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Waking up during CPR, EMS lab values you should know, drones in EMS for Canada, and we’ll talk about the use of patient simulation technology in EMS education with a look at the SimGHOSTS support group. 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 478

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 EMS news items we look at a good problem to have, sedation of cardiac arrest patients who wake up because of good CPR. Have you had this happen to you?

Then, in this week’s special tip segment for EMS, I have a special interview on patient simulation technology with a representative of SimGHOSTS.org. Check out EMS educator Lance Baily as he shares the resources of this group with you and your team. Can they help your educational sessions be a little more exciting? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

News:

Cardiac Arrest Patients Waking Up During CPR

EMS Lab Values for EMTs and Paramedics

Canadian EMS Drone Responders

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EMS Tip of the Week: SimGHOSTS Help Educators Simulate Medical Care

According to conservative estimates, more than 440,000 patients die each year from medical errors in the United States alone, and millions more suffer associated injuries.[1] Thankfully, emerging healthcare education simulation programs around the world are addressing this very issue through advances in modern technology. In these sim labs, new students and recertifying professionals enter realistic patient care environments that house high-fidelity, life-like patient manikins that speak, breathe, and react to medications.

In this episode I have Lance Baily on from SimGHOSTS the society for medical simulation experts and those seeking that expertise. The Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose goal is to provide the technical and operational training support required by individuals and institutions around the United States that are improving patient care outcomes by educating healthcare professionals via advanced simulated learning environments. Check out this interview with Lance.

Links:

SimGHOSTS.org

New sepsis guidelines in the news, dedicated mental health paramedics, PTSD claims for responders in Canada, and we’ll have the first two of the EMS10 Innovations awardees at EMS Today 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 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 477

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 EMS news items I follow up on last week’s special tip segment on sepsis assessment with a look at the actual Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article on the topic. You should check it out, too, and I’ll have a link in the show notes for it.

Then in the tip segment this week, I have two of the EMS10 Innovator awardees on for interviews from the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today 2016. Check out what Shaughn Maxwell is doing for community paramedicine in Washington State, and what Nnamdi Nwauwa is doing for EMS in the country of Nigeria. All of that is coming up later in the show after the news.

News:

New Sepsis Assessment Guidelines Posted

Mental Health Calls With EMS in Mesa Arizona

PTSD Claims for Responders Approved in Canada

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EMS Tip of the Week: EMS 10 Innovators Shaughn Maxwell and Nmandi Nwauwa

Thanks to Physio-Control’s sponsorship of our coverage at EMS Today, I was able to interview Washington State paramedic Shaughn Maxwell won a second EMS 10 Innovator award this year for his innovation in changing state laws to allow EMS providers to give care in the home without requiring transport to the hospital. Shaughn compiled and coordinated a multi-disciplinary coalition from across the state for a change in laws to allow community paramedicine. Check out this first interview segment of the week with Shaughn and his medical director.

Next up this week on the show is another EMS10 innovator awardee from EMS Today 2016. Nnamdi Nwauwa innovated EMS care by implementing programs to bring paramedic training to the country of Nigeria for the first time. He chats with Jamie Davis, the Podmedic about the challenges faced in his country including the lack of Good Samaritan Laws to assist in getting bystanders to provide basic care or even call emergency services in the first place.

EMTs helping combat vets, marrying a paramedic, colleges prep for active shooters, and we’ll look at the newly reported sepsis criteria in a special segment with EMS 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.

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 475

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 EMS news items we will look at one article I found on what it takes to be the spouse of an EMS provider.

Then in this week’s special tip segment interview recorded in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today 2016, I chat with Kevin Collopy about the newly released Sepsis assessment guidelines reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association recently. What do they mean for EMS assessment of Sepsis? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

News:

Helping Combat Vets with Special EMT Programs

So You Want to Marry a Paramedic

Colleges and Active Shooter Drill Preparedness

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EMS Tip of the Week: qSOFA Sepsis Assessment Updates

Sepsis and septic shock is one of the things we are supposed to be trained to recognize in EMS but there has never been an EMS-accessible set of assessments that could be used in the prehospital setting. A recent research article on Sepsis in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) talks about redefining the criteria for alerting when a patient has suspected sepsis.

The formerly used SIRS criteria which stands for systemic inflammatory response syndrome has been replace by the SOFA assessment. That stands for systemic organ failure assessment. The good news for EMS is that there was a defined quick SOFA, or qSOFA, which could be used by EMS. At EMS Today in Baltimore, while shooting interviews in the Physio-Control booth, I chatted with EMS Educator Kevin Collopy about the new Sepsis guidelines and what they might mean for EMS and critical care transport. Check it out.

Links:

Society for Critical Care Medicine site

Sepsis.org the Sepsis Alliance

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Stress on home caregivers, EMS staffing in South Dakota, what’s in a mass casualty bag anyway, and we’ll bring you a special interview with new EMS podcaster John Newton from Medic Life TV this week on the interview segment. 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 475

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 EMS news items we’ll look at one article on how South Dakota is looking at changing up their ambulance staffing requirements in order to improve volunteer ambulance crew staffing.

Then in this week’s special interview tip segment I have John Newton from the Medic Life TV podcast and Youtube channel on the show. What’s his new EMS show about and where can you find it? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.

News:

 

Home Caregivers Have Increased Stress

South Dakota Ambulance Staffing Standards

Mass Casualty Trauma Bags Distributed

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EMS Tip of the Week: Medic Life TV Podcast

Whenever there’s a new EMS podcast on the scene, I like to have them on the show and give them some exposure to you all in the MedicCast audience. It’s not competition in my book. There’s plenty of room for all the EMS podcasts out there. This week I have John Newton from the Medic Life TV podcast and Youtube channel. Also, check out this shop for all medical cannabis needs: Bongs & Water Pipes | Smoke Cartel.

John is a paramedic, educator and now podcaster who likes to share his viewpoint on topics in the news and discussion posts around the EMS world on his show. He talks with me about EMS podcasting, trends and his show on the MedicCast this week. Check it out!

Links:

John Newton’s Medic Life TV Podcast

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Setting cardiac arrest expectations, no more car accident death announcement, paramedics at risk for assault, and we’ll have a great interview with a pair of EMS and healthcare authors who wrote the novel “Post Grid.” 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 473

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 EMS news items we will take a look at an interesting article I found on setting your community’s cardiac arrest survival expectations before the arrest. Can we get the community to understand what the real statistics are?

Then in this week’s special tip segment interview I have married authors Tony and Nancy Martineau on the show to talk about their novel Post Grid which includes a realistic look at EMS style care after a civilization-threatening worldwide event. Could you maintain good medical care after the apocalypse? We’ll find out about that later in the show, after the news.

Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.

News:

Community Expectations for Cardiac Arrest

Volvo’s Non-Deadly Cars Announcement

Assault Risk for Paramedics High

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EMS Tip of the Week: Post Grid Novel EMS Authors

The authors of Post Grid, Tony and Nancy Martineau, met while in college, working on an ambulance in the Phoenix Metro area. They have been married almost 30 years. Nancy is a former EMT and now a nurse specializing in emergency and pre-hospital medicine. Tony is a former Deputy U.S. Marshal and Flight Paramedic who continues to work in law enforcement and as a wildfire line medic.

Together they decided to take their passion for search and rescue, medical care and disaster preparedness to write their post-apocalyptic novel about a nurse finding her way after the electrical grid collapses. I got the chance to interview the couple and talk about their healthcare experiences and how they influenced the stories they tell in the novel. Check it out and get the novel on Amazon.com (link below).

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Shorter U.S. life expectancies, Afib dangers for women, do tighter EMS protocols work, and we’ll have a special look at hemorrhage control and tourniquet use in a crossover episode from the Disaster Podcast. 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 473

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 EMS news items including a look at why Americans have shorter life expectancies when compared to other industrialized countries. Can EMS do anything to improve these death rates?

Then in this week’s special tip segment we have a discussion on hemorrhage and bleeding control with tools like tourniquets from the Disaster Podcast. There are numerous tools on the market to manage severe bleeding including several commercial tourniquets. Which ones are best? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.

News:

Americans Have Shorter Life Expectancies, But Why?

Afib Heart Rhythm More Dangerous For Women

Tighter EMS Protocols Equals Less Effective Medical Care

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EMS Tip of the Week: Hemorrhage Control and Tourniquets

Managing hemorrhage control with a tourniquet and other EMS response tools and other quick-response tools takes in-depth training. The Disaster Podcast team returns this week with a crossover segment where I chat with Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Education Group about what it takes for effective hemorrhage control and when should we jump right to tourniquets.

We also talk about practicing the use of various tourniquets and which might be most effective. Remember, the Disaster Podcast is an audio podcast so for those of you watching the MedicCast video,

Top EMS safety concerns, school nurses get narcan, and the MedicCast turns 10. Plus we’ll have an interview with my about my EMS paramedic novel Extreme Medical Services. 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 472

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 EMS news items we’ll be looking at one interesting article I found on the top EMS safety concerns that providers and supervisors have.

Then we’ll have a special tip segment where I get interviewed for a change. Chris Montera, the GeekyMedic sat down with me and my editor, Sam Bradley to talk about my EMS paranormal novel Extreme Medical Services. Find out how I came up with the idea for the book and what I’m doing next for the new novel in the series coming out in just a few weeks. We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.

News:

EMS Safety Concerns Listed in NAEMSP Report

Naloxone Now in Pennsylvania Schools

MedicCast Turns 10

EMS Tip of the Week: Extreme Medical Services EMS Novel

“Extreme Medical Services” is the EMS focused Urban Fantasy novel from I wrote and published back in September 2015. Chris Montera, the Geekymedic, interviewed me and my editor Sam Bradley about the book and how I came up with such a fun topic and story for the readers. It’s the story of a new paramedic who gets assigned to a mysterious station on the outskirts of his city that responds to provide EMS care to the creatures of myths and legends. I thought it would be good timing to release this special interview since I will be releasing the second book in the series in just a few weeks. The Paramedic’s Angel will be out for readers by the end of February, just in time for EMS Today in Baltimore. Here’s that segment with Chris, Sam, and I at EMS World Expo, recorded in the Physio-Control Podcast Studio.

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Recognizing EMS heroes, raising public awareness of cardiac arrest, training junior responders, and we’ll interview EMS author Kevin Grange about his book on going through paramedic school, “Lights and Sirens: The Education of a Paramedic.” 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 471

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 EMS news items we look at an alarming study that says that public awareness of cardiac arrest is too low. What can we do to raise awareness of this public health emergency?

Then in this week’s special author interview I interview paramedic and author Kevin Grange about his book “Lights and Sirens: The Education of a Paramedic.” Kevin went through the prestigious UCLA paramedic program and writes about the lessons learned and applied medical program taught there. What can you do to apply the lessons he learned in your own EMS practice? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the Physio-Control booth at EMS Today at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.

News:

Recognizing EMS Heroes In Texas

People Not Concerned About Cardiac Arrest

Training Junior First Responders

EMS Tip of the Week: EMS Author Kevin Grange

Kevin Grange is an award-winning freelance writer with an emphasis on the medical field, adventure and travel. I interviewed Kevin about his new memoir “LIGHTS AND SIRENS: The Education of a Paramedic.” “LIGHTS AND SIRENS” is a true account of going through UCLA’s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program–and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles.

I talk with Kevin about the lessons he learned in school and why he chose to write a book about his experiences in this premier paramedic education program at UCLA with amazing instructors like Baxter Larmon. Check it out.

Links:

Lights and Sirens Book On Amazon

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U.K. fake paramedics, lifting safety in healthcare law, disease preparedness holes, and we’ll look at another special drug of abuse called Kratom, with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center. 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 470

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 EMS news items we look at a new issue they’re finding in England with fake paramedics. What’s up with that?

Then, in this week’s special tip segment, we have a look at the plant drug of abuse called Kratom. I have Lisa Booze back from the Maryland Poison Center with her take on managing these patients in this emerging drug of abuse the U.S. poison centers are seeing more and more of. How do you get ready to treat a Kratom overdose? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

News:

Fake Paramedics a Problem in the U.K.

Healthcare Worker Safety Misses EMS Sector

Disease Outbreak Preparedness Lags In U.S.

EMS Tip of the Week: Kratom – Old Plant, New Abuse

Kratom is a plant/tree indigenous to Thailand and Southeast Asia and is in the same family as the coffee tree. Since the 19th century, fresh Kratom leaves have been chewed in this part of the world as an herbal medicinal drug to increase work productivity and to treat diarrhea. Today, it’s more commonly used for its psychoactive effects and its popularity seems t be increasing.

In the United States and other countries, Kratom is typically consumed in capsules or as a powder, but can be made into a tea. Many different kratom products are available for purchase, often over the internet, each with its own distinctive set of curative or mood-enhancing properties.

I have Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center on the show again this week to talk about this drug and challenges faced by healthcare professionals like nurses and others who encounter patients using and abusing this plant-based drug. Check it out.

Links:

Maryland Poison Center site

Opioid overdose deaths on the rise, precursor symptoms for cardiac arrest, moving away from a load and go mentality, plus we’re going to take a special look at Carbon Monoxide Poisoning today with a Disaster Podcast crossover segment with Dr. Joe Holley. 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 469

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 EMS news items we’ll look at some new research into potential warning signs prior to cardiac arrest that could save patient lives.

Then, in a special crossover segment from the Disaster Podcast, we have EMS Medical Director, Doctor Joe Holley from the Paragon Medical Education Group in to talk with us about carbon monoxide poisoning. Are you ready for assessing these challenging patients and what can you do to treat them aggressively? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.

News:

New Research Into Precursor Signs of Cardiac Arrest

Opioid Overdose Deaths Hit Record Highs in U.S.

Getting Rid of the EMS Load and Go Mentality

EMS Tip of the Week: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Dealing with carbon monoxide exposures during winter disaster responses leads to a clinical overview with Dr. Joe Holley. In this crossover episode of the Disaster Podcast, I am joined by co-host Sam Bradley and by Paragon Medical Education Group’s Dr. Joe Holley to talk about the dangers and risks of carbon monoxide poisoning.

In the midst of major disasters, especially in the winter months, community members may be tempted to use generators or other combustion sources to stay warm in the midst of cold weather. This increases the risk of exposure to the deadly gas carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas that can cause sudden illness and death if present in sufficient concentration in the ambient air.

The symptoms and signs of carbon monoxide poisoning are variable and nonspecific. The most common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, and altered mental status. The clinical presentation of CO poisoning is the result of its underlying systemic toxicity. Its effects are caused not only by impaired oxygen delivery but also by disrupting oxygen utilization and respiration at the cellular level, particularly in high-oxygen demand organs (i.e.,