EMS Today

A Review of the Avian Flu Outbreak

Infection Control Consultant Katherine West examines the current Bird Flu outbreak.

‘I Try to Balance Realism and Hope’

Marv Wayne, MD, gets real and shares his experiences with Eric Chase, talking everything  from the Vietnam War, 50 years of emergency medicine, EMS and more.

Honorable but Broken

Documentarian Bryony Gilbey joins the podcast to discuss her documentary, "Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis." She talks about what led her to make the film, what she found while making the film, and reactions to the film at screenings. She also shares how people can get involved to bring these challenges facing EMS to the attention of legislators. 

Proper Patient Restraint: EMS on Trial

JohnRey Hassan, JD, EMT-P, describes the legal and medical frameworks involved with patient death cases involving restraint and sedation.

Post-Exposure Medical Follow-Up is Different in Mobile Integrated Health/Community Paramedicine Work

Infectious disease expert Katherine West explains the new procedures for post-exposure medical follow-up and source patient testing that are now being required as EMS expands its role in the community setting.

You can read the article here.

This podcast is sponsored by ESO.

It’s that time again! ESO just dropped their 2024 EMS Index — a must-read benchmarking tool for every EMS agency. With insights from over 12 million EMS responses in 2023, it covers topics like bystander CPR, ambulance offload times, and opioid overdoses. Your FREE copy is available now at eso.com/ems-pod.

Fall Down, Stand Up: EMS Research on Fall Injuries

In this episode, we interview Will Chapleau, RN, EMT-P, from the International Prehospital Medicine Institute about research related to falls.

This podcast is sponsored by ESO.

It’s that time again! ESO just dropped their 2024 EMS Index — a must-read benchmarking tool for every EMS agency. With insights from over 12 million EMS responses in 2023, it covers topics like bystander CPR, ambulance offload times, and opioid overdoses. Your FREE copy is available now at eso.com/ems-pod.

A Sound Policy for Armed EMS Providers

Central Berkeley (SC) Fire and EMS Deputy Chief Justin Miles-Miller talks about his department’s policy of allowing select EMS providers to carry weapons on-duty. You can read more about an armed EMS policy here.

This podcast is sponsored by ESO.

It’s that time again! ESO just dropped their 2024 EMS Index — a must-read benchmarking tool for every EMS agency. With insights from over 12 million EMS responses in 2023, it covers topics like bystander CPR, ambulance offload times, and opioid overdoses. Your FREE copy is available now at eso.com/ems-pod.

Brett Lyle

On this episode, Brett Lyle of Brett Lyle Coaching joins the podcast to discuss the importance of branding, networking and getting ideas from people outside of EMS. She also talks about the importance of coaching and mentoring within your organization, how leaders should also be followers and ways to continue to improve as a leader.

This podcast is sponsored by ESO.

It’s that time again! ESO just dropped their 2024 EMS Index — a must-read benchmarking tool for every EMS agency. With insights from over 12 million EMS responses in 2023, it covers topics like bystander CPR, ambulance offload times, and opioid overdoses. Your FREE copy is available now at eso.com/ems-pod.

Dr. Molly McCann-Pineo

JEMS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ted Lee speaks with Dr. Molly McCann-Pineo, director of Clinical Research in the Emergency Medicine Service Line at Northwell Health. Dr. McCann-Pineo is also an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

JEMS Salutes Women's History Month

JEMS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ted Lee talks with MEDIC Deputy Director Sharon Taulbert about the importance of women in EMS.