‘Triage’ Archives
Trauma Criteria: preventative medicine? Episode 37
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:42 — 45.0MB) Over-triage to trauma centers? Poor EMT skills? Paramedics in the way? Care inhibited by the QA/QI process? Anatomicological?! These are some of the topics discussed on this episode of the First Few [Read More]
A Zombie Apocalypse! Episode 34
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:58 — 50.9MB) No Really! Would you be able to handle 240 zombies at a football stadium? Well Delaware County, Ohio found out this past October when they held a disaster drill in which people were turned into, well, [Read More]
That Doesn’t Happen Here: Oslo Norway Episode 33
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:30:08 — 68.0MB) On July 22, 2011 life in Norway changed forever when a bomb rocked Oslo killing 8 and then followed by a mass shooting on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud killing 69 attendees, [Read More]
“Ya got what ya got!” Rural Disaster Management Ep 23
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:00 — 47.3MB) Once again we are at the 17th Annual Interior Region EMS Council Symposium in Fairbanks, Alaska where we talk with Yvonne Howard from Eagle EMS about 2 major disasters in her area. Imagine being one [Read More]
What do you mean ‘Load & Go’? Go Where? Episode 22
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:51 — 29.2MB) Join us again in Alaska as Steve Murphy and Kyle David Bates talk with Rusty Lasell from Tri-Valley Fire Department in Healy, AK about wildland fires, earthquakes, and response to other such disasters [Read More]
Rural Alaska Healthcare Episode 21
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:34 — 45.4MB) If you think that driving an hour with a patient means that you are working within a rural community you have yet to visit Alaska. This week we are at the 17th Annual Interior Region EMS Council [Read More]
Keep Your Toque On! Episode 13
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:52 — 44.8MB) …and give one to your patient while you’re at it! With the colder weather moving in we address the environmental factors that we, and our patients, will face at the scene of an MVC. In [Read More]
Let’s Sort Things Out! Episode 12
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:37 — 31.4MB) Ever look at your partner at the scene of a motor vehicle crash and say, “Well…who goes first? When you DID make a decision what did you use? Your gut instincts or any one of the multiple [Read More]
Mechanism of Injury or Idiocy? Episode 9
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:02 — 27.9MB) There seems to be a trend to transport patients to the trauma center, possibly by air, based solely upon the mechanism of injury. The question that we address is do we put too much into the MOI? [Read More]
Expect the Unexpected! Episode 8
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:49 — 30.6MB) The response to an explosion can be difficult, but have it at an airport and across the street from your EOC can really make things interesting. We use this case to delve into scene management and [Read More]
RTCs in the UK! Episode 7
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:52 — 28.3MB) In this special edition of the First Few Moments podcast we discuss SAFETY, MANAGEMENT, TRIAGE, CARE at the scene of roadway traffic collisions (RTC) with one of our favorite paramedics from across [Read More]
Hey Kid! Episode 6
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:52 — 32.0MB) Hearing that your call involves an injured pediatric patient, yet alone multiple pediatric patients, is enough to get even the most experienced provide a little nervous. Why is this? Is it that they [Read More]
What if it Were One of Our Own? Episode 5
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13:40 — 33.7MB) This week we discuss responding to an MVC that involves one of our own. There have been numerous crashes of ambulances and fire apparatus that have lead to injuries as well as fatalities.When it comes [Read More]
Where Oh Where Should My Patient Go? Episode 4
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:00 — 25.2MB) This week we discuss triage. Not just categorizing patients but where they should go and how they should get there. Between February and July 2010 there have been 6 HEMS crashes killing 16 people. [Read More]
