EMS 12 Lead

EMS 12-Lead Podcast – Episode 11 – Are We Harming Patients With Oxygen? In this episode of the EMS 12-Lead podcast we’re joined by Kelly Arashin, ACNP, CCNS and Mike McEvoy, PhD, RN, CCRN, REMT-P at EMS Today 2013 in Washington D.C. We discuss the benefits and dangers of oxygen administration. Kelly is a dual […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #10 – Brooks Walsh, M.D. from the Mill Hill Ave Command blog  In this episode of the EMS 12-Lead podcast we're joined by Brooks Walsh, M.D., Emergency Physician and Editor of Mill Hill Ave Command and Doc Cottle's Desk. We discuss paramedic education, ECGs, blogging, science fiction doctors, "treating the patient […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #9 – Thomas Concannon, ph.D. talks about the regionalization of STEMI care and the proliferation of PCI hospitals in the United States In this episode of the EMS 12-Lead podcast we're joined by Thomas Concannon, ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine. […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #8 – Jim Broselow, M.D.  In this episode of the EMS 12-Lead podcast we're joined by Jim Broselow, M.D., inventor of the Broselow Tape for pediatric resuscitation. We discuss the Broselow Tape as well as eBroselow.com, the Artemis Pediatric System and the SafeDose app. If you've been in EMS for […]

  EMS 12-Lead Podcast – Episode #7 – PulsePoint In this episode of the EMS 12-Lead podcast we're joined by Richard Price of the PulsePoint Foundation. If you're not familiar with PulsePoint it used to be referred to as the San Ramon Valley Fire Department app. Richard Price PulsePoint Foundation Fire Chief, San Ramon Valley […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #6 – Code STEMI Web Series (Special Episode) As you probably already know if you've been following EMS 12-Lead or First Responders Network on Twitter or Facebook, we're working on a new web series called Code STEMI. We just got back from AHA Scientific Sessions 2011 in Orlando which was […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #5 – Product Review from EMS World Expo 2011 (Part 2) In this episode Tom Bouthillet, David Baumrind, Executive Producer Jamie Davis (MedicCast and ProMed Network) and Rob Theriault (Paramedic Tutor and EMS EduCast) discuss 12-lead ECG interpretation, regional systems of care for acute STEMI, and quality and process improvement […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #4 – Product Review from EMS World Expo 2011 (Part 1) In this episode Tom Bouthillet and David Baumrind are joined by Executive Producer Jamie Davis (MedicCast and ProMed Network) and Rob Theriault (Paramedic Tutor and EMS EduCast). We discuss the ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG by Physio-Control , the RescueNet 12-Lead […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #3 – Syncope and Sudden Death in Student Athletes Part 3 – AEDs and Emergency Response Plans in Schools In this episode Tom Bouthillet, David Baumrind and Christopher Watford and joined by Monica Kleinman, M.D. the Chair of the AHA's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee. Monica Kleinman, M.D. Chair of the […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast – Episode #2 – Syncope and sudden death in student athletes Part 2 In this episode Tom Bouthillet and David Baumrind are joined by Trudie Lobban of STARS (Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures) — a not-for-profit organization that works together with individuals, families and medical professionals to offer support and information […]

EMS 12-Lead podcast - Episode #1 - Syncope and sudden death in student athletes. Tom Bouthillet, David Baumrind and Christopher Watford are joined by Dr. John Mandrola from the Dr. John M blog. We discuss sudden death in student athletes, the controversy surounding the prescreening of student athletes, the need for AEDs in the schools, abnormal ECG findings that indicate higher risk, and the EMS evaluation of syncope patients in general. Related content from EMS 12 Lead: 13 year old female CC: Syncope 17 year old male CC: Syncope 37 year old male CC: Unconscious (syncope in an endurance athlete) From the Pedi-U podcast: Done Fell Out! Pediatric Syncope From the Dr. John M blog: CW: The ECG of the athlete What is a normal heart rate? Screening seemingly healthy young athletes? The feasibility of routine ECG screening of athletes? The mysterious athletic heart Related media See also: The Ongoing Controversy Over Screening Young Athletes With ECG - The Wall Street Journal Health Blog Experts create "cook book" for interpreting young athletes' ECGs - heartwire Doctors frequently make mistakes when interpreting young athletes' ECGs - heartwire Accuracy of interpretation of preparticipation screening electrocardiograms. J Pediatr 2011 Jul 9 Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram of Young Athletes. Circulation. 2011;124:746-757 (subscription) How Important Is the Electrocardiogram in Protecting and Guiding the Athlete? Circulation. 2011;124:669-671 (subscription)

Here's a recap of some of the great podcasts from EMS Today 2011 that specifically addressed sudden cardiac arrest. In Part I of this podcast, EMS Garage host and "EMS 10" awardee Chris Montera chats with Ben Bobrow, M.D., James Jollis, M.D. and Graham Nichol, M.D. of the Heart Rescue Project. This program looks at the variability of survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest around the country and shares best practices. In Part II (starting at about the 14:50 mark), the "podmedic" Jamie Davis, Tom Bouthillet, Dana Yost and Tim Noonan discuss process improvement for sudden cardiac arrest. Dana Yost is with Redmond Fire Department (King County Medic One) and shares some insights into their awesome survival rates. In this segment, Carissa O'Brien conducts a separate interview with Graham Nichol, M.D. of the HeartRescue Project. In this podcast Tom Bouthillet, Tim Noonan, Dave Hiltz and Lynn White discuss HEARTsafe Communities, the HeartRescue Project and process improvement for cardiac arrest. Dave Hiltz was named one of the "EMS 10" (Top 10 Innovators in EMS) at EMS Today 2011 and Lynn White literally wrote the book for the HeartRescue Project. You can find the HEARTsafe Community Facebook page HERE and you can learn more about the HeartRescue Project HERE.

In this special episode of the EMS Research podcast Tom Bouthillet and Tim Noonan (RogueMedic) interview Dave Hiltz (Heart Safe Community) and Lynn White (Heart Rescue Project) about best practices to optimize survival from sudden cardiac arrest. Download the full episode at the ProMed Network here.

Innovations in Patient Care podcast sponsored by Physio-Control. Jamie Davis, Peter Canning, and Tom Bouthillet discuss waveform capnography. Part I Part II Subscribe to the Innovations in Patient Care podcast on iTunes here.

Keith Lurie, M.D. Co-Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Central Minnesota Heart Center, St. Cloud, MN Staff Cardiologist, St. Cloud Hospital Professor of Internal and Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Chief Medical Officer, Advanced Circulatory Systems Dr. Lurie – thank you for this opportunity to discuss impedance threshold device technology and the ROC PRIMED study. I see that you attended Stanford School of Medicine. Where did you complete your undergraduate degree? Yale University Did you enjoy medical school? Very much so. I could not afford to go without working and I worked 20 hours/week in a lab to pay my way. I was exposed to some fantastic teachers and became a researcher in the process. Why did you choose Cardiology? I worked in med school in a lab that did heart transplant research. I became interested in the biochemistry and pharmacology of the heart, did lots of heart transplants in animals, and became fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the cardiovascular system. I also like to do procedures so it was a natural. You did your residency at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship at the University of California – San Francisco. Could you briefly explain to my readers the difference between a residency and a fellowship? During residency you learn how to become a doctor and during a fellowship you narrow down to a specialty or subspecialty area. So during residency I became an internal medicine doctor (instead of, for example, a surgeon). During my fellowship I became a cardiologist and then later a cardiac electrophysiologist. How did you end up at the University of Minnesota? I wanted to stay in academic medicine, the U of Minnesota had an excellent program, and my sister and brother-in-law both were academic docs at the U of Minnesota. My wife and I loved San Francisco but it was a difficult place to raise a family and have an academic career. We have been very happy in Minnesota. You’re also an inventor, the holder of several patents, and the founder of a company. Did you always see yourself as an inventor and an entrepreneur? In college I never thought about becoming an inventor and I never wanted to become a businessman. I studied architecture and discovered I had some creativity but decided to go to medical school as I also loved biology. In 1990 I reported in JAMA on the use of a toilet plunger by family members who performed CPR on their dad with a household plunger (CPR: the P Stands for Plumbers Helper). A colleague told me I should patent the idea. I told him I knew nothing about patents but if he wanted to enlighten me I was game. Twenty years later I know a lot more about this process. I started Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc in 1997 against my better judgment as I really did not want to become a businessman. However, while studying the plunger idea we discovered the idea of an impedance threshold device (ITD) and no other medical device company was interested in the ITD concept we discovered at the U of Minnesota. Every time we tested the ITD in pigs during CPR is was pretty amazing. Blood flow to the heart and brain was 4x higher with the ITD and active compression decompression (ACD) CPR (plunger CPR) compared with manual standard CPR and 2x higher with the ITD and standard CPR vs standard CPR alone. Ultimately I realized I could write lots of papers but not necessarily impact patient care through research. Alternatively I could potentially start a company to get this technology out into clinical use and maybe help make a bigger difference. It has been a long journey, with some very high points and a few low points. One very high point was when the plunger device, (the CardioPump) and the ITD were used together on our 2007 U of Minnesota cardiac electrophysiology fellow after he had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while jogging in Minneapolis 1 month after he finished his EP training. He survived,