Disaster Podcast

Hurricane Dorian is front and center in this week’s episode of the Disaster Podcast. Our disaster weather experts, Kyle Nelson and Becky DePodwin, both join us to talk about the hurricane’s forecasted path and expected impacts.

We also talk about the National Hurricane Center’s “cone of uncertainty” and how to use it properly when gauging whether a given storm will impact you.

Becky shares her experience touring one of the hurricane hunter aircraft and talks about how it collects data on a storm from the inside to help solidify predictions and models. She also talks about one harrowing journey into the storm during Hurricane Hugo several years ago.

Also on the show this week, in addition to Dr. Joe Holley, are our cohosts, Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley.

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 take a look at ballistic injury patterns in the wake of another spate of mass-shooting incidents. Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show to answer questions about what kinds of injuries are caused by gunshot wounds and how first responders can prepare for a response to gunshot wound incidents.

On the show this week, in addition to Dr. Joe Holley, is our disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson, and our cohosts, Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley.

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.

This week we are joined by Dr Kasia Gerla and Paramedic Kerryn Wratt from the Australiasian Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Society. They were referred to us by Dr. Seth Hawkins of Hawk Ventures who went down under to teach an Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) course.

We talk about many topics and differences in wilderness medical care in Australia and the surrounding region. This includes (no kidding) the best ways to remove a tick based on approved best practices in different regions. This is great stuff and you don’t want to miss this episode.

The textbook that describes the two alternate tick techniques (North American technique versus Australasian technique) is Vertical Aid: pages 180-181

Also on the show this week are Dr. Joe Holley and our disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson along with our cohosts, Jamie Davis and Sam Bradley.

Check last week’s show for part 1 of this episode.

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.

Wilderness search and rescue (SAR) survival scenarios make up the basis of part 2 of this two-part episode. Co-hosts, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, and Sam Bradley bring on Kevin Reiter from the Wilderness Safety Institute to help present the real-life scenarios to the podcast team.

Also on the show this week are Dr. Joe Holley and our disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson. They each pitch in their expertise to the various scenarios alongside the hosts to present their survival and wilderness SAR solutions to each proposed situation.

Check last week’s show for part 1 of this episode.

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.

Wilderness search and rescue (SAR) survival scenarios make up the basis of this two-part episode. Co-hosts, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, and Sam Bradley bring on Kevin Reiter from the Wilderness Safety Institute to help present the real-life scenarios to the podcast team.

Also on the show this week are Dr. Joe Holley and our disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson. They each pitch in their expertise to the various scenarios alongside the hosts to present their survival and wilderness SAR solutions to each proposed situation.

Come back next week for part 2 of this episode.

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.

After the response to Hurricane Barry last week, Dr. Joe Holley is back from his deployment with the federal Incident Support Team (IST). He took some time for a short call with host Jamie Davis to talk about the response and some of the lessons learned. Joe also recounts what he saw first hand in the field that has him hopeful that preparedness lessons a being taken seriously by people in storm-prone areas.

Check out this information-packed but brief episode!

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 talk about disaster response in the past and its impact on preparedness training and drills in part two of this two-part episode featuring two esteemed disaster physicians from Ohio. Drs. Nicholas Kman and Daniel Bachman, both from Ohio State University Medical Center come on the show following a meet up with Dr. Joe Holley at a recent USAR (urban search and rescue) training event.

In this two-part episode we look at both our guests’ response to recent hurricane disasters with their USAR teams and how they applied the lessons learned to training and drills for disasters back in Ohio. They also contributed two great articles for download within our Disaster Podcast Facebook group. You can join the group by searching for it on Facebook or clicking the link below.

Check out this information-packed episode!

On the show this week are 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.

We talk about disaster response in the past and its impact on preparedness training and drills in part one of this two-part episode featuring two esteemed disaster physicians from Ohio. Drs. Nicholas Kman and Daniel Bachman, both from Ohio State University Medical Center come on the show following a meet up with Dr. Joe Holley at a recent USAR (urban search and rescue) training event.

In this two-part episode we look at both our guests’ response to recent hurricane disasters with their USAR teams and how they applied the lessons learned to training and drills for disasters back in Ohio. They also contributed two great articles for download within our Disaster Podcast Facebook group. You can join the group by searching for it on Facebook or clicking the link below.

Check out this information-packed episode!

On the show this week are co-hosts Sam Bradley, Dr. Joe Holley, disaster weather expert, 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.

This week on the show we bring you part two of the two-part episode with Jason Friesen from TrekMedics.org. Trek Medics International is a 501c3-registered nonprofit organization dedicated to improving emergency medical systems in communities without reliable access to emergency care. They make their services available to all communities, regardless of race, religion or creed.

Today, Jason drops by to talk about progress on the implementation of the mobile phone-based dispatch EMS system in Malawi, Africa in tandem with a World Bank highway-building program. He also chats with the gang about the Grants available for thier Beacon app program. It’s a downloadable app for mobile devices to allow civilian response groups to coordinate their efforts and dispatch aid more efficiently during sudden disaster events like hurricanes and earthquakes.

There’s also an opportunity for job openings with this amazing organization. Check out their Trek Medic employment openings here.

Check out this information-packed episode!

On the show this week are co-hosts Sam Bradley, Dr. Joe Holley, disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson, 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.

This week on the show we bring you part one of the two-part episode with Jason Friesen from TrekMedics.org. Trek Medics International is a 501c3-registered nonprofit organization dedicated to improving emergency medical systems in communities without reliable access to emergency care. They make their services available to all communities, regardless of race, religion or creed.

Today, Jason drops by to talk about progress on the implementation of the mobile phone-based dispatch EMS system in Malawi, Africa in tandem with a World Bank highway-building program. He also chats with the gang about the Grants available for thier Beacon app program. It’s a downloadable app for mobile devices to allow civilian response groups to coordinate their efforts and dispatch aid more efficiently during sudden disaster events like hurricanes and earthquakes.

There’s also an opportunity for job openings with this amazing organization. Check out their Trek Medic employment openings here.

Check out this information-packed episode!

On the show this week are co-hosts Sam Bradley, Dr. Joe Holley, disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson, 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.