(http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Med-Math-3D1-202x300-202x300.png)Social media for EMS, hidden paramedic cost, getting your EMS cache and we’ll take a look at what we can do for the treatment of penetrating and crush injuries in the field. If that's what you're looking for, you found it, right here on this week's episode of the MedicCast.

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MedicCast Episode 435
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. In this week’s EMS news items we’re going to look at several news items that discuss the hidden challenges and costs of being an EMS provider.

Then in this week’s special tip segment we have another interview from the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS Today back in February. Dr. Ed Dickson, JEMS medical director, sat down with me to talk about penetrating and crush injury management in EMS. Do you know what to do and best practices to handle these types of injuries? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.
Contact the MedicCast
If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at podmedic@mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com). Also, if you're an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the free MedicCast app from the Google play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.mediccast.android.mc). Get the free MedicCast EMS app for iOS.

I got an email from EMT audience member Josh who wanted to thank me for the show each week and to ask for a shout out to his service and their paramedic partners. So to the gang at Ambitrans Naples, I offer you kudos on the hard work you do and hope you enjoy the upcoming holiday season safely. Take care and keep checking out the MedicCast! That’s it for this part of the show, let’s get ready for the news coming right up!

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EMS News
Social Media for Emergency Medicine (http://www.emsworld.com/news/12063628/social-media-in-emergency-medicine-studies)

The Price of Being a Paramedic (http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3005641/casey-henderson-serving-sick-and-injured-comes-at-price/)

Earning Your Paramedic Cachet (http://www.emsworld.com/blog/12063944/getting-your-cache-as-a-paramedic)

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Tip of the Week: Penetrating Trauma and Crush Injuries
(http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Knife-stabbing-hand-300x201.jpg)At EMS Today back in February I got the chance to interview Dr. Ed Dickson, JEMS Medical Director. Dr. Dickson talked with me about penetrating and crush injuries and how EMS providers should prepare to manage theses specific types of trauma patients.

Check out this segment from the Physio-Control Podcast Studio and thanks again to Physio-Control, EMS Today and JEMS for having our podcast studio in their exhibit hall. Find all the segments we shot from the conference here and at the ProMed Network at blog.ProMedNetwork.com.

Links:

EMS Today site (http://emstoday.com)

Physio-Control site (http://Physio-Control.com)

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Contact the MedicCast
Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com) or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic (http://Facebook.com/podmedic)) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic (http://twitter.com/podmedic)).

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