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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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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