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Thanks to Adam from "Dialed Medics" for coming onto the podcast and talking about EMS education. Follow them on social media @dialedmedics.

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Lavery MD, Aulakh A, Christian MD. Benefits of targeted deployment of physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital teams on the care of critically Ill and injured patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 6;33(1)

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Josh Cooke from the Alert Medic One Podcast came back to the podcast to talk more about his favorite topic, cardiac arrest. We discuss the recent articles on naloxone in cardiac arrest. Listener discretion is advised.

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I'm traveling (again) and decided to record a random ramblings episode with some thoughts that have been on my mind. Nothing clinical on this episode: mostly leadership topics.

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