MedicCast EMS Studio Video

How is a select group of paramedics going the extra mile for EMS in the third world? We have return look at Jason Friesen and the Trek Medics organization this week 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.

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 488

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 a special crossover episode for you this week from the Disaster Podcast at DisasterPodcast.com.

A few years back 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. 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.

—

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 co-hosts 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

—-

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 

How do we manage victims of abuse and advocate for them in front of our peers? We’ll have abuse victim advocate Kim McCaffery on the show to share her thoughts and important lessons we can all share for these at-risk patients. 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 487

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 special episode, I have a full episode segment on victim advocacy and human trafficking. Most of us really know very little about how to care for these fragile patients. We might have an idea of how to help with their physical injuries and problems, but what about the emotional scars and psychological problems that hide beneath the surface? That’s what we will delve into this episode so stay tuned.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Domestic Abuse Advocacy with Kim McCaffery

My guest today, Kimberly McCaffery, has served as Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator in the non-profit sector since 2011. Prior to accepting this role she held the position of Victim Advocate working with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She has trained members of the U.S. Military, law enforcement agencies, juvenile justice agencies, youth serving organizations and businesses about a variety of topics in victim advocacy.

The topics she presents include: Media Literacy & Rape Culture, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Human Sex Trafficking; Violence Prevention, and Victim Advocacy and Volunteer Training, among others. Throughout her career she has chaired county Coalitions for Violence Prevention and has served as a Director on the Board of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, the city’s accredited Child Advocacy Center.

Kim is an old friend of mine and reached out to me recently to have her on the show to focus on this important topic. While we will just be scratching the surface, this episode will hopefully give you a starting point from which you can seek out other opportunities to follow up and educate yourself with local resources. Here’s my segment with Kim on abuse victim advocacy and human trafficking.

Tip Links – 

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

NSVRC’s Preventio...

Scene safety is something I talk about all the time here on the MedicCast. What do you do, though, if the scene suddenly turns from safe to dangerous in the blink of an eye? I have a cautionary tale about that topic. 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 486

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’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. In this cautionary tale and segment from EMS Today, I have two San Diego paramedics who share their story of an assault on EMS and the physical, emotional, and psychological wounds they received. We’ll have that coming up after the introduction of this special 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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Scene Safety Story From the Street

This next segment for the week is a story of an assault on a pair of San Diego paramedics while they were caring for a patient on a busy street. Out of the blue, they were assaulted by an individual with a knife. I want to say that I can find nothing wrong with the way these two guys approached their scene, before, during or in the aftermath of the attack. It was a surprise and no one could have predicted it.

The lesson here, if you’ll be open to learning it comes in how we support each other through difficult times. How do you handle stress in your job and deal with the things that you encounter on the job. These two exceptional gentlemen learned a lot about themselves in the course of their recovery from the attack. They are still learning about their reactions to the events that day. I want you to pay special attention to this special episode. It’s short, but it is packed full of good information for you and your colleagues. Check it out.

—-

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....

Dealing with opioid deaths and overdoses requires a lot of specific research and training. We’ll have a special segment on the latest in EMS specific opioid addiction and overdose research with paramedic researcher Scott Sommers. 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 485

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’s show has an amazing segment I recorded a while ago but never had the chance to air until now. In light of the information coming out about the death of rock star Prince, I thought it would be a good opportunity to revisit this topic with this specific segment also make sure you buy Melanotan 2 from a trusted source. Scott Sommers, EMS opioid researcher reached out to me to see if I wanted him to come on the show and talk about the information he and his team is finding out. We will have that coming up later on in this 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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: EMS Opioid Overdose Research

EMS researcher and paramedic Scott Sommers emailed me a while back to see if I would like to talk with him about his research into opioid addiction and overdoses from a specifically EMS and emergency perspective. I said sure. He had contacted me in response to several articles I had run in the beginning of the year about public access naloxone programs in various locations like with school nurses. Check out my conversation with Scott and see what is the latest info on overdoses nationwide and how they affect you in your EMS practice as an EMT or paramedic.

—-

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.

—

The MedicCast is a proud member of the 

Checking what’s going on with the future of EMS technology, plus a look on EMS and social media leadership and what the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation is up to. 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 484

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’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. I chatted there with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about some big news they announced at the event. Plus I have two segments from Carissa O’Brien on two projects she is involved with. Check those out later on in this episode after the introduction.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Paramedic Jobs Overseas

First up in the show is a look at an interview I had with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about the news on their acquisition by Stryker and what that means to their brand and products. Check it out.

Next up are two back-to-back segments with Carissa O’Brien that look at social media leadership and what systems can do to better utilize their social tools for their community. Then she talks about the initiatives of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and their projects to build awareness about this public health problem. Here are those two segments.

—-

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.

—

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

—-

Get the Official MedicCast Free App

What kind of opportunities are available for you overseas? We’ll learn more about where you can find an EMS job outside of the U.S. if you’re looking for a changes of pace. 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 483

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’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. In this single segment episode I chat with the MadDog Medic about his work as a paramedic in the Middle East and what you can learn from him about working abroad and where those opportunities lie.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Paramedic Jobs Overseas

The MadDog Medic is a social media fixture for those of us who follow the EMS community online. I always try and connect with him when I get the chance if only just to say hello. This time, I have him on the show to talk with me about what opportunities there are overseas for paramedics and other EMS positions around the world. Check out this segment from the Physio-Control Booth and while you’re at it, drop them a thank you on their Facebook page or twitter feed for having me in to cover the conference.

—-

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.

—

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

—-

Get the Official MedicCast Free App

Training civilian responders in Jersey City, raising the bar for EMS education in Austria, and we’ll talk about hoarding behaviors and the potential issues for EMS. 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 481

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’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth.

First we’ll talk with two of the EMS10 innovation awardees about the projects they implemented that won them the awards. Then we talk with the EMS Siren Amy Eisenhauer about her work to show the risks and challenges with managing patients who are hoarders.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: EMS 10 Awardees

First up in this week’s segments is a chat with EMS10 Awardee Rob Luckritz about his program to involve civilian first responders to improve EMS response times in parts of Jersey City, New Jersey. Using the initial response of over 100 volunteers, 49 were selected and graduated from the 60 hour training program. Each received a medical bag including oxygen, defibrillator, and tourniquets, as well as their own two-way radio to communicate their response to EMS calls in their vicinity. Here’s that segment with Rob.

Next up I talked with Christoph Redelsteiner, a paramedic and professor at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Austria. He is another of the EMS 10 Awardees who was recognized for his efforts to raise paramedic education to the bachelors degree level and beyond in Austria’s EMS education programs. Here’s my chat with Christoph and listen for how he was inspired to go into EMS by a start here in the U.S.

Finally, I have Amy Eisenhauer, the EMS Siren who comes by the Physio-Control booth to chat with me about a topic she’s doing a lot of education and presentation on, dealing with patients and families who are hoarders. What unique challenges does this present and what can we do to better manage these patients while maintaining our own safety? We’ll find out in the final segment coming up next.

—-

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 

Developing dedicated EMS research with innovation and a look at the Gathering of Eagles EMS Medical Director’s Conference 2016. 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 481

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 look at two EMS10 innovators from EMS Today 2016 who are educating the future EMS researchers in North Carolina. Then we chat with Rob Lawrence, COO of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, about his impressions of the discussion at the Gathering of Eagles Event this year.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Developing EMS Researchers

First up this week is a look at two EMS10 Awardees from North Carolina who are changing the way we educate EMS providers about EMS research. Ginny Renkiewicz and Sara Houston are two paramedics and educators at North Carolina State University and one of them became a Mississauga Chiropractor later on working for Chiropractor Rockville MD one of the most effective relief of spinal nerve compression. Also there´s a chiropractor in Sydney who is considered one of the absolute best, when it comes to a chiropractor out there.  With a Vision for transforming pre-hospital throughout the United States Ginny and Sara have worked tirelessly to instill a passion for research within their students and make North Carolina the leader in delivering high-quality research about prehospital patient care–all written by the providers of pre-hospital patient care.

Putting their passion into practice, the two founded the Foundation for Prehospital Medicine Research. Through their foundation, paramedic students from Western Carolina University, NC State University, and Durham Technical Community College are provided the opportunity to annually spend a weekend-long workshop working together side by side with expert researchers and authors where they simultaneously learn about the clinical research process and are given the opportunity to complete team-driven research projects. Check out what Ginny and Sara have to say about their ground-breaking work.

Mobile Integrated Healthcare – the book, EMS on the Hill Day is coming, and find out what you can learn if you attend the EMS Transformation Summit. 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 480

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 three more special segments from EMS Today for you again this week, all recorded in the Physio-Control booth at the conference back in the end of February.

First up we talk with EMS10 Awardee and innovator Doug Hooten who literally wrote the book on mobile integrated healthcare. Then in two follow-up segments from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians or the NAEMT. They want to tell you more about two of their upcoming events supporting EMS on a national level. Check them out coming up in just a sec.

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.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Mobile Integrated Healthcare – The Book

Coming up first this week is a look at EMS 10 Awardee Doug Hooten from Medstar Mobile Healthcare who has literally written the book on Mobile Integrated Healthcare, sometimes called by me and others community paramedicine. It doesn’t matter what you call it, Doug has helped to break down what EMS systems need to do to innovate and integrate their system with the local healthcare systems of care in a way that benefits the patients and all healthcare parties involved. Check out this interview from the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today 2016.

The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians or NAEMT is your representative in Washington, DC. They are responsible for communicating the needs of EMS to our national leadership in Congress. Every year, the NAEMT hosts EMS on the Hill Day where you are invited in to learn how to talk with your lawmakers about issues important to you and EMS as a whole. Check out this first of two segments where Matt Zavadsky and Rob Luckritz join me. This time we talk about EMS on the Hill. Here it is.

Next up is the second of two segments on behalf of the NAEMT to talk about their upcoming EMS Transformation Summit that seeks to educate those in town for EMS on the Hill about what is going on with Mobile Integrated Healthcare.

Solar ambulances saving money, telemedicine video conferencing reducing EMS call volumes, and what would you do if you were preparing a team for the annual JEMS Games at EMS Today? 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 our student loan consolidation and forgiveness partners at StudentLoanGroup.us/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 479

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 look at three segments recorded at EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore back at the end of February. We interview two of the EMS 10 Awardees about their innovative improvements on EMS care in their systems.

I also chat with JEMS Games team captain Jerry Brenner who got a team together and trained them to compete in the annual JEMS Games at EMS Today 2016 this year. All of these segments were recorded thanks to Physio-Control and their sponsorship of this program. We’ll have all three of those segments coming up in this special episode of the MedicCast.

—

EMS Tip of the Week: Solar Ambulance Fleets

First up this week is a look at what you can do to make your service’s ambulance fleet greener. No, I’m not talking about a new coat of paint. I’m talking about going to solar ambulance fleets in this EMS10 innovator award. Dan Fellows is the Fleet Manager of the Richmond Ambulance Authority. The story of RAA’s fleet development and strategy has been told many times and how it has evolved into a reliable, robust and mission ready set of vehicles. Dan Fellows is the architect of this success. Dan Fellows has been the architect of that success as he has applied sound management, leadership and innovation to the development of fleet services. His addition of solar panels to the entire fleet of ambulances created savings in fuel and maintenance costs for his system. Check it out.

Next up in our coverage of the EMS10 awardees is a look at what one medical director is doing to manage non-emergency EMS patients in his system using telemedicine resources. David Persse developed a unique, innovative, technology-based program in December 2014 – called ETHAN (Emergency Telehealth and Navigation Program) in the Houston Fire Dept that uses advanced telehealth technologies and community-based resources to reduce excessive primary care related 9-1-1 calls and get the patients to the correct medical appointment location or treatment facility. “ETHAN” utilizes all department response units, a central control console staffed by a physician and two-way Panasonic video and data computers to put the patient, control physician and crew in instant two-way contact to assess, divert and properly channel the patient to the right medical facility and release EMS resources to handle higher priority calls.