MedicCastThe first episode premiered at EMS Today 2012 in Baltimore a few weeks ago by special arrangement with Physio-Control to a standing room only crowd and the buzz after the episode finished was positive. Many expressed their excitement and anticipation for future episodes to be released every two weeks atCodeSTEMI.tv.
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Learn more on the use and principles of capnography, application in the field of EMS and more through listening in on the discussion with paramedic Troy Smithand Jamie Davis as they provide an overview on capnography.
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In this episode, the podmedic interviews Andrew Roszak from the Co-Chair National Quality Forum For Regional Emergency Medical Services and gets into a more in depth discussion on what this project is all about, how it will change the EMS system and the system at which care is delivered and more.
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Here comes the final part of the wrap up from the EMS Culture of Safety conference held in Arlington, Virginia on June 21-22, 2011. In this second installment, we present the fourth and fifth group to discuss their take on operations and crew management and vehicle safety.
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Bringing the first three segments of the final day wrap up from the EMS Culture of Safety conference held in Arlington, Virginia on June 21-22, 2011. After the first day’s presentations on safety cultures in other industries and data from various EMS studies, the attendees broke out into groups to work on distinct topics surrounding safety in and around EMS.
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In this episode, the podmedic together with co-podcaster Carissa O’Brien of Baseline Vitals, head over to Arlington, Virginia to attend the National EMS Culture of Safety Conference. In the discussion are guest panelists Sabina Braithwaite, Committee Chair of the “EMS Culture of Safety” project and paramedic Rick Murray, EMS Director for ACEP. This project is a cooperative agreement between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as the grantee and also in partnership with HRSA and the EMS for Children Project.
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What happens if an EpiPen is accidentally injected to an individual who is not really in need of it? In this episode, join in on the discussion with toxicology expert Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center as she provides information on accidental EpiPen injection as well as what EMS professionals can do in such cases.
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In this tip of week, the podmedic provides an overview of the different types in which a narrative documentation can be made. This is one of the legal documents that courts refer to in the event that something went wrong or complaints about care has been made. An accurate and professional documentation is the best protection a provider can have in such cases.
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This week’s episode is the second installment of the tip segment interview with Chris Kaiser from “LifeUnderTheLights.com” EMS blog. Below are articles written by this week’s guest on narrative reporting and documentation.
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This week’s episode features part 1 of a tip segment interview with Chris Kaiser from “LifeUnderTheLights.com” EMS blog. Chris has written several fine articles on improving your narrative writing style as an EMT or paramedic.Make sure you return for next week’s MedicCast episode for part 2 of this tip segment where Chris and I continue to discuss his 6 Tricks on improving your EMS narrative report writing.
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