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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Episode 81: Staying Cool When the Heat is On with Dr. Michael Lauria
If you were at the National Association of EMS Physicians Conference this past week, you would have been able to see Dr. Michael Lauria speak. Mike is a USAF veteran, Pararescueman, flight paramedic, and currently an emergency medicine physician in the US. He has appeared on the EMCrit podcast and numerous others to talk about stress and managing it in the field of medicine.
January 17, 2022
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Episode 72: Prehospital Burn Care
Ed and Dan are back, this time talking about care of burn patients outside of the hospital. Burn injuries are high-acuity, low occurrence events (HALO), and it’s easy to miss things that may have a bigger impact on your patient than previously thought.
May 5, 2021
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Episode 71: What The Actual, Sedgwick?
Ed and Dan are the hosts for our latest “What The Actual…” episode, where we take a look at an EMS train wreck and try to learn from it…or at least try to figure out what the heck happened.
This time, we travel to Sedgwick County, Kansas, where a prehospital attempt at palliative care goes way off the rails, resulting in everyone involved being sanctioned…except the one you’d think.
April 12, 2021
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Episode 70: Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and Improving Outcomes with Dr Peter Antevy
Ed and Dan sit down with Dr. Peter Antevy and talk about how we can do better with pediatric arrests. Dr. Antevy’s programs in Florida have dramatically improved their pediatric survival from cardiac arrest, by focusing on the basics, staying on scene to resuscitate before moving to the hospital, and by engaging parents with WHY we are doing what we do on scene.
March 29, 2021
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Episode 68: Transgender Awareness with Taylor Sprecher and Matt Streger
The transgender population is a part of your patient population, and we all need to know how to assess and communicate therapeutically with our trans patients.
Matt Streger introduces us to Taylor Sprecher, a trans man and EMT who has taken the lead in trying to educate clinicians about trans patients, and some clinical pearls for us to utilize.
Did you know that almost one in FOUR trans people avoid seeking out health care because of their fear of how they’ll be treated? Or that trans teens have a significantly higher rate of suicide attempts? Do you know how to address your trans patients’ needs?
Read the stats here:
https://transequality.org/issues/us-trans-survey
Taylor’s webpage, which is a treasure trove of resources:
https://911transedu.com
Streger and Keavney is one of the pre-eminent EMS law firms in the USA, and a good friend of the show. Check them out at:
https://keavneystreger.com
https://emsaegis.com
January 19, 2021
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