Tip This Week --- Poison Prevention Week Tips With Angel Bivens, PharmD, from the Maryland Poison Center Poison Prevention Week is coming up March 15 thru the 21, 2010. This provides the local paramedics and EMTs and their EMS services a perfect opportu

Tip This Week --- EMS Pediatric Concerns and Tips From last Tuesday night's live episode, this week on MedicCast, the podmedic is once again joined by podcaster/EMS educator Greg Friese in a feature on pediatric concerns for EMS. Find out the challenges

Tip This Week --- Assessing Fall Injuries Individuals in all age groups have a potential risk for fall injuries. Falls in children and adolescents tend to occur in homes, followed by schoolyards and playgrounds. Adults in the other hand tend to get injur

EMS providers like EMTs and paramedics often have to be resourceful and creative when it come to caring for obese patients. Because they are different from the standard patient, management of obese patients have become one of the complex challenges EMS pr

Tip This Week --- AV Blocks An atrioventricular block is defined as a conduction disorder of the nervous impulse at the level of the atrioventricular junction, i.e. between the atrium and the ventricle. AV blocks can be further classified into categories

Welcome to Episode 202 The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click here to download (Macs Ctrl Click) Subscribe with iTunes here! A podcast for EMT's, Paramedics, and other medical providers of all kinds. Get the Brand

Emergency responders often see patients who have used street drugs like heroin and cocaine but don't always think about what other drugs or substances that have been mixed in with them. These contaminants are usually added to dilute the drug or to extend

Welcome to Episode 200 The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click here to download (Macs Ctrl Click) Subscribe with iTunes here! A podcast for EMT's, Paramedics, and other medical providers of all kinds. -------------

Tip This Week --- Join paramedic podcasters Jamie Davis, the Podmedic and Greg Friese once again in this episode recorded live from the EMS Expo last October in Atlanta as they discuss about new innovations to EMS equipment and talked to podcasters and e

Tip This Week --- Interview with Greg Adams of Medic Alert Foundation One common controversial issue in EMS is whether to attempt resuscitation on a patient or not. For EMS providers to determine when not to resuscitate, one thing they could do is to che