Episode 95: Haney Mallemat and Medicine in Social Media
Dr. Haney Mallemat (@criticalcarenow) joins Dan to discuss how social media can influence medicine and how recent medical events have shined a light on CPR and bleeding control.
In a matter of a few days, the world was shocked to hear that actor Jeremy Renner had been traumatically injured while on vacation in Nevada and Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin experienced a cardiac arrest on the field. These two tragic events have shown the world, albeit briefly, how important early CPR and bleeding control are to survival.
January 7, 2023
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Episode 93: Hanging with The EMS Avenger
If you watch TikTok, and let’s be honest, you all do; you know The EMS Avenger from his short posts on evidence-based medicine and all around being a good egg as a clinician.
Dan got to sit down with him (aka: Jimmy Apple) and got to talk about social media in EMS, likes and dislikes, and the role of social media like TikTok in making clinicians better, not just passing time while posted!
November 15, 2022
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Episode 89: A Thriving Wage with Greg Friese
Greg Friese is the Editorial Director of EMS1.com among other things. He brings a very interesting view of how EMS providers should be compensated for the work they do. In January of 2022, he wrote a piece discussing the importance of EMS providers not just receiving a living wage, but rather for EMS workers to make much greater than a living wage. He recently wrote about the dismal raise that Austin EMS providers received to provide a voice to workers who felt voiceless.
August 22, 2022
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Episode 83: Fundamentals of Bag Mask Ventilation with Rommie Duckworth
One of the most misunderstood pieces of equipment we have is the bag valve mask. Easy to operate, but hard to master, it’s one of the fundamental skills we need to master.
Rommie Duckworth is a nationally-known paramedic and educator in Connecticut who is truly passionate about education and ventilation, and Dan gets to pick his brain and talk about what really matters when we have to breathe for our patients who can’t do it for themselves.
March 21, 2022
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