Prehospital Paradigm Podcast

Dr. Ariel Olicker, the medical director for Neonatal Critical Care Transport, joins the team for some practical conversation about understanding and being more comfortable with neonatal patients. Sin…

This month, we were live from the Chagrin Valley Fire Department.  We discussed air medical care with Kyle Schnarrs, Flight Nurse, and Nathan Brazytis, Flight Paramedic, from the UH AirMed critical c…

In Part 3 of our discussion with crew members of UH AirMed, They wind up the recorded sessions discussion catching up on loose ends of the discussion, cricothyrotomy, laryngoscopy, the various drugs …

UH MedAir's Kyle Schnarrs, Flight Nurse and Nathan Brazytis, Flight Paramedic continue to talk about the airmedical transport system.  First, they address the medical brief that can be helpfu to the…

This month, we welcome Kyle Schnarrs, Flight Nurse and Nathan Brazytis, Flight Paramedic from the UH AirMed critical care transport system. In the first of a 4-part series, they discuss how to become…

This month we discuss field termination and DOA situations with Dr. Donald Spaner. We will dive into what the medical control physician is looking to hear from the field provider's report, the import…

In this 3rd part of our discussion of field termination of care and DOA situations, the crew and Dr. Spaner talk about the Do Not Resuscitation situations. DNR does NOT mean do NOTHING! Anything that…

The discussion of EMS field termination of care and DOA situations continues with Dr. Don Spaner. More actual cases are discussed as peer review including BLS termination of care. "When in doubt, sta…

The team gathers with Dr. Donald Spaner joins for a discussion of field termination and DOA situations. This discussion includes a review of actual cases as a peer review. Part 1, what the medical c…

As you already know, in the months when we have a 5th Monday, we have an extra airway series episode.  This month, the team is talking blind-insertion airways. Interesting note, even anesthesia prefe…

The podcast is on the road at Kent Fire Department.  Dr. Stephanie Gaines and Jennifer Moreland, RN and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), hit the road with us to go live!

As an EMS provider, what is the proper language with which to approach a possible domestic violence or sexual assault?  The crew also discusses situations that may be 'hot" situations of active viole…

This part of the discussion reviews what happens when your intuition is telling you to suspect a domestic violence situation but the patient doesn't seem to want to participate in that conversation?

This is the final part of our "Psychiatric Emergencies" episode. We discuss psychiatric emergencies and even address physical vs. chemical restraint with Dr. Jordan Singer. We recorded live at the R…

When alcohol and substance abuse is involved, it can make the difficult to judge the patient's capacity to refuse treatment. By the way, dementia itself does not steal a patient's capacity to refuse …

The topic of soft restraints starts this episode with our guest Dr. Singer. No need to "MacGyver" some type of soft restraints. If you do any restraining, restrain all 4 points. A goal of restraining…

This month, we talk about psychiatric emergencies. We even address physical vs. chemical restraint and actual cases with Dr. Jordan Singer who is back with us for the third time.

We were live from the Bainbridge Fire Department this month taking your calls and your questions to close out the STEMI review! 

When you're making decisions with STEMI patients, in the lab, there are a number of considerations. The patient's previous cardiac history and current condition is taken into consideration. When you'…