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Tech to Protect: A Public Safety Open Innovation Contest from 2020-08-21T07:49
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the "Tech to Protect Challenge," a national open innovation contest designed to help emergency responders accomplish their missi...
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Peter Antevy on Managing Pediatric Codes from 2020-07-21T07:47
Pediatric cardiac arrests are among the most difficult challenges we face in EMS. EMS Medical Director and PEM Physician Peter Antevy argues that pre-arrival planning and learning how to speak t...
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Sniff This: Alcohol Preps to Treat Nausea from 2020-07-07T07:46
Nausea is one of the most common symptoms experienced by our patients, and EMS providers know that there is not always an effective treatment. How about offering patients a whiff of an alcohol ...
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Speaking at EMS Conferences from 2020-06-21T07:43
Have you ever wanted to speak at an EMS conference? Listen as Chris Montera speaks with Sean Kivlehan, MD, and Kevin Collopy, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, about EMS World Expo's Stand and Deliver progra...
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A 42-Year Veteran: Dennis Rowe on Retaining and Recruiting Employees from 2020-06-07T07:42
Priority Ambulance's Dennis Rowe has more than 40 years in the EMS industry. Host Rob Lawrence dives in with Dennis for best practices in recruiting, retaining and educating our EMS workforce. ...
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Difficult Airways with David Olvera from 2020-05-21T07:49
Difficult airways challenge many EMS providers. David Olvera thinks that using the "HEAVEN" mnemonic to evaluate the patient's size, anatomy and neck mobility, among others, can be helpful in p...
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Kris Kaull: Failures in EMS from 2020-05-07T07:20
Kris Kaull takes a brutally honest look at the past 25 years in public safety and his own failures of epic proportion. Kris will dig into why we eat our young and how to mentor the next generat...
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A Physician Experiences HELLP Syndrome from 2020-04-21T07:30
What happens when the provider becomes the patient? Stephanie Louka, an EM physician at Virginia Commonwealth University, answers that question in this episode. OB emergencies are high stakes an...
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NFPA 3000: Active Shooter Standards with John Montes from 2020-04-18T16:06:32
John Montes, Emergency Services Specialist with the NFPA discusses NFPA 3000, a standard which details the framework for responding to an active shooter event. The National Fire Protection Agen...
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Hurricane Florence: So. Much. Water. from 2020-04-18T16:06:16
How did EMS in North Carolina handle Hurricanes Florence & Dorian in 2019? Deputy Director of EMS for Brunswick Co. Lyle Johnston and Onslow County EMS's David Grovdahl helped coordinate a disas...
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RTF: Getting First Responders On the Same Page to Save Lives from 2020-03-07T08:00
Mike McCabe of McCabe Ambulance Service in Bayonne, NJ calls on all first responder agencies to train and integrate their systems for large-scale incidents, specifically the need to create, impl...
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Best Practices for Creating and Writing SOPs from 2020-02-21T08:00
ResponderHelp.com is a new resource that compiles a variety of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and that can help EMS systems learn best practices for creating and writing SOPs that will bes...
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EMS Strives to Prevent Overdoses, Not Just React from 2020-02-07T08:00
How should EMS involve itself in injury and illness prevention? Ask Paramedic Paul Maxwell of San Diego, Calif. He discusses the Nicholas Rosecrans Award and this year’s winner, Colerain Townsh...
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Little Kids, Little Tubes: Pediatric Airway Management from 2020-01-21T08:00
EMS researcher Jenna Tuttle shares her original research on the impact of age in the management of the pediatric airway. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends a...
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MIH/CP in Baltimore: Helping the Needy from 2020-01-07T12:26:02
Baltimore City Fire Department serves an ultra-urban community, and they just started an MIH/CP program, profiled Listen
Bobbie Merica and the Camp Fire from 2019-12-21T08:00
From training for MCI events to living through one: Paradise, Calif. resident and Moulage Concepts' Bobbie Merica describes her experience in the devastating 2018 Camp Fire. In the latest insta...
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Andy Gienapp on Rural EMS: Why Do They Fail? from 2019-12-07T08:00
What's really going on in rural EMS? In rural America, ambulance services are closing. Is this about the lack of volunteers or something else much deeper? Andy Gienapp is the State EMS Director ...
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Assaulted on Duty: Ben Vernon Champions Mental Health Awareness from 2019-11-21T08:00
After being assaulted on duty, San Diego Fire Rescue Engineer Ben Vernon has become a champion for mental health for First Responders. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, ...
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Ketamine for Agitated or Psychiatric Patients: Is It Safe? from 2019-08-13T10:43:58
Ketamine is a popular medication these days for EMS providers to use in psychiatric emergencies. In this episode, Samuel Kordik delves into the use of ketamine to sedate psychiatric patients. In...
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Good EMS Education Costs Money from 2019-03-02T12:00
Good EMS education probably means spending money. Danish paramedic Morten Lindkvist explains how best to improve EMS education models. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series...
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Flipping the EMS Classroom from 2019-02-23T12:00
Mike Shoulders explains how flipping the traditional roles of teacher and student can help improve EMS education. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS G...
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Think Outside the Box: MIH/CP and Social Workers from 2019-02-16T12:00
Licensed Social Worker Lauren Young of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue discusses the future of EMS and MIH. As community healthcare providers, EMS should lean on what we do best: thinking outside ...
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Babies Won't Wait: Training for Complicated Births from 2019-02-09T12:00
For complicated childbirths, many EMS providers have been taught only one treatment: diesel bolus. In this episode, Josh Borkosky explains that training is especially important in these low freq...
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Cardiac Arrest Survival? It's Night and Day from 2019-02-02T12:00
There's never a good time to have a cardiac arrest, but when is the best time? In this episode, Jenna Tuttle gives some insight on cardiac arrest survival rates in daytime vs. night-time scene ...
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Code Sepsis: Add it to the Alert List! from 2019-01-26T12:00
Paramedic and physician Gustavo Flores talks Trauma Team Activation, Stroke/STEMI Team Activation and... Sepsis? Acute sepsis patients need proactive and aggressive treatment. In the latest inst...
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Poor Cellular Coverage Means Poor Outcomes for SCA Patients from 2018-12-23T22:00:27
Researcher Emma Hand discusses her abstract regarding how the type of cellular phone provider may affect patient outcome in an EMS service area, especially in regards to cardiac arrest. In the l...
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Crew Resource Management: Your Captain Speaking from 2018-12-23T21:58:29
Pilots Dick Blanchet and Christopher Tremblay discuss crew resource management- from aviation to EMS: what can we learn from how airlines implement Crew Resource Management? In the latest instal...
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Staying Awake During the Night Shift: EMS Challenges from 2018-12-23T21:47:57
All EMS providers have experienced fatigue on the job. Curtis Olson shares tips on how to stay awake during the night shift. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our fri...
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Are We Doing Cardiac Arrest Wrong? Or Right? from 2017-12-13T10:41:14
Justin Saunders' research involves a predictive model to compare expected rates of ROSC with actual success rates so EMS services can better understand what they're doing right (and wrong) durin...
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How About a Resuscitation Pillow? from 2017-12-13T10:37:36
Longtime EMS professional Damon Franklin discusses one of the newest products found in the EMS World Expo exhibit hall: his CPR Pillow (CPRP). One of the best things about EMS World Expo is see...
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Research in PEA Arrest from 2017-12-13T10:35:10
Nate Andrews is a paramedic student whose research project in PEA cardiac arrest garnered him an invite to speak at EMS World Expo 2017. Innovative young minds are imperative for the growth of E...
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Telephone CPR from Dispatchers: A Key Component of Survival from 2017-12-13T10:34:16
Not only are dispatchers a valuable part of the EMS team, but increasingly they are essential to good patient outcomes. Here, Isabel Gardet shares the benefit of telephone CPR instructions to pa...
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Wound Packing and Penetrating Trauma from 2017-12-13T10:33:24
Sigurd Blix is an EMT and medical student from Norway who researched the need for more training in wound packing and penetrating trauma. The size and scope of Expo, he says, has him excited to d...
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Code Green: Supporting First Responder Mental Health from 2017-12-13T10:32:31
Code Green is an EMS mental health campaign intended to help providers get therapy and help for the stress that comes with being in EMS. EMS World Expo, they say, is a great place to get the wor...
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Kevin Collopy and Safety Standards in EMS from 2017-12-13T10:31:31
Kevin Collopy delivered lectures on five different topics at the 2017 EMS World Expo. Here he addresses a subject he's passionate about: drifting from safety standards. He also weighs in on EMS ...
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Erik Gaull on the Importance of Attending Expo from 2017-12-13T10:29:31
Erik Gaull has been attending EMS World Expo for almost three decades. What keeps him coming back? The education, the exhibits, and—perhaps most important—his friends are all here.
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Rapid Response Models in Rural EMS from 2017-12-13T10:28:29
Rogers EMS Consulting's Shawn Rogers, who spent 13 years as state EMS director in Oklahoma, explains how a rapid response model can help save lives in rural parts of the country.
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Long Backboards: Do They Actually Immobilize? from 2017-12-13T10:27:11
David Wampler, PhD, speaks on the efficacy of long backboards as a spinal immobilization and transport device. His research found that patients secured on a stretcher mattress without a long spi...
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Working as a Paramedic in an Orphanage from 2017-12-13T10:25:35
British Columbia paramedic Nahum Ip's dedication to the field of EMS and international work with orphanages earned him a scholarship to attend EMS World Expo.
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Obtaining ROSC: Experience Matters from 2017-12-13T09:44:24
Experience matters when it comes to obtaining ROSC in cardiac arrest patients. Jenna Tuttle presented research at EMS World Expo on the effect of a provider's case volume on the likelihood of ob...
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The Importance of an EMT's Work Ethic from 2017-12-13T09:43:32
Mari Freeman, FF/PM, won a scholarship to attend EMS World Expo. Here she discusses her work ethic. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to...
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Evidence-Based Medicine vs. Provider Ego from 2017-11-09T20:45:37
Michael Dailey is a paramedic and emergency physician from Albany, NY. He's a self-styled paramedic stuck in a doctor's body. Are we allowing data control our approach to intubation or does our...
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Competing in the iSimulate Clinical Challenge from 2017-11-09T19:27:35
Clinical Challenge participants Megan Weiczenski and Andrew Grandin from Mercer County EMS came to EMS World Expo to compete. They have had great success in these types of clinical competitions ...
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Intubation, Ego, and Jeff Jarvis from 2017-11-08T19:35:30
Jeff Jarvis, MD, Medical Director for Williamson County EMS in Texas, conducted research on prehospital airways and explains that while intubating our patients we can sometimes let our ego get i...
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