Alert Medic 1
Alert Medic 1
Alert Medic 1 is a podcast developed by EMS professionals with strict physician oversight focused on educating EMS providers on all aspects of the sciences and medicine. We accomplish our goal through blog entries, case studies, video lectures, and social media interaction. We encourage and welcome health care providers of all backgrounds to join in our discussion.
Episodes
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Dec 23, 2019 • 37min
Alert Medic 1 - ECMO 101 with Arron Berry, RN
The AM1 crew gets together again with Flight Nurse Arron Berry to discuss the basics of ECMO!
Dec 9, 2019 • 48min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Managing Sickle Cell Crisis with Dr. Dennis Marjoncu & Kyle McKnight, NRP
Mustafa teams up with Dr. Dennis Marjoncu and Paramedic Kyle McKnight to discuss the various facets of treating the Sickle Cell patient.
Nov 25, 2019 • 24min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast [Delayed Release]: The Human Factor in EMS, Part 2
In this previosly recorded series, Mustafa discusses the human factor in EMS with two EMS leaders from the American Midwest.
Nov 13, 2019 • 26min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast [Delayed Release]: The Human Factor in EMS, Part 1
In a previously recorded series, Mustafa talks about the human factor in EMS with two EMS leaders from the midwest.
Oct 20, 2019 • 46min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Pharmaceutical Management of TBI, Part 3
The Alert Medic 1 crew, including the AM1 medical director, Dr. David Vitberg, and Brian Spoelhof, the team's pharmacist, get together to complete their series on the pharmaceutical management of traumatic brain injury,
Oct 7, 2019 • 32min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Concepts in Flight Physiology
The Alert Medic 1 Team meets with Arron Berry, who is a flight nurse with the Johns Hopkins Lifeline Critical Transport Team. Various topics regarding flight medicine, including changes in a patient's physiology during flight.
Sep 23, 2019 • 1h 2min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Pharmaceutical Management of TBI, Part 2
The Alert Medic 1 team gathers with Dr. David Vitberg and Dr.Brian Spoelhof to record the second part of their pharmaceutical management of traumatic brain injury series. In this episode, the discuss glucose use in the presence of TBI, along with the various agents involved in rapid sequence intubation (RSI), including fentanyl, etomidate, ketamine, midazolam, succinylcholine, rocuronium, vecuronium, lidocaine, and atropine.
Sep 2, 2019 • 28min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: The Power of Positive Thinking & Other Mental Health Topics
The AM1 Crew gathers to discuss various mental health topics in a more relaxed setting from our usual recordings. The crew recorded an editorial that discusses various topics including EMS Provider mental health, barriers to retrieving mental health care, and the power of positive thinking.
Aug 26, 2019 • 29min
The Yin & Yang of Clot Physiology: TXA and it's role within prehospital medicine
The AM1 crew along with their medical director, Dr. David Vitberg, meet to discuss TXA and it's role within prehospital medicine. Topics discussed include normal blood and clot physiology, the relationship of TXA, TPA, fibrin, thrombin, along with a robust discussion of recent studies that researched the efficacy of TXA. The discussion concludes with a discussion on the concept of a "Number Needed to Treat."
Aug 12, 2019 • 44min
The Alert Medic 1 Podcast: Opioid Overdose & Complications Secondary To Naloxone Administration
The AM1 crew returns to discuss the physiology of Opioids and a recent publication regarding complications secondary to Naloxone administration.
