Disaster Podcast

We invited psychologist Randy DuPont PhD. on the show this episode to talk about mental health wellness and awareness in the first responder and disaster response community. Randy is a recognized expert in the fields of mental illness, crisis de-escalation systems and public safety personnel wellness programs.

He is a professor and clinical psychologist at the University of Memphis School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, where he was responsible for the Regional Medical Center Psychiatric Emergency Services.

Then we talk with our disaster weather expert Becky DePodwin about recent extreme weather outbreaks in the tropics, especially Hurricane Iota’s impacts on Central America. Our other disaster meteorologist, Kyle Nelson comes on to look at extreme weather across the mountain west and the rest of the country.

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

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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 episode looks at spikes in COVID-19 across the U.S. and its effects on EMS providers, hospital staff, and other medical responders. Dr. Joe Holley shares his expertise and experience in Memphis, Tennessee as the virus spread continues to grow there.

Then we talk with our disaster weather expert Becky DePodwin about recent extreme weather outbreaks including two new hurricanes in the Atlantic and a third forming in the Caribbean. It looks like 2020 will be a record year for extreme weather, too.

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

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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 Tom Bedard joins our regular disaster weather expert Becky DePodwin to talk about their important work with AccuWeather providing weather event planning for large corporations. The discussion looks at the types of weather events in the planning process and how this is still an emerging field.

Kyle Nelson also came on the show to discuss recent disaster weather events and the continued activity in the Tropics. Co-hosts Sam Bradley, and Jamie Davis were there along with Dr. Joe Holley.

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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.

Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show this week to share some insights into the recently released 2020 Emergency Cardiac Care guidelines. He focuses on recent research in cadavers and animal models that show a need for high quality BLS CPR measures in sudden cardiac arrest.

Early manual CPR, heads-up CPR, early use of mechanical CPR, and the use of adjuncts like impedance threshold devices in airway management all become important. The goal is to approach normal perfusion of the brain while resuscitation efforts proceed.

Meteorologists Becky DePodwin and Kyle Nelson also came on the show to discuss recent disaster weather events and the continued activity in the Tropics. Also on the show were 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.

Jonathan Barry from Harbor Wellness comes on the Disaster Podcast to introduce us to their modular shelter systems. One of the major issues with standard disaster shelters is the inability to socially distance evacuees. The Harbor Modular Room system gives responders the opportunity to use existing shelter spaces and effectively separate family groups.

The team had a lot of great questions for Jon, seeing the immediate utility of this system beyond the world of COVID-19. These shelters could be used wherever a modular room system would prove useful: Triage, Private Medical Treatment, Training, etc. View a video of the RDMRS shelters during set-up here.

Meteorologist Becky DePodwin also came on the show to discuss recent disaster weather events and the continued activity in the Tropics. Also on the show were 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.

Daniel Zehner from the DesignSafe Radio podcast joins us on the Disaster Podcast this week. Dan talks with us about the important work of NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure). He highlights the report from a recent StEER report that came out following Hurricane Laura.

The Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance Network puts teams and equipment on the ground prior to disaster events to measure the forces involved in real time and then observes the damage caused after the fact. Dan and the Disaster Podcast team talk about this important data and the information gleaned from it. This information is especially important with Hurricane Delta bearing down on the same stretch of the Gulf Coast struck by Hurricane Laura weeks before.

Dr. Joe Holley and meteorologist Becky DePodwin join the show tonight. Also on the show were co-hosts Sam Bradley, and Jamie Davis.

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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.

With wildfires all up and down the west coast of the United States, clouds of smoke have been detected as far away as New York City. What are the long term effects of wildfire smoke on air quality and the health of residents in communities nearby?

We talk with Dr. Joe Holley about the health effects and what potential protective steps can be taken by individuals in those affected communities. We also talk with our emergency and disaster meteorologist Kyle Nelson about how his area of Colorado are messaging about air quality to residents and tourists who visit.

Also on the show were 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.

Bobbie Merica joins us on the show this week to talk about resilience in the face of disasters, especially for children. Her One Child At A Time coloring book series found at AOIFA.org is an ambitious project that collects valuable resources for children before, during, and following high stress events like weather disasters, active shooter incidents, and similar situations.

“Like a child, it takes a courageous heart to put one foot in front of the other.  Resilience, hope, and preparedness must be fostered if we are to be stronger than our circumstances.” (from the AOIFA.org website)

Her coloring book for kids of all ages is If I Have to Grow, It’s Good to Know is available now on Amazon and via her website. The Disaster Podcast team talks about how valuable these tools would be for any responders who encounter children during their management of disasters.

Bobbie is well known in the first responder community. She is a training and education moulage expert who literally wrote the book on the subject. Check out her moulage training site MoulageConcepts.com.

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

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.

Here’s a midweek tropical storm weather update and review for the Disaster Podcast community. Becky Depodwin, our emergency management and disaster weather expert joins us to look at the myriad of tropical weather events striking the U.S. in recent weeks.

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

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.

The Disaster Podcast team is back with a look at burnout for Wilderness EMS responders this week. James Corbin (@Wilderness_PA on Twitter) joins the discussion along with new guest David Bremson.

The podcast team and our guests discuss the challenges around regular training, loss of desire to continue in the field, and other ways responders become overwhelmed enough to burn out and lose effectiveness.

Also on the show were co-hosts Sam Bradley, and Jamie Davis, along with Dr. Joe Holley, and our disaster weather experts, Kyle Nelson and Becky Depodwin.

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.