The Overrun

The gang went on the road to the National Conference on EMS to do a live-recorded episode discussing how new media is changing medical and EMS education.

Dan sits down in a pre-Conference interview with Dr. Mark Merlin, the head of the New Jersey MD1 physician response program, the largest EMS physician program in the USA

Dr. Merlin discusses the idea of physician response, how EMS physicians interact in the prehospital environment with paramedics and EMTs, the technology that they bring to the table, and using whole blood in resuscitation, to mention just a few things!

We pull another episode out of our vault to talk about con ed...Dan, Kevin, and Jess talk about continuing education! We all have to do it; but some is better than others. Why is yours bad? Why is someone else's good? And what is the value of "alphabet soup" classes in EMS continuing education? Do we need to think about another way?

Continuing Education is more than reading slides off a page; it's about instructors with expertise and passion, sharing their experience with students and encouraging them to learn and practice the material.

PCU, the movie....since Kevin made the reference:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110759/

Bretylium is BACK! Maybe??

https://www.resus.com.au/should-we-bring-bretylium-back-in-cardiac-arrest/

Ashley Liebig on nurse-led codes at dasSMACC:

https://rebelem.com/lessons-learned-and-take-home-messages-from-dassmacc-day-2/

Anna and Dan talk about some of the more...let's say "out there" news items in EMS, and how culture and social media can hurt us as professionals.

This is a controversial topic, and yes, we hope that we get some discussion on it. But the bottom line:

If you're not doing the right thing for your patient; you're wrong.

For this episode, we joined up with Frank Melillo and the Pin The Q podcast! Frank is a fire officer and former volunteer and career EMT, and his show takes a close look at the culture and tradition of the fire service, which got us thinking: Why DON'T we have culture and traditions in EMS?

If you're looking for the typical Fire vs. EMS slamfest; you're not going to find it on this episode. You may take away an idea, you might find something that changes how do you things in the future, you may get a new perspective. But you won't be bored, that's for sure.

Frank also tells us about the great stuff Next Rung is doing for emergency services peer support, and why you should have Next Rung in YOUR gear bag.

Anna and Dan sit down with attorney and former paramedic Margaret Keavney to discuss end-of-life issues in EMS. How do we honor patient wishes, and the law? What is our standard, and how does our culture and training sometimes work against us?

It's a full house for this episode as we take a look at a procedure that is literally all over FOAMed...but we might be a little different!

We talk about a wide variety of all things cricothyroidotomy: mental prep and training, the difference in the techniques that are out there, which one might work better, and lots of other stuff. We also shoutout to a LOT of other resources that will help you to really understand this low frequency, but critical procedure.

We talk about becoming a physician with an EMS background! Is medic to med school your path?

Dr. Peter Antevy joins Ed to discuss a few pearls about pediatric care and resuscitation in the field. Dr. Antevy

Ed, Mike and Dan get nerdy again talking about IV fluids and vasopressors! What works, why, and what do you need to know about the stuff we put into patients...and why it may be hurting more than helping!