The Louisville Prehospital Care Podcast

Review Tension Pneumothorax vs Pneumothorax and indication for Needle Decompression. DON'T PUT IT IN THE BELLY!!

Katelyn Krish joins me again as we discuss call-ins for online medical control and ceasing resuscitative efforts. 

Join me and Kaitlyn Krish from Jeffersontown Fire and EMS as we discuss EMS call-ins and how to structure a call-in to the emergency department


As a reminder, the discussion here does not in anyway reflect the views or positions of University of Louisville Hospital or Jeffersontown Fire and EMS. 

In this episode, I am joined once again by Nick Cottrell to discuss Norepinephrine. Norepinephrine is a common vasopressor used in distributive and hypovolemic shock. We'll discuss indications, contraindications, and adverse effects as well as current uses in prehospital medicine. 

Join Nick Cottrell and I for Part II of Ketamine

In this episode, we will review START and JumpSTART Triage as well as tackling mass casualty incidents from an EMS perspective. 

Join Nick Cottrell and I in discussing the troubling case in Aurora Colorado and talk about some of the dangers of ketamine.  Details of this case are obtained from open source media and news articles. 

One of the most frustrating calls in EMS is to be dispatched on a run for "abnormal labs" at a nursing home, transferring facility, or urgent care. The question everyone asks is "what does this lab mean?" and "what do I need to worry about?" In this episode we'll discuss some common abnormal laboratories we see in the pre-hospital setting and what to look out for.