The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast
The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast is a podcast for all EMS providers. Whether you’re an EMT, paramedic, nurse; work in a 911 response setting or critical care transport; and are a novice or experienced clinician, this podcast is for you.
Latest episodes
May 13, 2022 • 0sec
MINI BONUS: Emerging From Darkness (First Responder Mental Health)
May 12, 2022 • 0sec
Critical Care Transport 101
Critical care transport is a cerebral logistics game. You need not get analysis paralysis.
May 8, 2022 • 0sec
100th Episode
Random discussion at my basement bar. Topics covered:
An old school code
Body armor
How to get into critical care EMS
May 4, 2022 • 0sec
GSW Logistics
The podcast covers topics such as managing shooting calls with practical insights, emergency medical response policies like the 'scoop and run policy', guidelines for responders on approaching shooting scenes safely, urgency in trauma care interventions, the controversy around C-collar use in gunshot wound cases, and managing trauma patients with a focus on ethical dilemmas faced by paramedics.
May 2, 2022 • 0sec
Operational Perspectives from an EMS Pilot
Apr 25, 2022 • 0sec
SWAT Medic Stuff, Blood, & Gear
A chat about selecting the perfect boots, organizing essential gear for EMS personnel, importance of well-organized medical gear during high-pressure situations, SWAT medics being fully prepared, advancements in pre-hospital blood administration, and optimizing blood administration in pre-hospital care for traumatic shock resuscitation.
Apr 20, 2022 • 0sec
Tachyarrhythmias, Clinical Decisionmaking
Bill and I kill time at work and discuss two patients with fast heart rates. Hear us muddle awkardly through AVRC and then we go down a bunch of rabbit holes.
Apr 15, 2022 • 0sec
The NAEMSE 2022 Conference Looks Awful
Apr 12, 2022 • 0sec
"Subject Fallen"
Not a sexy topic but I talk about geriatric falls.
References:
PMID 33060534
PMID 25983268
PMID 22971148
PMID 22971148
Rezaie. (2015). Minor Head Trauma in Anticoagulated Patients: Admit for Obs or D/C? RebelEM. https://rebelem.com/minor-head-trauma-in-anticoagulated-patients-admit-for-observation-or-discharge/
Apr 10, 2022 • 0sec
Damage Control Resus
References:
Bradford. (2022). RePhill. https://www.thebottomline.org.uk/summaries/icm/rephill/
Smith IM, Crombie N, Bishop JR, McLaughlin A, Naumann DN, Herbert M, Hancox JM, Slinn G, Ives N, Grant M, Perkins GD, Doughty H, Midwinter MJ; RePHILL Trial Collaborators. RePHILL: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of pre-hospital blood product resuscitation for trauma. Transfus Med. 2018 Oct;28(5):346-356. doi: 10.1111/tme.12486. Epub 2017 Nov 28. PMID: 29193548.
US Army Joint Trauma System’s Damage Control Resuscitation website: https://jts.amedd.army.mil/index.cfm/PI_CPGs/damage_control
