Posts Tagged ‘EMS’
Not IF but WHEN? Response to violence Episode 42
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:21:30 — 56.6MB) It seemed that the world came to a stop when 26 people, mostly children, were shot dead at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Ten days later the Nation was shocked again when 4 [Read More]
SAY WHAT?! Communications. Episode 41
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:19 — 53.4MB) Live! From Dufferin County EM Conference in Orangeville, Ontario, Cananda we address communications, technology, and how Steve is old. Join Kyle David Bates, Steve Murphy, Alex Buchanan, and Doug [Read More]
The 4 ‘Ws’ of Pain Management: a discussion – Episode 40
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:15:53 — 59.6MB) Why do we manage pain? What do we use to manage pain? When should pain be managed? Who gets pharmaceutical pain management? Join Brad Buck, who through an unfortunate Skyping accident we lost, Tim [Read More]
EMS Safety Foundation @ RettMobil 2012, Episode 39
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:28 — 46.3MB) This month we make a return trip to Fulda, Germany with Dr. Nadine Levick and the EMS Safety Foundation. Join Kyle David Bates, Chris Fitzgerald, Dr. Levick, Jim Foster, and Neil Blackington as they [Read More]
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 Change of the Dogma: If it helps only one? Episode 36
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:50 — 48.5MB) **This podcast is not meant to change YOUR current practice, only your medical director can do that! …but nothing says you can’t try to convince them – KDB** “Whoa! Look at [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]
When We DON’T Go: Live from EMS World Expo 2011, Epiode 32
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:35 — 22.9MB) The First Few Moments podcast did record a show at EMS World Expo 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada despite the fact that FFM host Kyle David Bates was home helping his wife with their new baby. Guest Host [Read More]
Will Twitter Replace the Siren? Episode 31
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:15:15 — 53.4MB) In this episode we discuss one municipality’s attempt to decrease intersection collisions by using various technologies. We also discuss, again, driving as there has been continued news feeds of [Read More]
Slide, Don’t Lift: Episode 30
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:30 — 48.6MB) Bending, lifting, twisting and essentially turning yourself into a pretzel in a car is how we often work at the scene of an MVC. However are we destined to “just deal with it” or are there [Read More]
Check Your Pee! Episode 29
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:06 — 29.6MB) Oftentimes we talk about provider rehabilitation only during times of extended operations such as with structure fires. However with the arrival of summer, working on the hot blacktop at the scene of [Read More]
Who is TIMA? Episode 28
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:25 — 45.9MB) Roadway safety isn’t a new topic for emergency responders. People dying, being injured, or damage to vehicles is not new either. So how come we are kicking and screaming when it comes to making [Read More]
RettMobil Day 3: Ergonomics, Episode 26
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:44 — 42.6MB) This week we return to RettMobil in Fulda, Germany as the guest of Dr. Nadine Levick who is the founder of the EMS Safety Foundation, to discuss ergonomics. We sit down with Chris Fitzgerald, the EMS [Read More]
RettMobil Day 2: Ambulance Design Ep 25
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:59 — 25.2MB) First Few Moments was honored to be the guest participant in the EMS Safety Foundation’s 2011 Rettmobil Delegation to Fulda Germany lead by Dr. Nadine Levick, who established the Foundation. This is [Read More]
RettMobil Day 1 Episode 24
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:47 — 16.2MB) Fulda, located towards the middle of Germany, is an old, small town where for the 11th year responders involved in mobile medical care converge. This year there is an expected attendance of over 30,000 [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]
Why We Do What We Do: a view from the ROUGE Medic Episode 20
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:33 — 42.5MB) Ok, so this is a little late getting out but it is quite worth it! This week’s episode was recorded LIVE at EMS Today 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. Scott Keir, Dr. Jeff Myers, Tim Noonan, and [Read More]
My Wife is the IC! “The Incident Coordination System” Episode 19
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:56 — 57.5MB) This week we address the Incident Command…no Management…no Comm….oh I don’t know, that system we establish when at the scene of a disaster. Should we go away from the terms [Read More]
Some things to think about… Episode 18
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:23 — 55.5MB) This week as we discuss how an Oregon hospital refused to care for a patient in cardiac arrest in their very own parking lot and how the first responders dealt with it. We also discuss a recent fatal [Read More]
To Cut or Not to Cut? Episode 17
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:34 — 47.0MB) It sometimes seems that we become preoccupied with our tools when trying to get someone out of a vehicle. “Cut here…no here…get the spreader…let’s try…” are [Read More]
Candy Cane BLEVE w/ Gingerbreadization – Episode 15
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:26 — 44.7MB) How would you deal with an MVC of a high-profile bowl-full-of-jelly bariatric patient involving multiple small patients as well as nine caribou-type animals? Using some tongue-in-cheek we look at the [Read More]
Let’s Get A Head! Episode 14
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:11:16 — 51.4MB) Head injuries are common injuries that we encounter at the scene of an MVC. Rapid assessment and proper management may make a difference in the injured’s prognosis. Join Scott Kier, Mat Fults, [Read More]
