Today, we will be answering lots of frequently asked questions about COVID vaccines. Join our UCSF- Fresno physician team to hear a fun, evidence based discussion.

Join us for our 25th episode of the podcast! Today, we will be discussing acute ingestion/poisoning cases and our UCSF Fresno physician team will be joined by senior Paramedic Hal Fielding.  Hear a fast paced, evidence based discussion on current EMS treatment and why charcoal and ipecac are falling out of favor. 

Interested in how cocaine and methamphetamine affect the heart?  Tune in to this podcast to hear a lively discussion about these substances, the short term and long term effects they have on the heart and how stimulants can affect your chest pain patients.  

Please join our Podcast team with special co-host Dr. Kayla Johnson and paramedic Kyle Van Mowrick as we discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of pediatric respiratory distress.  You will hear a great discussion regarding asthma, brochiolitis, croup and foreign body obstruction.  After listening, you will have a deeper understanding of upper and lower airway sounds including stridor and wheezing and how this assessment can impact treatment decisions.

A seizure is a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain. Join is as we discuss the pathophysiology of seizures, how best to treat them, and hear a case from Paramedic Jordan Yost. 

Burnout is real, and affects everyone at some point in their lives. In this episode, we talk to EMT Lashon Newsome about her experience with it and how it led to her career in paramedicine. We discuss burnout in depth, including what leads to it and ways to get yourself out of it with our American Ambulance social worker Ken Katz, In addition, our Human Resources adviser Victoria Pope joins us to explain all the wellness tools American Ambulance has available to its wonderful employees.

Asthma affects many children and adults around the country, and we have an especially high rate of asthma in the California Central Valley. This podcast discusses the pathophysiology of asthma, common triggers, and the mainstays of treatment. Hear Paramedic Jordan Yost’s asthma case and how quick interventions provided great patient care. 

Join us on this podcast as we meet the owner and CEO of American Ambulance.  Mr. Todd Valeri shares his inspirational story of how he got into paramedicine.  He also discusses his vision for the agency and shares with us insight into his involvement in EMS at a regional and statewide level.

Dry drowning, wet drowning, near drowning…What really matters when you find someone who has been drowning? Is it necessary to always protect c-spine if it makes airway management difficult? Listen to the team’s conversation as they highlight the most important aspects of submersion injuries. Our guest this episode is Paramedic Tasha Mulvena. Thank you Tasha, for going above and beyond the call of duty and taking care of patients the way no one else can.