Mike and Ritu finally get back to it. Its been awhile...2024 was a pretty trying year for us both, but we are looking forward to a great 2025. This is our 7th or 8th Annual protocol change episode. As always, it is a sneak peek of how the suausage is made when it comes to developing and implemeting new protocol changes in an EMS System in the Portland Metro Area. Be sure you are subscribed to the Podcast as well as our Facebook and YouTube pages! Stay Safe!

Mike and Ritu are joined by Asbel Montes from Solutions Group, Patricia Kelmar from Public Interest Research Group and Shawn Baird, CEO from Metro West Ambulance. Big discussion on the Ground Ambulance Pateint Billing Report. These folks were all on the committee to tackle the question of surprise ambulance billing. See the report here. 

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-ground-ambulance-and-patient-billing-gapb

After the usual summer hiatus, its time to get back into it. Mike and Ritu catch up on some things, talk a little college football (sorry Bill Toon) and discuss the response time position paper (link below) and preview the balance billing recommendations for ground ambulances. Ritu was on the committee that did some work on this important topic. Thanks for listening!

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2024.2375739

Mike and Ritu are reunited in person again! YES! Recorded in Austin at ESO WAVE 2024! We talk about a lot of good stuff on this episode. EMS System design, AI, Decsion support, Protocol testing, and more! Feel free to share, like an leave us a review! we appreciate you still listening to some of the oldest OG's in the game! 

Dr. Sahni sits this one out, so Mike is joined by long time friend of the show, Dr. Jeff Jarvis! This was a super fun event. Just prior to recording, we had the last talk of the day on how we got started in Podcasting. Was nice to have about 50 folks listening to our story and interested! Then, when happy hour started and the drinks started flowing, we hit record! We plug it all the time, but the State of Jefferson EMS Conference is one of our favorites...For Mike, he gets to come home and see his friends and family, for Jeff, he comes to his birth state (he lived here for 9 minutes when he was born)... it's an all-around great time. 

Mike and Ritu are Joined by Miranda Franco, a Senior Policy Advisor at Holland and Knight. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of the critical advocacy work happening behind the scenes, and discover how each of us can play a role in ensuring that EMS professionals receive the recognition, resources, and support they deserve. Together, let's amplify the voice of EMS advocacy and contribute to building a brighter future for those who selflessly dedicate their lives to saving others. Video Available on The EMS Show Facebook, X, and YouTube accounts.

https://www.hklaw.com/en/professionals/f/franco-miranda-a

https://naemt.org/events/ems-on-the-hill-day

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Join Mike and Ritu for the 7th annual Protocol Update. Come learn what has changed for Ritu and the agencies under his watch and learn why they made the changes they did! Oh, and Dr. Ben Abo crashes the show!

Wanna watch instead? https://fb.watch/p-T0WLJ8Ul/

Ritu is sitting this one out so Mike is joined by Dr. Jeff Jarvis! ya'll know him. We are going to go over the new AIrway EBG that was published in PEC a few weeks ago. NAEMSP 2024 has been a blast and we were able to carve out a few minutes to discuss this paper! Oh, PS, there is a significant shout-out period at the beginning...Listen, scroll, whatever. :)

You can find the paper here: https://www.ems.gov/assets/Evidence-Based-Guideline-for-Prehospital-Airway-Management.pdf

Mike and Ritu welcome Dr. Josh Lupton to the show. He is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon, a cardiac arrest survivor, researcher, and dad! Oh ya, and really involved in the PDX Epistry! Come meet Dr. Lupton!

https://www.ohsu.edu/people/joshua-lupton-md-mph-mphil

https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/emergency/center-policy-and-research-emergency-medicine-cpr-em