There are a number of things to consider when assessing fall injuries. It includes the height at which the patient fee, the landing surface, the patient's orientation at the time of the fall and whether the fall was broken. In this week's episode of The MedicCast podcast for EMTs, paramedics and EMS students, the podmedic provides tips on how to properly and effectively asses injuries from falls. He also features the latest news in EMS and health care and includes links to resources for future reference and review.

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How do EMS providers deal with non-standard patients? In this week's MedicCast, the podmedic discusses how EMS providers make adjustments in their standards to be able to provide care for patients with special needs like pediatrics, elderly, obese and disabled. These together with EMS news and tip links

are included in the program.

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Paramedics Comment on Trauma Premier Live

For the first time ever, real life paramedics and podcasters, Jamie Davis, Greg Friese, and Chris Montera will be watching the live premier of a medical drama and giving their opinions on the reality of the program as well as how it portrays their profession.  Tonight you can listen to a live stream of their commentary during the show and then join in a live call-in discussion about the program afterward.

At 9 PM ET (8 CT, 7 MT), while watching the premier, visit http://mediccastlive.com, listen to the live streaming commentary of the three real life paramedics and participate in the chat room.  When the episode is done, Jamie, Greg, and Chris will open up the live phone lines and discuss several aspects of the show.  Share your thoughts with them live tonight!

Directions to join.

Where: Talkshoe.com

What: Trauma Premier on NBC

When: Monday, September 28 at 9 pm EDT

1. Visit Talkshoe.com and click on the “Live Now” button at the top of the screen
2. Select the MedicCast Live!
3. Listen live, chat live or -
4. Call in LIVE!
5. Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
6. Talkcast ID: 18174
7. Enter your Talkshoe Pin number (it’s free to register or participate as a guest)

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In most cases of trauma patients, not all injuries would present physical manifestations. In worse cases, patients would even be unconscious which could make a detailed assessment difficult to perform. During these situations, knowledge on the kinematics of trauma will be of big help in anticipating and identifying hidden injuries depending on the incident. In this week's episode of the MedicCast podcast, the podmedic discusses kinematics along with up to date EMS news. Links to resource sites for the tip of the week are also provided for a more extensive review or for future refernce.

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The MedicCast podcast is a weekly radio show for EMTs, paramedics and EMS students featuring news, interviews, comments, reviews, products, tips and tricks.

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The MedicCast podcast for EMTs, paramedics and EMS students features Lightning/Electrical burns in this week's episode. It discusses the differences of lightning and electrical injuries in terms of pathophysiology, characteristics of injury and most importantly emergency management. The program also includes current EMS news and links to references for future review.

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The MedicCast is a weekly podcast featuring tips, comments, interviews, news,and tricks for emergency medicine practitioners.