By Mike Verkest & Ritu Sahni
Casual but important Discussions about EMS.
What an action-packed, "star-studded" episode this turned out to be! Special guests included: The EMS 20/20 Show hosts, Chris and Spencer, Dr. Mike Levy, Dr. Ron Roth, Oregon Representative Dacia Graber, Rob Lawrence, NAEMSP President, Dr....
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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
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...
Mike and Ritu are joined by EMS Attorney and Consultant Steve Wirth of Page, Wolfberg & Wirth to discuss the ramifications of the guilty verdict of the 2 Colorado Paramedics in the Elijah McClain criminal proceeding. Video can be found...
You know we like to cross over a bit here, so let's do it! It was billed as the biggest event of the year! Bigger than the Super Bowl! Did it live up to the hype? Did you watch...
Mike and Ritu welcome Dr. Frank Guyette to the show! Dr. Guyette is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Director - STAT MedEVAC as well as the Principal Investigator for the ongoing PACT Trial. We took some...
Mike and Ritu are joined by current NAEMSP President, Dr. José G, Cabañas to discuss all things EMS, and yes, we talked abiout Neuroprotective CPR and the hubbub surrounding that. Of course our favorite part was learning more about José...
Just like you, the boys have a million things going on, so they did what every other 12 year old does...take the summer off! Yep, they are back though....time to get back in the saddle and bring what everyone wants...a...
Ritu rode solo on this one...Mike was there, but just in the background....but, we welcome back Randy and Jason Sklar to the show! Boy have they been busy, go check out their website https://www.supersklars.com and see what they have been...
We had a great discussion with the banana man himself! An emergency and EMS physician who is involved in so much cool stuff, you have to listen! Sharks? Spiders? Snakes? USAR? All of it!
Clever name huh? Well, this crossover is a little light on the paramedic and heavy on the medical directors....but you know....its all good (Dr. Jarvis) Man, did we have fun recording this one. I found myself in a hotel room...
30 mins ... down and dirty. Mike and Ritu discuss getting old (mostly Ritu) and his 30th Medical School Class reunion, as well as the upcoming ESO Training Academy and Wave Conference, being held in Austin April 11-14. Be sure...
Why in the world would an EMS podcast do a podcast and not talk about EMS? Well, if you haven't figured it out by now, we are different! Join us as we discuss the new American sweetheart, Formula One racing!...
As usual, the MORE tends to recognize the first 17 minutes of fellowship and hangout time. We welcome our old pal, Dr. Jeff Jarvis to the show to talk about what has been regarded as one of the best conferences...
Mike and Ritu welcome Ron Roth, MD, FACEP. Fun fact...he was Ritus attending while he was in his residency at Pitt! (did we say Ritu knows everyone?) Dr. Roth is an integral part of the Pittsburgh sports scene in his...
Finding yourself becoming a little "crispy" around the edges? Maybe it's time to pause and take a look inside and come up with a plan. Dr. Sahni talks about his experience with just that and how getting away may have...
It it, it was...uplifting! Mike and Ritu were thrilled to join in with Chris and Spence from the EMS 20/20 Podcast to talk about lift assists. Oh, you'll have the usual jackassery, but also go through a real case...was the...
In this episode, Mike and Ritu welcome The Fire Chief from Kootenai Fire Rescue near Coeur d'Alene Idaho. Chief Way and Dr. Sahni go back 20 years and he joins us to talk a little about how the EMS guy...
Sheesh, with all the life changes going on, we know we have slacked off, but hey, were are back and getting caught up. Mike is settled in from the move and the boys get back to it. There is a...
So, ya might have heard of some hubbub surrounding a proposed plan from the NREMT to give options to programs to conduct EMS primary education without being accredited. This has created some significant backlash in the industry and strong feelings...
Ok, this one is a doozy! Dr. Sahni and Mike welcome Seth Fisher, the Editor from https://mgoblog.com/ to talk data. College sports (Specifically Michigan sports...don't forget, Ritu is UM Alumni) and EMS, where is the connection? You might be surprised....
He's 50 and changing careers. How does that happen? Mike is moving from public safety to tech and data. Learn a little bit more about Mike and how he is tackling this new transition and amazing opportunity at ESO! Thanks...
Mike and Ritu welcome back Dr. Jarvis and since we were all together at ESO WAVE2022, we carved out a few minutes to get caught up, share a bourbon and discuss what delegated practice means and why it sounds pretty...
Mike and Ritu are happy to celebrate you for EMS Week 2022! We decided to take YOUR CALLS LIVE! A position paper came out last week on the role of Nurse Practitioners in EMS...and we decided to talk about it,...
Mike and Ritu were at the Initial Assessment Conference (IAC2022) in Lake Placid, NY when it was fate that they ended up on a tour with A&E;'s Nightwatch bros Dan and Titus. We invited them on, they accepted, and now...
In this episode, we meet Dr. Mike Levy, current President of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and Medical Director from Anchorage, Alaska. If you are here for the jackassery...then you will love this episode. Thanks for joining us...
In this episode, Mike and Ritu are talking about "the great unmasking" as well as discussing Dr. Sahni's experience responding to a commercial airline disaster. Thanks for watching and subscribing. We love having you along for the ride. What do...
Austin-based EMS Educator and friend Ginger Locke joins Mike and Ritu as we discuss thinking and decision-making in EMS. We barely scratched the surface...leaving you wanting more...we are sure of that. Appreciate you subscribing to our channel and our podcast,...
Mike and Ritu are back on the live broadcast train and ready to roll! We discussed the situation, staffing shortages, the NAEMSP Annual meeting, and the new airway compendium. You can listen and subscribe where you listen to podcasts
Mike Verkest and Dr. Ritu Sahni are reunited and it feels so good! We are back at it on The EMS Show!!
