MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students
Latest Episodes
Acetyl Fentanyl and Fentanyl Overdoses and Episode 370
Failure to recognize STEMIs, report card for emergency care gets a "D" and ramped up paramedic recruitment on the Gulf Coast. Plus, we'll look at the problem of Fentanyl and Acetyl Fentanyl overdose in a segment with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Ce
Croup and Epiglottitis in EMS Field and Episode 369
Mentoring the future of EMS, DUI for one EMS ambulance provider, more home births predicted for EMS and we'll take a look at the differences and similarities between croup and epiglottitis. If that's what you're looking for, you found it, right here on...
Ecstasy Club Drug Review and Episode 368
Ecstasy use rising among teens, text messages from ER reduce overcrowding, injured kids and shopping carts, plus we'll do an EMS review of the club drug ecstasy in this week's tip of the week. If that's what you're looking for, you found it, right here...
EMS Job Interview Tips with Chris Cebollero and Episode 367
Survey changes city's EMS services, paramedic impersonator charged in Pennsylvania, New Jersey hospital diversions scrutinized, and we'll take a look at some tips on interviewing for that perfect EMT or paramedic job with Chris Cebollero from the EMS Lead
Oxytocin EMS Medication Review and Episode 366
Scene safety is going away, donating that old ambulance to the third world, EMS violence reporting and we'll look at another new drug to some EMS and paramedic tool kits, Oxytocin. If that's what you're looking for, you found it, right here on this week's
Molly, N-Bomb, Synthetic Drugs and Episode 365
Aging populations affect EMS response, providing resources to your community to aid in EMS response, dangers of distracted driving to pedestrians and cyclists, and we'll look at the synthetic drugs of abuse "Molly" and "N-Bomb." If that's what you're look
Colleges and Bacterial Meningitis EMS Review and Episode 364
Women and heart attack symptoms, recounting a day in the paramedic's life, charged for attacking EMS, and we'll take a look at the recent outbreak of meningitis at a U.S. university with a review of bacterial meningitis. If that's what you're looking for,
Blood Transfusions for EMS and Episode 363
Newborn oxygenation and EMS provider treatment, where we stand on life expectancy, a study on giving blood products in the field and we'll look at some of the key things we need to keep in mind when giving blood products to patients as our EMS tip of the
Morphine and Fentanyl EMS Review and Episode 362
Police take tactical EMS lifesaver course, more counties raise their EMS fees to increase ambulance revenue, new calculator predicts heart attack risk in some patients and we'll take a look at the EMS medications morphine and fentanyl in this week EMS tip
Detergent Pod Poisoning (Revisited) and Episode 361
Billing fraud and ambulance services, ambulance driver gets a ticket, Dallas community paramedic house calls, and we'll chat with our good friend Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center with her update on the detergent pod poisoning problems some child