responders to improve EMS response times in parts of Jersey City, New Jersey. Using the initial response of over 100 volunteers, 49 were selected and graduated from the 60 hour training program. Each received a medical bag including oxygen, defibrillator, and tourniquets, as well as their own two-way radio to communicate their response to EMS calls in their vicinity. Here’s that segment with Rob. Next up I talked with Christoph Redelsteiner, a paramedic and professor at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Austria. He is another of the EMS 10 Awardees who was recognized for his efforts to raise paramedic education to the bachelors degree level and beyond in Austria’s EMS education programs. Here’s my chat with Christoph and listen for how he was inspired to go into EMS by a start here in the U.S. Finally, I have Amy Eisenhauer, the EMS Siren who comes by the Physio-Control booth to chat with me about a topic she’s doing a lot of education and presentation on, dealing with patients and families who are hoarders. What unique challenges does this present and what can we do to better manage these patients while maintaining our own safety? We’ll find out in the final segment coming up next. —- Contact the MedicCast If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the 

Developing dedicated EMS research with innovation and a look at the Gathering of Eagles EMS Medical Director’s Conference 2016. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 481 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode we look at two EMS10 innovators from EMS Today 2016 who are educating the future EMS researchers in North Carolina. Then we chat with Rob Lawrence, COO of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, about his impressions of the discussion at the Gathering of Eagles Event this year. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Developing EMS Researchers First up this week is a look at two EMS10 Awardees from North Carolina who are changing the way we educate EMS providers about EMS research. Ginny Renkiewicz and Sara Houston are two paramedics and educators at North Carolina State University and one of them became a Mississauga Chiropractor later on working for Chiropractor Rockville MD one of the most effective relief of spinal nerve compression. Also there´s a chiropractor in Sydney who is considered one of the absolute best, when it comes to a chiropractor out there.  With a Vision for transforming pre-hospital throughout the United States Ginny and Sara have worked tirelessly to instill a passion for research within their students and make North Carolina the leader in delivering high-quality research about prehospital patient care–all written by the providers of pre-hospital patient care. Putting their passion into practice, the two founded the Foundation for Prehospital Medicine Research. Through their foundation, paramedic students from Western Carolina University, NC State University, and Durham Technical Community College are provided the opportunity to annually spend a weekend-long workshop working together side by side with expert researchers and authors where they simultaneously learn about the clinical research process and are given the opportunity to complete team-driven research projects. Check out what Ginny and Sara have to say about their ground-breaking work.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare – the book, EMS on the Hill Day is coming, and find out what you can learn if you attend the EMS Transformation Summit. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com. MedicCast Episode 480 Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. We have three more special segments from EMS Today for you again this week, all recorded in the Physio-Control booth at the conference back in the end of February. First up we talk with EMS10 Awardee and innovator Doug Hooten who literally wrote the book on mobile integrated healthcare. Then in two follow-up segments from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians or the NAEMT. They want to tell you more about two of their upcoming events supporting EMS on a national level. Check them out coming up in just a sec. All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. — EMS Tip of the Week: Mobile Integrated Healthcare – The Book Coming up first this week is a look at EMS 10 Awardee Doug Hooten from Medstar Mobile Healthcare who has literally written the book on Mobile Integrated Healthcare, sometimes called by me and others community paramedicine. It doesn’t matter what you call it, Doug has helped to break down what EMS systems need to do to innovate and integrate their system with the local healthcare systems of care in a way that benefits the patients and all healthcare parties involved. Check out this interview from the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today 2016. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians or NAEMT is your representative in Washington, DC. They are responsible for communicating the needs of EMS to our national leadership in Congress. Every year, the NAEMT hosts EMS on the Hill Day where you are invited in to learn how to talk with your lawmakers about issues important to you and EMS as a whole. Check out this first of two segments where Matt Zavadsky and Rob Luckritz join me. This time we talk about EMS on the Hill. Here it is. Next up is the second of two segments on behalf of the NAEMT to talk about their upcoming EMS Transformation Summit that seeks to educate those in town for EMS on the Hill about what is going on with Mobile Integrated Healthcare.