Managing Cardiac Arrest: Insights from CHRISTUS EMS Associates Lessons Learned from Responding to Chest Pain Emergencies

The Human Side of Healthcare: A Story of Saving Lives Behind the Scenes of Emergency Medical Services: A Discussion with the Experts CHRISTUS EMS Associates Share Valuable Insights on Cardiac Arrest Response during this episode. Dr. Brandon Oyler, Michael Williams, Adam Elliott, and Michael McNabb are joining us for this episode.

This episode will focus on toxidromes related to Cholinergic and Anticholinergics. Dr. Brandon Olyer and Paramedic Michael Williams discuss these conditions with a related case study to focus on the pre-hospital management of these patients.

This episode will discuss the wide complex rhythm and the conduction system that affect the heart. Items to include: Clinical Manifestations, Differential diagnosis, three typical patterns, pacemakers, and the management of the Stable or Unstable patient.

Dr. Brandon Oyler, DO Associate Medical Director, and Michael Williams, EMT-P Clinical QA/QI Coordinator, will review and discuss these conditions.

In this episode, we will discuss the details of using the OOH DNR and the CHRISTUS EMS termination of resuscitation. Listen to Dr. Brandon Oyler, Associate Medical Director, and Clinical QA/QI Coordinator Michael Williams, EMT-P, discuss this topic. 

During this month's episode, DR. Oyler will have a guest from the Education Department Paramedic Jason Barnett. We will discuss neonatal resuscitation and the details involved in being prepared for the high-risk low volume scenario. 

This Episode will include a discussion with Michael Williams, EMT-P & Brandon Oyler, DO, over the delivery of a child in the pre-hospital environment. The discussion will consist of questions that will give the pre-hospital healthcare provider the knowledge that the delivery may be complicated or uncomplicated and the steps needed to support a safe delivery. 

During this Episode, DR. Brandon Oyler will discuss the Asthma patient with the use of our Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) along with a case study to support the asthma patient.  

This Episode will focus on continued trauma care and Burn management. Discuss changes in the Advanced Burn Life Support Class with new fluid management based on age and BSA >20% with 2nd and/or third-degree burns. Dr. Brandon Oyler, Assistant Medical Director, will review the up-and-coming changes.  

In this episode, the clinical team will review trauma care based on the CHRISTUS EMS Clinical Practice Guidelines. 

We wanted to talk about traumatic injuries and review the basics of trauma. All of you already know this information, however, I think it is good to review. We will talk about several different traumatic injuries we have seen recently and how to manage them. Over the next few podcasts, I am going to talk more specifically about various traumatic injuries that we have reviewed recently

During this episode, we will discuss the concerns with medication errors and the conditions that increase the occurrences. Dr. Brandon Oyler will provide some statistics based on studies across several countries. Please take a few minutes and listen to this podcast to better your process for medication administration.