Medschoolmedic Podcast

Medschoolmedic Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 13- Cognitive Offloading
August 04, 2017

Sometimes thinking is hard. In EMS and in medicine in general, there are a lot of things to remember when encountering a patient. What are the right drug dosages? How do we calculate body surface area for burns? What about CPR?

MSM Shorty- Ketamine for Agitation
July 31, 2017

Regular listeners will know that here at medschoolmedic, we love Ketamine. Earlier this year, in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Riddel et al. explored how effective ketamine would be when given as a first-line drug for excited delirium or ...

Episode 12- Physician Shadowing with Mike Defilippo
July 28, 2017

Mike Defilippo joins the podcast to discuss his summer of physician shadowing. What is involved in physician shadowing? Will shadowing help me in medical school, or help me get into medical school? What did he learn from the process?

MSM Shorty-TXA
July 24, 2017

Why use TXA? What is it, and how does it work? Tranexamic Acid, or TXA is a drug that helps control hyperfibronolysis, which is associated with increased mortality. Essentially, the drug works to stop bleeding.

Episode 11- Opioids and Narcan
July 21, 2017

It seems like with each passing day, we hear more and more about opioid overdoses. Its something that was discussed in the early days of this website. Yet, we still seem to hear about the dangers and emerging trends of opioid abuse,

MSM Shorty- The Slow Progress of EMS
July 17, 2017

Why does the profession of EMS seem to move along so slowly? Why do the medications and technology seem to move along at a glacial pace? Today’s shorty explores these topics.   Follow MSM on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Episode 10 Pt. 2- SMACC Talk with Dan Schwester
July 14, 2017

MSM Clinical guy Dan Schwester joins the pod to discuss the SMACC conference, and rant with Ed about EMS in general. VF arrest mindset Cognitive offloading High-Fidelity simulation Pre-brief Debrief Stress and handling it Communication under stress “If...

Episode 10 Pt. 1- SMACC Talk with Dan Schwester
July 14, 2017

MSM Clinical guy Dan Schwester joins the pod to discuss the SMACC conference, and rant with Ed about EMS in general. VF arrest mindset Cognitive offloading High-Fidelity simulation Pre-brief Debrief Stress and handling it Communication under stress “If...

MSM Shorty- Oxygenation
July 10, 2017

In 2011, Weingart and Levitan published a paper in Annals describing how oxygenation works during an intubation attempt. This paper was a game changer. It is phenomenally robust paper that uses nothing but the facts and data. It is, in part,

Episode 9- Flipping the classroom with Anna Brown
July 07, 2017

We’ve talked about flipping the EMS classroom before on this website. Today, we’re joined by paramedic and EMS educator Anna Brown to discuss ways to flip the classroom. We also discuss different ways to handle the classroom environment,