Disaster Podcast

Disaster Podcast


Latest Episodes

Stress and the Family of the Disaster Responder
February 14, 2020

In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we bring on Dr. Joe Holley and his Wife Kimberly Holley to talk about dealing with the stress of a deployment for the family of a disaster responder. We also talk about helping family members deal with the after...

Preparedness and Planning for 2020 Winter XGames with Kyle Nelson
February 07, 2020

In this week’s episode, we chat with our regular dispatcher and disaster weather expert, Kyle Nelson. Kyle fulfilled several roles covering the response aspects of the 2020 Winter X-Games in Aspen, Colorado.

Coronavirus Update and a Look a Weather Conferences and Disasters
January 31, 2020

In this week’s episode, we cover a couple of topics. First we chat with Dr. Joe Holley about the recent coronavirus outbreak and its spread worldwide. The podcast crew covers the need to seek out reliable information.

Negative Intrathorascic Pressure CPR Airway Research
January 24, 2020

Dr. Joe Holley and his co-author Dr. Johanna C. Moore joined the podcast for this episode to talk about their recently published research on the effectiveness of various supraglottic airway devices during CPR. Specifically,

Talking Stress Injury with Critical Incident Expert Dan McGuire
January 17, 2020

We brought back Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives to talk about updates to the ways work-related stress for first responders is handled. The biggest change Dan noted was a focus on building resiliency into initial first responder education and ongoing...

Disaster Podcast Team Looks Forward to New and Exciting Topics in 2020
December 27, 2019

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 3 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about their picks for top topics to cover in 2020. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle [...]

2019 Disaster Podcast Retrospective and Top Episode Picks, Part 2
December 20, 2019

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 2 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about the year’s best episodes and topics. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle Nelson,

2019 Disaster Podcast Retrospective and Top Episode Picks, Part 1
December 13, 2019

It’s been a great year of podcasts here at the Disaster Podcast. In this episode (part 1 of 3), the whole team comes by to talk about the year’s best episodes and topics. We have Dr. Joe Holley, meteorologist and emergency dispatcher Kyle Nelson,

Disaster Response Training – Paragon Medical Group Style
December 06, 2019

In this special episode, we talk about what it takes to create a customized, large-scale drill for training first responders and you community health services in the event of a disaster, man-made or natural.

The Pending Demise of Many Rural EMS Services
November 29, 2019

On this episode we invited Andy Gienapp, MS, NRP, Manager of the Office of Emergency Medical Services, Health Readiness and Response Section, Public Health Division, Wyoming Department of Health. We invited Andy on to discuss the potential demise of ma...