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Coming up we talk with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Myths. Then we have a chat with Medical Research podcasters Angela and Dustin Ballard. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 498

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode, I have a special news segment with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center. She chats with me about Carbon Monoxide Myths in this segment. Then I have an interview with two new health professional podcasters, nurse Angela Ballard and her husband, ER Doc Dustin. We talk about their podcast, The Medically Clear Podcast, on the latest in health research science.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community. Also brought to you in part by a partnership with the American Heart Association and their excellent CPR resources.

A quick reminder that we’ll be live in the Physio-Control sponsored podcast studio at EMS World Expo in New Orleans coming up in the first week of October. Make sure you stop by the booth and say hi to me, Chris Montera, Sam Bradley and your other favorite EMS podcasters and bloggers. We can’t wait to see you.

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More drugs working their way down to the lay public from the EMS sector, people are looking for ways to pass drug tests they read their guide on this page or another for a solution. What’s to come in the future? If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 497

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this week’s episode I bring you a special segment I recorded with Greg Friese from EMS1.com about public access albuterol inhalers in schools and other locations. What other EMS emergency medications and interventions will move to public access? Greg and I discuss it in this special episode of the MedicCast.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

A quick reminder that we’ll be live in the Physio-Control sponsored podcast studio at EMS World Expo in New Orleans coming up in the first week of October. Make sure you stop by the booth and say hi to me, Chris Montera, Sam Bradley and your other favorite EMS podcasters and bloggers. We can’t wait to see you.

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

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We’re back from our August break with a look at high-flow nasal cannula use in the prehospital setting featuring EMS paramedic and educator Kevin Collopy. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 496

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. We are back after a month-long break for the month of August. I spent much of that month getting three kids back to college in different parts of the country. But we are back this week with a hot new EMS topic for you to talk about. Kevin Collopy is back on the show this week with a look at EMS use of high flow air via nasal cannula. Don’t miss this one, it might not be what you think it is.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

A quick reminder that we’ll be live in the Physio-Control sponsored podcast studio at EMS World Expo in New Orleans coming up in the first week of October. Make sure you stop by the booth and say hi to me, Chris Montera, Sam Bradley and your other favorite EMS podcasters and bloggers. We can’t wait to see you.

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EMS Tip of the Week: High Flow Air Via Nasal Cannula in EMS

Critical care paramedic and educator Kevin Collopy reached out to me recently to see if I had covered anything on the show recently regarding high-flow air via nasal cannulas to treat some respiratory distress patients. I told him no and invited him on the show to talk about this hospital-based treatment that is moving into the EMS and critical care transport space. Check it out.

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

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Loperamide or Imodium toxicity overdoses for EMS providers and a special interview with Scott Cravens about the upcoming EMS World Expo conference. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 495

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In the news item this week, we have a special interview with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center to share her updated information on Loperamide toxicity for EMS providers.

Then in this week’s special tip segment, I have an interview we did in last year’s EMS World Expo podcast studio, sponsored by Physio-Control which features EMS World publisher Scott Cravens on the conference and what to look forward to in this year’s show in New Orleans. That will be coming up after the news item.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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Loperamide is a nonprescription medicine for diarrhea known as Imodium® and also sold as generic products. What you might not know is that it has peripheral opioid receptor activity and is gaining attention as a drug with abuse potential. In therapeutic doses, it’s not expected to cause central nervous system effects because a protein (P-glycoprotein) that pumps drugs out of cells prevents it from crossing the blood-brain barrier. And so, sedation, euphoria, and respiratory depression are not seen in therapeutic doses. Check out this segment with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center as she tells us about this often overlooked drug of abuse.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Scott Cravens on Last Year’s EMS World Expo

EMS World Expo is just around the corner coming up in October and I will be back there in the Physio-Control sponsored podcast studio. We’ll be back in New Orleans with Chris Montera from the EMS Garage, Sam Bradley from the Disaster Podcast and more. Because it’s coming so close, here’s the interview we did last year with Scott Cravens, the Publisher of EMS World magazine and EMSWorld.com. We hope you’ll get excited and come out to New Orleans to join us for the Expo and check out all the great stuff we’ll be showing off there.

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EMS World Expo site

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If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also,

How does wilderness EMS care relate back to urban EMS care? We have part 2 of a special episode of the discussion on the topic crossed over from the Disaster Podcast for you. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 494

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode we have the second part of a special segment on wilderness EMS with a large panel of specialists on the subject. This episode comes to us by way of the Disaster Podcast which will air this double episode on that channel this week. I thought I’d bring it to you here first. So stay tuned to the show this week and next.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Wilderness EMS Applications for All Providers Part 1

This week on the show we have a group of excellent panelists on the subject of wilderness EMS as it relates to what the Urban medic can take from it. We have Kevin Reiter from WildSafety.com, Dr. Seth Hawkins from  Hawk Ventures which supports a wide range of Wilderness EMS programs, including the flagship Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship program. also joining us is Dr. Ben Abo, DO, MPH an ER Doc and Wilderness EMS specialist, and paramedic David Fifer, NRP who is a wilderness search and rescue specialist and founder of the Red River Gorge Search and Rescue team. We also have the regular Disaster podcast hosts and guests paramedic Sam Bradley and USAR doc, Dr. Joe Holley. Here’s part one of that segment. Part one was on last week’s MedicCast. If you are a wilderness EMS provider and would like credit towards a Wilderness Medical Society fellowship, check out this double episode on the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com. Details on how to get the continuing education credit are detailed over there.

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Wilderness Medical Society

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the 

How does wilderness EMS care relate back to urban EMS care? We have a special episode of the MedicCast with a crossover panel discussion on the topic from the Disaster Podcast for you. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Brought to you by the Extreme Medical Services novels. Check out this innovative new supernatural EMS series for some fun reading. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the book for paramedics, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 493

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this episode we have a special segment on wilderness EMS with a large panel of specialists on the subject. This episode comes to us by way of the Disaster Podcast which will air this double episode on that channel in a week. I thought I’d bring it to you here first. So stay tuned to the show this week and next.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Wilderness EMS Applications for All Providers Part 1

This week on the show we have a group of excellent panelists on the subject of wilderness EMS as it relates to what the Urban medic can take from it. We have Kevin Reiter from WildSafety.com, Dr. Seth Hawkins from  Hawk Ventures which supports a wide range of Wilderness EMS programs, including the flagship Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship program. also joining us is Dr. Ben Abo, DO, MPH an ER Doc and Wilderness EMS specialist, and paramedic David Fifer, NRP who is a wilderness search and rescue specialist and founder of the Red River Gorge Search and Rescue team. We also have the regular Disaster podcast hosts and guests paramedic Sam Bradley and USAR doc, Dr. Joe Holley. Here’s part one of that segment. Part two will be on next week’s MedicCast.

Tip Links – 

Wilderness Medical Society

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

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More on critical incident stress and how responders and hospital staff are struggling to recover from the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 492

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week on the show we continue our discussion about the very real trauma suffered by all providers in and out of the hospital when encountering mass casualty incidents and other traumatic events.

This is part two of a two-part episode where I have critical incident stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives on the show to talk about the advice he’s giving to the hospital staff and responders in the Orlando nightclub shooting that happened last week. That is coming up later on in the second part of a two-part episode we started last week here on the MedicCast.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Dan McGuire on Critical Incident Stress and the Orlando Incident

In this upcoming segment with Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives, I continue the discussion started on last week’s show and talk with Dan to get his input on the very real stresses and more being suffered by all the responders and the Orlando Regional Medical Center staff who dealt with the patients and dead, during and after the shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando.

This is a two-part, audio only episode that has Dan sharing the advice he has given the ORMC human resources staff to help them manage the aftermath of the shooting. Check it out and, if you haven’t already listened to it, go back and check out last week’s part 1 of this segment.

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CISM Perspectives site

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

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Critical incidents, provider stress and the Orlando active shooter incident with Critical Incident Stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 491

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week on the show we talk about the very real trauma suffered by all providers in and out of the hospital when encountering mass casualty incidents and other traumatic events. I have critical incident stress expert Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives on the show to talk about the advice he’s giving to the hospital staff and responders in the Orlando nightclub shooting that happened last week. Check out part one of that two-part interview in this special MedicCast episode.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Dan McGuire on Critical Incident Stress and the Orlando Incident

In this upcoming segment with Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives, I talk with Dan to get his input on the very real stresses and more being suffered by all the responders and the Orlando Regional Medical Center staff who dealt with the patients and dead, during and after the shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. This is a two-part, audio only episode that has Dan sharing the advice he has given the ORMC human resources staff to help them manage the aftermath of the shooting. Check it out and stay tuned for part two of this excellent interview next week.

Tip Links – 

CISM Perspectives site

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store. Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

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Synthetic Opioids causing major problems for overdose patient management in the field for EMS providers, then we have an interview with EMS Blogger and Educator Sean Eddy about how EMS providers can learn to live smart. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 490

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. Kicking off the single major news item this week we are joined by our good friend Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center to talk about the impact synthetic opioids are having on overdose injury and death nationwide.

Then in this week’s special tip segment from the EMS Today conference earlier this year, we have Sean Eddy on the show where he talks about EMS provider fiscal responsibility and health. Check it out coming up later in the show.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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News:

It’s not a surprise that we have a heroin epidemic in the United States right now. In 2014, there were 10,574 overdose deaths related to heroin; 26% more than in 2013. What has become apparent is that many of the heroin overdoses and deaths that we are seeing are not just due to heroin. Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are being added to heroin, usually without the buyer’s knowledge. Check out this special interview segment with Lisa Booze, PharmD. from the Maryland Poison Center to talk about this important problem they are seeing coming through their phone lines recently.

Maryland Poison Center Site

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EMS Tip of the Week: EMS Provider Well-Being

This week on the tip of the week, I have a final segment from the EMS Today conference in the Physio-Control booth where I interviewed EMS blogger and educator Sean Eddy about his initiatives to help EMS providers to live smarter with both better health and better finances. Check out this great segment with Sean.

Tip Links – 

Sean Eddy’s MedicMadness.com site

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store.

Going the extra mile and creating a non-profit EMS organization with worldwide reach. We have it with part 2 of our interview with Jason Friesen from Trek Medics International. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.

The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at Gebauer.com/podcast. And also brought to you by Med Math Simplified. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on Amazon.com.

MedicCast Episode 489

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. We have part 2 of a special crossover episode for you this week from the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com.

A year ago I interviewed Jason Friesen, the founder of Trek Medics International, a non-profit organization committed to transforming emergency medical care in third-world countries. We had him on a few weeks back on the Disaster Podcast to talk about what he’s been doing over these last few years since I last talked with him. We’ll have part two of the interview started in last week’s episode. That is coming up later on in this special extended episode.

All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the Physio-Control corporation. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.

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EMS Tip of the Week: Trek Medics International Update

TrekMedics.org is a special organization that seeks to improve emergency medical care in third world countries around the world. Featured recently on CNN, many people heard about them here first on the MedicCast when I interviewed founder Jason Friesen a few years ago.

Now the programs supported by the organization are even bigger and better because of recent support from folks like Google and other large donors who have awarded grants to Trek Medics so they can continue to grow and develop their work. Check out this update from the Disaster Podcast with me, my cohosts Sam Bradley and Joe Holley and special guest Jason Friesen. Remember, for those of you watching this on the video version. The Disaster Podcast is an audio only show so you’ll just be seeing their logo during this segment. Do not adjust your TV sets.

Tip Links – 

TrekMedics.org

DisasterPodcast.com

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Contact the MedicCast

If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at [email protected]. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store.