Disaster Podcast

In the main segment of this episode, we talk about COVID CDC mask guidance updates for vaccinated people. We discuss the ways this might change behaviors and what affects it will have on vaccination rates among the vaccine-hesitant.

At the top of the show, we take a moment to memorialize Thaddeus “Ted” Setla, paramedic, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. Without Ted’s passion for creating content to support first responders at all levels, this podcast would not exist.

Ted is the person who brought Dr. Joe Holley and Jim Logan from Paragon Medical Education Group (our sponsors) together with Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley (the podcast hosts). Over that dinner meeting, the beginnings of the Disaster Podcast were born. Ted recently passed away following a sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 47. He will be sorely missed by this community.

If you knew Ted and would like to share a memory, a Facebook group has been put together, Memories of Thaddeus Setla (Ted Setla).

On the show today were Dr. Joe Holley, Becky DePodwin, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

Frequent guest and friend of the Disaster Podcast, Kevin Reiter, comes on the show to talk about his next adventure. He will be going on the road as a digital nomad. He’ll be journaling his travels at the website – TheBrokenNomad.com.

Kevin and the podcast team discuss what being a digital nomad means and how being on the road all the time affects preparedness for disaster situations. We also discuss how 911 dispatchers will connect and locate people living a mobile life, in many cases “off the grid.”

Also on the show were Kyle Nelson, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

We take a look at the upcoming predictions for the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season this week on the Disaster Podcast. Our meteorologists come on the show to discuss recent severe weather events and then touch on predictions and the methods used to make these long-range forecasts.

The team also discusses the changes coming up with naming conventions for tropical cyclones. The international weather community has decided to drop the use of the Greek alphabet letter names in favor of easier to remember and translate names similar to the primary name list they already use each year.

Also on the show were Dr. Joe Holley, disaster meteorologists Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

This week on the show we look at how new medical technologies might reach into the field including during disaster deployments. Critical care paramedics L.J. Relle and Cecil Fairchild come on the show to talk about how medical devices usually only seen in the hospital setting are moving into the street on EMS units to improve patient diagnostics and care.

Some of the devices discussed are compact IV pumps to improve safe medication delivery, ultrasound for improved diagnostics of a variety of conditions, and more. The two also discuss how the military medics are being trained for more prolonged care in the field during war time when evacuation may not be possible. Check out an article on the military medic training for prolonged care here.

Also on the show were Dr. Joe Holley, disaster meteorologists Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

On this episode we discuss the recent extreme weather and tornado activity occurring across the US South and Southeast. Meteorologists Becky and Dan DePodwin join us to talk about the weather causes leading to these powerful tornadoes and what we can expect in the coming months as the extreme weather continues.

Dr. Joe Holley shares his perspective on how USAR teams respond to severe weather events like these. He talks about equipment and team needs as well as dealing with transportation and preparedness for the group.

Also on the show were co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

In this episode, we bring on three former paramedics who all went on to be come not just physicians, but ER docs and military flight surgeons. Joining the podcast were Drs. Michael E. Wolf, M.D., M.S., Scott Kunkel, DO, NRP, FAAEM, and Dr. and active duty Captain Alan T. Flanigan.

We explore this unique career path on the show and talk about how being a paramedic gives a physician an interesting perspective on patient care, EMS, and medicine as a whole.

Also on the show were Dr. Joe Holley, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

Dan Maguire from CISM Perspectives comes on this week’s Disaster Podcast to talk about the issues faced by responders and healthcare workers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. They face stress from line of duty deaths from the disease as well as the stress injury associated from the extreme measures taken to protect themselves while treating COVID patients.

http://www.cismperspectives.com/index.html

Check out this episode and if you have questions, leave them here or on our new disaster podcast Facebook Group.

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

Dan Zehner from NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) comes on the show to talk about some of the great things accomplished over NHERI’s first five years. We discuss the various NHERI institutions around the country which specialize in specific disaster mitigation and research efforts.

There’s also a great retrospective look at all the things the NHERI teams have accomplished over the last five years. Check out the free book available here for a complete look at the valuable information compiled by these dedicated engineers and disaster researchers.

We also touched on the tenth anniversary of the Fukashima Earthquake and Tsunami and some of the continuing aftermath of that unprecedented disaster. This led to a discussion on similar at-risk areas in the U.S. like the Cascadia Subduction Zone. That also prompted a look at recent mudslides around the world, including one major landslide in India that killed over 200 people.

Also on the show were Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin, Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Group and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Join the Discussion

Join the discussion after the show with co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis, the Podmedic in our Disaster Podcast Facebook Group now!

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

We invited Dr. Samantha Montano, a climate and emergency management expert and author of the book, Disasterology, on the show. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Emergency Management from North Dakota State University. She is currently an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Samantha comes on the Disaster Podcast in response to a request from listener Heather, a high school teacher from Ontario, Canada who wanted to know more about FEMA investment in climate change mitigation. Samantha addresses the challenges for communities at risk to take on mitigation measures and a whole lot more.

Check out Dr. Samantha Montano’s site and upcoming book at Disaster-ology.com. “Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisis—one unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future.”

Also on the show were Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin, Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Group and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Join the Discussion

Join the discussion after the show with co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis, the Podmedic in our Disaster Podcast Facebook Group now!

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.

Meteorologist, Emergency Dispatcher, and Ski Patrol Member, Kyle Nelson, joins us to discuss Avalanches and risk management associated with them. He also touches on his work with the Winter X-Games in Aspen, Colorado this year and how they managed to stage the events amidst the COVID pandemic.

Also on the show were Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Join the Discussion

Join the discussion after the show with co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis, the Podmedic in our Disaster Podcast Facebook Group now!

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.