MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students

Creating systems for communicating better with the hospital and a new take on the powered stair chair. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 464 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 episode we have two more segments from the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS World Expo in Las Vegas this year. We have two of our product innovator picks for the conference this week. First up is the new Pulsara app that is revolutionizing how EMS providers and hospitals communicate for time-sensitive patients and problems. Then in the second segment is a look at the new stair chair attachment that takes any conventional stair chair and turns it into a powered climbing and lowering stair chair at Quantum EMS. We’ll find out about both picks later in the show. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —–

Getting an inside look at the workings of EMS World Expo with EMS World publisher Scott Cravens in this special episode interview. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 463 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 episode recorded in the Physio-Control podcast studio at the EMS World Expo conference in Las Vegas back in September, I sat down with fellow podcasters Chris Montera from the EMS Garage podcast, and Sam Bradley from the Disaster Podcast to talk with conference organizer Scott Cravens. We talked about the increased attendance for the conference and what we could look forward to next year in New Orleans, 2016. What can you do to be prepared for this conference next year? We’ll find out later in the show after the news. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —– This MedicCast Sponsored by

What is going on at the powerhouse EMS Website over at EMS1.com? We check in with their editor-in-chief, and our good friend, Greg Friese, to find out what is new and notable in 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 462 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 EMS segment from the Physio-Control Podcast Studio at EMS World Expo in Las Vegas, we have EMS1.com Editor-In-Chief Greg Friese on the show to talk with me about trends he’s seeing in the EMS sector and to find out what is new and notable over at the EMS1.com site. There are a ton of excellent articles, commentary, columns and educational resources over there. I urge you to check this segment out and we’ll find out later in the show. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —– This MedicCast Sponsored by Mangar International at MangarUSA.com and by

What does it take to make the top EMS patient care products on the market and how do you continue to innovate? Looking at how two companies innovate and improve their products to help us all improve and innovate EMS patient care. We’ll find out about that and more in 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 461 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. On this week’s episode, in the first of two segments, we have a special interview with Mitch Smith from Physio-Control. Mitch is the manager of the ALS and BLS business areas for the company which includes the heart monitors many of us use in the back of our ambulances. I asked Mitch about how they continue to innovate in their product features to help us with our patient care. Then in the second segment, I interview Keith Ishida from BEARiatrics.com about his continued innovation in the bariatric transport devices that he made famous a few years ago. How do these two companies continue to innovate in their products and EMS patient care in an ongoing basis? We’ll find out later in the show after the news. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Tumblr, and more. All of these social media sites are used by people every day but what if you’re any EMS provider. Are there things you need to do or think of when you use these channels? If that’s what you’re thinking about, 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 460 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 segment from EMS World Expo back in September. I’m joined by Digital Media and Healthcare consultant Carissa Caramanis O’Brien and Ray Barishansky, the EMS Director for the State of Connecticut to talk about EMS social media and being a good digital citizen online. As more and more people use social media to communicate every day, what does it mean to be a good digital citizen as and EMS professional and what can agencies and organizations do to foster responsible use by their employees or volunteers? We’ll find out later in the show after the news. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —–

How comfortable are you with new technologies that show up in the back of your ambulance? We’ll be talking about that with EMS educator and expert Kevin Collopy as we discuss EMS and medical technology. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 459 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 another special segment for you from the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS World Expo again this week. Before the conference kicked off, EMS leader and educator Kevin Collopy reached out to me to see if I wanted to do a segment on EMS and new medical technology. I told him “Sure” and he came by to chat with me on the show there. We talked about how EMS providers need to be open to new trends and technology in the back of our ambulances. So stay tuned to get some tips on staying current and comfortable with new technology in the field. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

An innovative fitness app for all emergency responders from the fit responder Bryan Fass and a look at a better way to clean and sterilize our ambulances with Jason Thompson. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 458 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’ve got a great show for you coming up this week with a look at more from our Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS World Expo last month in Las Vegas. First I have a look at a novel app for every EMS provider out there that will help you get more physically fit. It’s the Fit Responder App from Bryan Fass. Then, I have Jason Thompson from Emergency Products and Research on their novel new ambulance sterilizing mist system that could make your units cleaner than they’ve been in a long time. That’s all coming up in just a bit. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Are you ready for the ECC Update that came out last Thursday? I have a special interview segment with one of the American Heart Association physician authors of the 2015 ECC update to talk about the changes for emergency cardiac care. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 457 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 tip segment interview, I chat with Dr. Robert Neumar, one of the authors of the newly released ECC Cardiovascular Care updates from the American Heart Association. What are the key changes in this latest update and how can the recommendations affect you and your patients? We’ll find out about that and more in just a sec. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —– This MedicCast Sponsored by Mangar International at MangarUSA.com and by

Innovation in patient care from airway management with the McGrath MAC EMT Video Laryngoscope to the continued commitment from our sponsor Physio-Control. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 456 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’ve got a special episode with some amazing interviews on patient care innovation and EMS tools of the trade in the show this week. First I have an interview with Cam Pollock, Chief Marketing Officer from Physio-Control on their latest news and industry trends in EMS. Then, in the second segment I have Andrew Carmichael from Aircraft Medical about the McGRATH® MAC EMS Video Laryngoscope. That is all coming up later on in this episode. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —– This MedicCast Sponsored by Mangar International at MangarUSA.com and by

What is the latest in CPR research saying to the EMS professionals who attended EMS World Expo last month in Las Vegas. I have Dr. Joe Holley in for this Disaster Podcast episode crossover to talk about what went on at the event. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 455 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 episode of the MedicCast I have a special segment recorded last week at the EMS World Expo 2015 conference in Las Vegas where got together with my Disaster Podcast co-host Sam Bradley and regular guest Dr. Joe Holley to talk about what is happening at EMS World Expo regarding the techniques that improve CPR and ventilation quality for resuscitation success. Joe is one of the principal educators for Paragon Medical Education Group and they were on site with specially prepared cadavers to show the positive ways EMS providers can influence CPR. If you missed it at the Expo or didn’t attend we’ll find out more about that coming up in this special episode. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

How do healthcare professionals including EMTs and paramedics handle families of patients who are dead or dying? We have a special segment on that topic from EMS World Expo’s Physio-Control Podcast Studio. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 454 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 episode of the MedicCast I have a special segment recorded last week at the EMS World Expo 2015 conference in Las Vegas where I invited paramedic and fire captain Tom Bouthillet and paramedic educator Amy Eisenhower on the show in the podcast studio to talk about death and dying in the EMS environment. This is all based on an article I looked at on the show recently this summer looking at how a doctor expressed difficulty being honest with cancer patients about their true terminal outlook. If doctors are having trouble with this, what does that say for the paramedics and EMTs out there having to notify families and patients of bad news all the time. We’ll find out soon coming up in this episode. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

What is expected at this year’s EMS World Expo? The hosts of the Podcast Studio programs MedicCast, EMS Garage, and the Disaster Podcast sit down to chat about that and their programming during the Expo in the Exhibit Hall. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 453 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 kick off the EMS World Expo podcasts with a look at what the podcasters expect from this year’s amazing EMS event in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are in the Physio-Control podcast studio with EMS Garage host Chris Montera and the Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley. The three of us discuss the upcoming podcast studio schedule, our episodes and guests and more. We’ll get into that special review segment in just a sec. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App —– This MedicCast Sponsored by Metro Atlanta EMS Conference – find out more about this amazing event at MAEMSC.org!

How can you protect yourself from a career-ending back or lifting injury? If you’re a manager what can you do to prevent millions of dollars in workman’s comp claims? We’ll talk about that on this week’s very special episode of the MedicCast. The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. This episode is sponsored in part by MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 452 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 revisit a special segment on back and lifting injuries from last year’s EMS World Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. We were in the Physio-Control podcast studio talking with Rob Lawrence from the Richmond Ambulance Authority and his organization’s risk management and safety officer Bryan McRay to talk about how they use tools like those from Mangar to help them protect both the providers and the patients when lifting and moving them. Also joining us is EMS fitness expert Bryan Fass, the Fit Responder who trains and educates agencies nationwide about safe lifting and fitness among EMS crews. We’ll get into that special review segment in just a sec. Find out more about safe lifting tools for EMS providers that are portable and easy to use at MangarUSA.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. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS. —– Contact the MedicCast Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. —- Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Community paramedic clinics, controlling a nation’s hypertension, understanding pediatric strokes and we’ll have our good friend Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center on some new dangers related to individually compounded pain cremes. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 451 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 EMS news items we’ll look at a nationwide initiative to better control hypertension from the CDC. Then in this week’s special tip segment, Pharmacist Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center joins us to talk about a new issue being seen in poison centers nationwide. Specialist compounding pharmacies create specially blended pain management cremes for topical application with little oversight. What happens if these cremes get in the hands of children or people for whom they weren’t intended and what can you do about it? We’ll find out later in the show after the news. 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. —————————- EMS News Community Paramedic Clinic Opens In Wisconsin CDC Seeks To Better Control America’s Hypertension Problems Understanding the Risks of Pediatric Strokes —- Tip of the Week: Lisa Booze on Compounded Prescription Pain Cremes Over the past couple of years, poison centers have been receiving calls about children and adults who have ingested or been exposed dermally to compounded pain creams and ointments. These prescription compounded pain creme topical products are prepared for specific patients who have chronic pain as an alternative to opioids and other oral analgesics. Pharmacist Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center joins us again to talk about the dangers of these topical compounded prescription pain cremes on this segment of the MedicCast. As more of these products are showing up in homes, you might run into a poisoning related to them. What should you do?

EMS synthetic drug risks, getting more mental health training, EMS summer camp for kids, and we’ll talk with EMS Blogger and financial advocate Sean Eddy about EMS lifestyle and financial choices. 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 MangarUSA.com EMS Lift Assist Devices and 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 450 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 EMS news items we’ll look at an alarming story out of New York about risks to paramedics and EMTs from synthetic drugs like synthetic marijuana and others. What can you do to protect yourself? Then, in this week’s special tip and interview segment I have a special interview with EMS blogger, paramedic Sean Eddy who often writes some controversial articles. Recently he wrote about what type of salary EMS providers really deserve in his continuing series on responsible financial lifestyles. Do you think he’s on target with his opinion or way off the mark? We’ll find out later in the show after the news. 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. —————————- EMS News Risks to EMS Providers From Synthetic Drugs Mental Health Training for NC Paramedics Summer Camp For Kids’ and EMS Education —- Tip of the Week: The Salary EMS Providers Really Deserve Sean Eddy is a prominent EMS blogger, paramedic, and pundit. He recently wrote an article in his series on financial responsibility and lifestyle choices on what kind of salary EMS providers really deserve. The response was wide, varied and passionate. I brought Sean on the show to talk about his views on the whole issue of pay and EMS salaries. We talk about realistic expectations and lifestyle decisions made at all steps of an EMS provider’s life. Check out the segment with Sean coming up next. Links: