The Delegate Series

Various issues can cause altered mental status. In a two-part series covering episodes three and four of season two, Kitsap EMS Delegates Martin Bennett, Adam Brenner, and Scott Ekin discuss the symptoms and treatment of altered mental status according to Northwest Region protocols. 

The pandemic has been hard on the EMS community. How do we address and talk about this issue?  In the second episode of season two, Kitsap EMS Delegates Martin Bennett, Adam Brenner, and Scott Ekin discuss the signs and symptoms of burnout. 

Kitsap EMS Delegates Martin Bennett, Adam Brenner, and Scott Ekin ring in 2022, discussing the topic of Toxicology discussing the common poisonings and how to treat these ailments. 

Kitsap EMS Delegates Martin Bennett, Adam Brenner, and Scott Ekin delve into the fantasizing world of the brain and focus on a few topics in Neurology. They conclude their two-part series, by their exploration in the pre-hospital management of neurology patients, specifically those with suspected intracranial hemorrhage and seizures.

Kitsap EMS Delegates Martin Bennett, Adam Brenner, and Scott Ekin delve into the fantasizing world of the brain and focus on a few topics in Neurology with this two-part series. 

In Part One, Dr. Bennett begins with a deep dive into the topic of strokes and non-hemorrhagic CVA, TIA, and some stroke mimics. 

The Kitsap EMS Delegates conclude their cardiac discussions with aortic dissections in this two-part series in episodes five and six. 

Now that you recognize an aortic dissection what do you do? This is the topic of discussion for the delegates in the conclusion cardiac episode. 

The Kitsap EMS Delegates conclude their cardiac discussions with aortic dissections in this two-part series in episodes five and six. 

In episode five the delegates discuss how to recognize an aortic dissection and how it sounds. 

The Kitsap EMS Delegates continue their cardiology discussion from episode three.  Discussions surround a myriad of topics, ranging from dysrhythmias and heart fibrillation to conclude with a general approach to chest pain and devices. 

In episode three, the delegates tackle the topic of cardiology.  Starting off the episode,  the delegates explore general cardiovascular topics for the EMS provider ranging from pit crew mentality of cardiac arrest to atrial fibrillation.  Lastly, they discuss the EMS provider's approach to chest pain and the determination of who is sick or not sick. 

In the Delegate's second episode they discuss the issues of critical care facing the EMS providers.