Innovations in Patient Care

Innovations in Patient Care


Latest Episodes

Nurse Educator Mike McEvoy on Trusting Your Patient Monitors or Not?
June 29, 2011

An old friend, nurse, paramedic, and passionate educator, Mike McEvoy joined me recently at a critical care nursing conference to talk about capnography readings, pulse oximetry, and when you need to question your monitors. I had the opportunity to sit d

Nurse Barbara Furry on New ECC Guidelines and Changes
June 14, 2011

Returning guest, nurse Barbara Furry joins me a recent Nursing Conference for critical care nurses. I had the opportunity to sit down with a group of the educators assembled by our sponsors, Physio-Control, in their booth to chat about recent innovation

Nurse Innovator and Educator Nicole Kupchik on Targeted Temperature Management
May 31, 2011

At a recent Nursing Conference for critical care nurses, I had the opportunity to sit down with a group of the educators assembled by our sponsors, Physio-Control, in their booth to chat about recent innovations in critical care nursing and other trend...

Innovator Dr. Ray Fowler, EMS 10 Awardee for 2010
May 24, 2011

Dr. Ray Fowler was one of this year's 2011 EMS 10 awardees for innovation in EMS for his groundbreaking work on getting Emergency Medicine recognized as a medical specialty. This paves the way for recognition not only of the ER physicians certified in

Reducing Health Care Costs – Two Innovative Case Studies
May 04, 2011

Last month, in Baltimore, the Innovations in Patient Care crew were able to sit down with two awardees for this year's EMS10 award. In this episode we recognize Dave Aber and Jeff Dummermuth who both came up with ways to reduce health care costs through n

Two Medical Innovators Creating Novel Approaches to Patient Care
April 20, 2011

In early March, we were privileged to sit down with two amazing health care innovators awarded for their creative ways of improving patient outcomes through community awareness. Catch our other episode this month honorees from this year's EMS10 as they

Support for Health Care Innovators from an Innovative Company
March 31, 2011

Earlier this month at EMS Today 2011 in Baltimore, Innovations colleague Carissa Caramanis O'Brien sat down with Physio-Control's Cam Pollock.  In his role as the VP of Marketing, Cam gets excited about the opportunities to be a part of a health care sys

Educating for Innovation at EMS Today 2011
March 15, 2011

In this episode of Innovations in Patient Care, your host Jamie Davis introduces a series of interviews recorded earlier this month at EMS Today 2011 in Baltimore. Innovations team member, Carissa Caramanis O'Brien leads the interviews with three educator

Part 2 of Understanding Electrical Shocks and the Heart
February 28, 2011

In this second segment of our episode of Innovations in Patient Care with Dr. Fred Chapman, PhD., I had the honor to sit down with Fred and talk further about the ins and outs of therapeutic electrical shocks for cardiac care.  Fred is the Director of

Understanding Electrical Shocks and the Heart, part 1
February 15, 2011

In this episode of Innovations in Patient Care, I had the honor to sit down with Dr. Fred Chapman, PhD and talk about the ins and outs of therapeutic electrical shocks for cardiac care.  Fred is the Director of Research for Physio-Control, Inc. and has a