Prehospital Paradigm Podcast

What do Sponge Bob, sharks and the direction that sharks are swimming have to do with simplifying the interpretation of End Tidal CO2 for EMS? The pod crew brings the discussion of simplifying the use of End Tidal CO2 for basic and advanced level providers.

The crew continues to explain the theory and some practical, applicable knowledge related to the use of End Tidal CO2 for patient care.  They simplify how End Tidal CO2 is used to assess and tell  "the patient's clinical story" and emphasizes why it should be a day-to-day patient care standard.

End Tidal CO2 is not just an ALS skill. It is a "live feed" of the patient's ongoing condition. The capnograph is relatively easy to read and, at minimum, monitor changes to be reported to an ALS partner or medical control physician. The pod crew takes time to work backwards, explaining the fundamentals of CO2 production.

Where else would the crew go, other than to an event, to wrap up the event medicine episode? For this month's live session, the gang went live at the Canfield Fair. Thanks again to University Hospitals of Cleveland's Manager of EMS and Community Outreach, Laura Frost, RN. Thanks also to retired Chief Frost for the welcoming us.

For Part 3 of our event medicine podcast, University Hospitals of Cleveland's Manager of EMS and Community Outreach, Laura Frost, RN continues to discuss resources.  The key topic is, how do you get in touch with your supplemental resources when you need them?

And stay tuned for our live episode...it will be from the Canfield Fair!

University Hospitals of Cleveland's Manager of EMS and Community Outreach, Laura Frost, RN continues to discuss the logistics of preparation and planning of event medicine. This includes familiarizing all of the event medical staff with how to access primary drugs and equipment as well as how to access supplemental support such as transportation and law enforcement. 

University Hospitals of Cleveland's Manager of EMS and Community Outreach, Laura Frost, RN joins the full crew to discuss event medicine planning and execution. From small community picnics to high school graduations to large national events, planning is the key. This month's discussion emphasizes pre-event assessment, logistical planning and patient care.

As you already know, in the months when we have a 5th Monday, we have an extra airway series episode.  This month, the team is talking Laryngoscopy. Be sure to head to our Prehospital Paradigm Podcast YouTube channel to see the team demonstrate each of the skills discussed on this extra episode.

This is the final episode of our "Neonatal Resuscitation for EMS" series. We were joined by Arielle Olicker, MD. Thanks to the Willoughby Fire Department for hosting this month's live show.  If you would like to host one of our live shows, message us!

In addition to providing clinical care in the NICU, Dr. Olicker is part of the team providing follow-up care to our NICU graduates at the Neonatal Extended Outpatient Clinic. Dr. Olicker serves as the medical director for Neonatal Critical Care Transport and is the neonatal director of the Synagis administration program at UH Rainbow.

The crew and Dr. Olicker continue the conversation of undersstanding the neonatal patient, equipment, protocols and emotions. They start to wrap up the discussion in Part 3 as they prepare for the live podcast!