Stories from Expo

Ketamine is a popular medication these days for EMS providers to use in psychiatric emergencies. In this episode, Samuel Kordik delves into the use of ketamine to sedate psychiatric patients. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Good EMS education probably means spending money.  Danish paramedic Morten Lindkvist explains how best to improve EMS education models. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Mike Shoulders explains how flipping the traditional roles of teacher and student can help improve EMS education. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Licensed Social Worker Lauren Young of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue discusses the future of EMS and MIH. As community healthcare providers, EMS should lean on what we do best: thinking outside the box.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

For complicated childbirths, many EMS providers have been taught only one treatment: diesel bolus. In this episode, Josh Borkosky explains that training is especially important in these low frequency/ high acuity events.  Practice like you play and providers will be better prepared to handle high-risk pregnancies.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.

There's never a good time to have a cardiac arrest, but when is the best time?  In this episode, Jenna Tuttle gives some insight on cardiac arrest survival rates in daytime vs. night-time scene responses.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Paramedic and physician Gustavo Flores talks Trauma Team Activation, Stroke/STEMI Team Activation and... Sepsis? Acute sepsis patients need proactive and aggressive treatment. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Researcher Emma Hand discusses her abstract regarding how the type of cellular phone provider may affect patient outcome in an EMS service area, especially in regards to cardiac arrest. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Pilots Dick Blanchet and Christopher Tremblay discuss crew resource management- from aviation to EMS: what can we learn from how airlines implement Crew Resource Management? In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

All EMS providers have experienced fatigue on the job.  Curtis Olson shares tips on how to stay awake during the night shift.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.