The Clinical Concepts Podcast

Every year, our EMS colleagues at Fitch and Associates publish the "What Paramedics Want," industry trend report. Have you read it? Is your leadership style and knowledge correlating with national trends?

Join me during this episode as EMS Educator and Vermont Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety, Dan Batsie, and I explore the report and discuss current trends, hot topics, education, leadership, and culture of the EMS profession.

Please note, however, that Dan Batsie and I have no financial disclosures and are simply consumers of the Fitch and Associates report, and are not representatives of Fitch and Associates or any other professional organizations discussed within this episode.

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To read "What Paramedics Want in 2024:" https://www.ems1.com/ems-trend-report/digital-edition-what-paramedics-want-in-2024

To listen to the latest episode of the EMS Educator Podcast, sponsored by prodigy EMS, references in this episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ems-educator/id1573326528?i=1000668618073

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In this episode we chat with Elizabeth McMaster, NRP, CP-C, to gain a better insight on community paramedicine, mobile integrated healthcare, and how it fits into the EMS system of care! Beth brings her experience as a community paramedic and acute care clinician to the table as we discuss bridging the gap in emergency medicine to meet the needs of the patients for which we care. Be sure to check it out!

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Beth McMaster, NRP, CP-C
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"Respond to a private residence for a 2-year-old female with an altered mental status, history of PDCD" 

A history of what? You know... PDCD! 

During this episode we explore Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency, or PDCD. PDCD is a genetic abnormality which affects the conversion of pyruvate to Acetyl Coenzyme-A in the Krebs Cycle. This abnormality prevents mitochondrial energy utilization, leading to neurological degeneration. 

Join me as we take a dive into the EMS management of PDCD to help you best care for patients in your community! 

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EMS providers often think about the acute care medicine component of their career. Although this is incredibly important, have you ever stopped to think about what is actually happening from an interpersonal perspective? By providing high quality, evidence supported patient care, we are providing a service to our communities and our patients which we ultimately bill and/or receive funding for. Because of this, patients are our customers, and deserve to be treated as such. 

As EMS professionals we need to be approaching EMS in a way that is clinically center, but driven by customer service, or as Will Guidara says, "Unreasonable Hospitality." 

How would you perform differently if Disney ran your ambulance service?

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Often as EMS providers we are called to the "fall" or even more mundane sounding, the dreaded "lift assist." We arrive, we help the patient up, and on our way we go. But when was the last time you stopped to think about how the patient ended up on the floor in the first place? Do some patients just trip over the cat? Certainly. But often, our fall patients are sicker than we perceive, and need our help to facilitate their care. Join me, as we explore the intricate components of patient assessment in a way that will help us all ensure there isn't more than meets the eye!

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On a daily basis, EMS clinicians utilize pulse oximetry to measure the percentage of hemoglobin bound to oxygen when evaluating respiratory adequacy, But have you ever had a need to measure a patient's carboxyhemoglobin? If you needed to, could you? More importantly, could you apply those readings to implement valuable clinical practice? Lets figure it out together!

In this episode we explore the RAD-57 device to ensure proficiency the next time you encounter a patient who is actively obscuring the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve!

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Have you ever delivered a  baby in the ambulance? If so, how did it go? If not, are you ready to do so on your next shift? Does the thought of an obstetrical or neonatal emergency make you anxious and question your ability?

I think we can all agree that the thought of child birth in an ambulance makes every EMS professional (and expecting mother) nervous, and we don't spend nearly enough time talking about it.

Antepartum Emergencies is part of the Obstetrical Emergencies Series. The Obstetrical Emergencies Series will take a dive into obstetrical emergencies and provide "news you can use" information for the next time you care for an obstetrics patient.  

During this episode, we discuss antepartum emergencies and complications the EMS provider may encounter, and provide information to best be prepared to manage them.

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Have you ever delivered a  baby in the ambulance? If so, how did it go? If not, are you ready to do so on your next shift? Does the thought of an obstetrical or neonatal emergency make you anxious and question your ability? 

I think we can all agree that the thought of child birth in an ambulance makes every EMS professional (and expecting mother) nervous, and we don't spend nearly enough time talking about it. 

The next four episodes of The Clinical Concepts Podcast  will be part of the Obstetrical Emergencies Series. The Obstetrical Emergencies Series will take a dive into obstetrical emergencies and provide "news you can use" information for the next time you care for an obstetrics patient.  

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Hospitals are busy, we all know that. But how can we, as EMS providers, help decompress the hospital systems while still providing a high standard of clinical care? Listen in for a short discussion on how you can help approach hospital volumes with a better outlook, a better attitude, and a patient centered focus.

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In 1967 Dr. Peter Safar set out to do something that had never been done before in the United States: taking critical care and emergency medicine outside the walls of the hospital. But how would he accomplish this? The answer is simple, with the creation of paramedics!

On this episode, we speak with best selling author Kevin Hazzard, as we discuss his newest book, American Sirens!

American Sirens is the incredible story of Freedom House Ambulance in the City of Pittsburgh, and the black men that became American's first paramedics, under the expert tutelage of Dr. Peter Safar, Dr. Nancy Caroline, and many others.

This episode was recorded during a live virtual meeting with Kevin Hazzard on November 3, 2022 during the Clinical Concepts hosted Emergency Medicine Journal Club. You won't want to miss it!


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