MedicCast host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and EMS Garage host Chris Montera continue their traditional conference finale episode at EMS Today 2013 with a look behind the scenes. They invite A.J. Heightman, JEMS.com Editor-in-Chief, and JEMS managing editor Jennifer Berry to join them and share their thoughts on trends in new EMS products and the amazing changes seen in this conference.
A special thank you to Physio-Control, Inc., Pennwell and EMS Today for allowing the ProMed Network team to cover this event. Follow the channel here or over at MedicCast.tv for more segments from EMS Today 2013.
MedicCast host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and EMS Garage host Chris Montera kick off their traditional conference finale episode at EMS Today 2013. They invite EMS product development expert Dan White, Author of the Paramedic Blog (@paradan on Twitter), to join them and share his thoughts on trends in new EMS products and services seen at the conference.
Dan also brings in some toys of his own to show off. First off is his newly designed B2 Paramedic EMS helmet, developed through his partnership with Bell helmets. Then Dan shares an innovative and inexpensive video laryngoscope, the McGrath Mac Laryngoscope built just for the emergency medical services environment.
A special thank you to Physio-Control, Inc., Pennwell and EMS Today for allowing the ProMed Network team to cover this event. Follow the channel here or over at MedicCast.tv for more segments from EMS Today 2013.
MedicCast podcast host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic is joined by a pharmacology and pharmacy expert at the Public Health Preparedness Summit talking about role of local pharmacies in wellness and community health and preparedness for major events and disasters. Joining Jamie on the show was Al Babbington, CEO at PrescribeWellness.com.
MedicCast podcast host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic is joined by a panel of experts at the Public Health Preparedness Summit all talking about SNS (the Strategic National Stockpile) and preparedness for major events and disasters. The panel includes:
Cyndi Lake, Public Health Emergency Management Coordinator for the Alexandria, Virginia Health Department
Andy Pickett, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the Institute for Public Health in Detroit, Michigan
Raphael (Ray) Barishansky, Director OEMS for the State of Connecticut
Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and Rick Russotti from the Mitigation Journal stop after setting up the ProMed Network Podcast Studio and record this segment from the exhibit hall floor at the Public Health Preparedness Summit on their expectations and anticipated high points from the coming conference.
MedicCast TV guest host, Chris Montera, the Geekymedic is joined in the EMS Today 2013 Podcast Studio by paramedic blogger Scott Kier as they chat about the upcoming EMS Today conference and what they are looking forward to seeing. Scott is the author of the MedicSBK.com blog. Chris and Scott are the co-hosts of the EMS Garage podcast.
The two paramedic podcasters discuss some of the recent innovation awardees from the EMS 10 Awards the previous evening and also the excellent education and seminar opportunities offered at the EMS Today conference. They also discussed the innovative products and exhibitors they had already seen during the conference set up that day as well as the EMS on the Hill event just prior to the conference opening.
In this segment, we first bring on EMS Educast host Greg Friese on to talk about his impressions from the Expo. Greg was on our Expo preview show and told us some of the things he was looking forward to at the show. Find out if he found what he was looking for at EMS World Expo. Also, First Few Moments host Kyle David Bates joined Chris Montera and myself to share his views and response to what he saw at EMS World Expo. Check all that out coming right up!
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Jamie Davis, the Podmedic is the host of the MedicCast.
Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. There are some pretty exciting things coming up in this week’s program as we kick off our three part finale from EMS World Expo 2012. This week has the first three product innovator picks from our podcasting team.
First off is Chris Montera’s pick, a disinfectant and cleaner made from ordinary tap water in your station. Next up is my pick, an online discount shopping service only open to military and first responders. And we’ll wrap up this first segment with Chris Cebollero’s tasty pick, self-heating MRE’s. Check all that out coming right up!
On Day 2 of EMS World Expo MedicCast host is joined by a group of EMS leaders and educators to talk about the importance of high quality CPR compressions and how to achieve them. This episode is sponsored by Physio-Control, Inc and their Lucas 2 mechanical compression device.
Guests include:
Dr. Jeffrey Elder, medical director New Orleans EMS
Karen Wojcik, RN, Clinical Specialist and Educator with Physio-Control, Inc.
MedicCast TV host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, was joined at EMS World Expo by National Association of EMTs (NAEMT.org) President-Elect Don Lundy and CLIR-EMS (CLIREMS.org) President Gary Wingrove to talk about EMS safety and reporting. The EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool (E.V.E.N.T.) is a tool designed to improve the safety, quality and consistent delivery of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). It collects data submitted anonymously by EMS practitioners.
E.V.E.N.T. is a program of the Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Research in EMS (CLIR) with sponsorship provided by the North Central EMS Institute (NCEMSI), the National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA), the Emergency Medical Services Chiefs of Canada (EMSCC), the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO).
EMS providers like EMTs and paramedics can report an event by going to EMSEventReport.com and select the type of event they would like to report. All reporting is anonymous. The information is used to improve the safety of EMS systems in the U.S. and around world. Overall, the E.V.E.N.T. site with data collected hopes to develop a culture of safety across emergency medical services.
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Special thanks to NAEMT for sponsoring this episode at EMS World Expo 2012 in New Orleans. Find more EMS video segments and episodes like this at MedicCast.tv.
