Confessions of an EMS Newbie
Summary: Confessions of an EMS Newbie is a weekly podcast for beginning EMS providers. As Ron goes through paramedic school he'll sit down and discuss what he's learning with experienced Paramedic and writer Kelly Grayson. Anyone new to being an EMT will enjoy getting the strait scoop and accurate information from someone who has been there over and over. Ron's perspective as knowing next to nothing means we'll keep it understandable and practical.
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(42:15) Ron and Kelly talk about overdoses and antidotes, how to deal with calls that have signs of domestic abuse, and we hear that Ron’s white cloud, may be getting a bit more grey… What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies *What are typical overdoses?* Do you carry any antidotes? Warming activated charcoal? Carry ipecac … Continue reading 70 Toxicology and Abuse →
(24:42) Ron and Kelly talk about the upcoming Texas EMS conference, Syncopal episodes in geriatric patients, the rainbow of newborns and why or why not there can be male L&D nurses. What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies Had a test. Don’t know what I made, but still improving. Special Populations Geriatrics What’s the most … Continue reading 69 NICU and Geriatrics →
(42:07) This week we talk note taking technologies, nephronology, bio-chemistry, greek god’s wooden parts, and army medics. Kelly also points out lucrative markets for lawyers in EMS that might change it for the better. What I Did This Week Ron wwitched note taking and recording technologies. Livescribe to Evernote Medical Emergencies Nephronology 1% per year … Continue reading 68 Kidneys and Geriatrics →
(44:59) Kelly has an abdominal complaint just for the show, so Ron tries not to make him laugh. What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies Gastric emergencies What’s the most common gastronomic complaint you see? Phergan vs Zofran What’s the most common missed gastro complaint? Kidney stones Special Populations Test and scenarios Clinicals Road with … Continue reading 67 Gastro Intestinal Distress →
(29:26) What I Did this week: Medical Emergencies Tests and scenarios Special Populations Dextrose IO? How do you recognize child abuse? Most common household substance for pediatric poisoning? Meningitis exposure. If you treat a patient you get treated? Cushing’s triad metaphor Bandaging the neck by running it under the arm Clinicals None but a volunteer … Continue reading 66 More Pediatrics →
(45:41) Lots of stuff on pediatrics and the body’s defenses. Let’s try a slightly different version of the show notes. Here’s my actual outline from the show. From last week’s episode Laryngospasm Article about post op laryngospasm and management 1. succacoline does stop laryngospasm 2. ultimately they used lidocaine and did a “bilateral superior laryngeal … Continue reading 65 Defenses and Pediatrics →
(49:11) 2 tests two fails. Ron says, “The ICU scares me.” Kelly talks about how is GSW, first ICU patient, and first dead body transport were the same person. In Pediatric IO how do you hold the leg? In Newborn resuscitation, using the ET for suctioning, do you use a new tube each time you … Continue reading 64 Hormones →
(29:02) In Special Episode 7, Ron interviews Jeff Isaac from Wilderness Medical Associates. Ron and Jeff discuss how wilderness doesn’t necessarily mean deep in the back country or in a cave, how the definition has changed over the years, and why WEMT is useful for all EMT and Paramedic practitioners. Jeff is a physician assistant … Continue reading SP 07 Wilderness EMS →
(41:29) We’re talking birthing babies, vomit and poop this week. Ever seen a breech deliver? Heard the term “Macro peds”? The changing rules of suctioning meconium babies. Projectile vomiting and being covered in vomit. Kelly discusses laryngo-spasm. Mentions: Episode 10 – Don’t Know Nothing About Birth’n No Babies Black Box warning from FDA on Terbutaline … Continue reading 63 More Birth’n Babies →
(37:17) The EMS Newbie Podcast live from Las Vegas at the 2011 EMS World expo. Thanks again to ProMed for bringing us to Las Vegas and doing a great job netcasting all the podcasts done from there. Now on to the kilted ones.
(27:11) Ron missed the first week of school because off EMSWorld Expo, so the guys talk about what happen there. Answering questions like, “What’s the most memorable thing that happen to you at the expo?”, “See any cool gadgets at the show?” and “What’s it like to be kilted in Vegas?” Mentions: Ron’s Kilted to … Continue reading 62 EMSWorld Expo Recap →
(25:57) Ron has his cardiology finals. Both the written, which was a third of my grade, and the practical which was 3% and got him his ACLS card. But it was 3% if you don’t pass, you don’t pass the course. Now he’s asking Kelly, is cardiology really that hard? Do you know when you … Continue reading 60 Licensed To Raise The Dead →
(36:47) Ron learned the basics of 12 leads finally. We also talk about equipment failure on scene, and changing stethoscopes. Listener Questions Newbie resource page. 3M Littmann 2632 Master Classic II Stethoscope Listener Questions Gary Stewart posted on Confessions of an EMS Newbie’s Wall. “Just received my card in the mail so now I’m looking … Continue reading 59 12 Leads →
(36:33) This week Ron studied CHF and asks “Why do they call it congestive heart failure?” He also had Exam III cardiology. He and Kelly discuss how traing for a code is different for nurses and paramedics. Last week we talked about how everyone shouldn’t get oxygen and Ron mentioned his medical director sent out … Continue reading 58 CHF →
(25:26) Stroke and Acute Coronary Syndrome were the ACLS topics of the week. Kelly talks about AHA’s sorid past with stroke, and Ron talks about medics that missed his father in law’s stroke. “Everyone gets Oxygen” Really? Kelly doesn’t think so. Nor does the AHA. Hey Nurses, what the mass of a grain? Doesn’t matter, … Continue reading 57 A Cute Syndrome →
