The Critical Pediatric - A Prodigy EMS Collab
Medic Mindset
This episode is an open-access recording of educational content from a which reviews a case of an undifferentiated critical pediatric patient. Prodigy's Director of Critical Care, interviews . You are requested to transfer an intubated two-year-old. Thoughts go racing through your mind before the dispatcher finishes reading the information. What diseases can I expect? How do I ventilate this child? What medications should I prepare? To watch the video of the interview and receive CE, visit . Contact Ginger: [email protected]
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Start where you stand.
Medic Mindset
Dr. Faroukh Mehkri walks us through a mindset reframe for the undifferentiated crashing patient. He theorizes that the pervasive language of “stay and play” versus “load and go” has conditioned and narrowed our thinking. Dr. Mehkri describes the evidence-based, predictable and preventable pattern of patients going into cardiac arrest in the early phase of a call when the patient has been physically moved to the ambulance too early. He says there’s still a place for the “load and go” mindset but that there are also many occasions with the very sick patient where it would be...
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Kangaroos, Simulation & Cardiac Arrest
Medic Mindset
, PhD and Paramedic, reflects on his move from Canada to Australia, principles of simulation in medical education & his personal experience with cardiac arrest. Show notes at Connect with Ginger: Connect with Sandy:
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Thinking: Rapid A-fib
Medic Mindset
Dr. Casey Patrick, EM physician & EMS medical director at (Texas), joins Ginger to discuss how he thinks during calls when the patient presents with rapid atrial fibrillation. Is the rapid A-fib the primary cause or a secondary result of another critical condition like sepsis, PE, DKA, hypovolemia, etc? Want CE for listening?
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The Art of Precepting with Keith Velaski
Medic Mindset
"Some people love doing crosswords or Sudoku. I love finding my learner's cheat code. I love figuring out what really works for this person versus the previous people that I had. It's an opportunity for me to exercise my creativity." - Keith Velaski This episode delves into the art of precepting in EMS. The episode features insights from Keith Velaski, a seasoned flight nurse with extensive experience in various clinical and transport settings. The discussion emphasizes effective preceptor-learner relationships, educational strategies, and essential traits for successful precepting. Love,...
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Following J.R.
Medic Mindset
He's the White Tiger. Dr. J.R. Pickett. Or simply J.R. His teams follow him and in this episode he gives away some of the secrets of his leadership philosophies: How he gets buy-in from his team. What he understands about millenials. How he balances decisiveness with tactical patience. Why conflict is essential for successful teams. What he learned during COVID.
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The Weatherman
Medic Mindset
Paramedic, Taylor Kellogg () joins us. This episode is a chance to take a break from clinical learning and listen to the story of a medic who has a passion for meteorology. Wildland fires in Southern California, a thunderstorm on a goat ranch, tornadoes while on shift, flooding that brought him eye-to-eye with a snake knocking on the station door & winter storms in Central Texas. He marvels at the good & the ugly that natural disasters provoke in humanity and how extreme weather makes us vulnerable in a way that connects us. Show notes at Follow Medic Mindset on: &
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Death Notification Choreography
Medic Mindset
Dr. joins us again! You may remember her from the Thinking: Lift Assist episode. This time she shares what she knows about the process of death notification. It's a passion-topic for her because she knows how important these conversations are for the loved ones of patients who have died... and for us. She frames a death notification as a procedure that can be taught, learned and practiced. was made by the Monroe-Livingston EMS Region at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in anticipation of the rise of out-of-hospital death. Paper outlining in the Prehospital Emergency Care journal.
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Sirens In His Voice
Medic Mindset
Kevin Hazzard reads 2 chapters from his latest book, Freedom House EMS is EMS’ origin story. It was almost erased until meticulously researched the story so it can sit in the forefront of our our collective consciousness. His first book, , was recommended by Nyssa Hattaway in this Medic Mindset as the one book she’d give to a new paramedic.
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5 Days with Hazzard
Medic Mindset
reflects on a based on a book called "" by . In this story, the characters are faced with impossible challenges inside a hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina. There are so many parallels between what they experienced and what out of hospital paramedics are presented every day. The first time I heard Kevin's voice was in 2016 when he was a guest on . They were discussing his book "1000 Naked Strangers" where he recounts memories from working for Grady EMS in Atlanta for over a decade. I was struck by this quote during that interview: "There are a lot of situations where it's just not...
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"It's like trying to jump on a moving train. You're not trying to stop the train or divert it, because the train has gotta go where the train's gotta go. You are just trying to get on it. And if you can get on the train... If you can get in... If you can insert yourself with them... then you can start exercising your influence on the controls."