EMS Today

'Up To and Including Death:' The Dark Side of Patient Refusals with Jason Haag

Jason Haag is a well-traveled EMS educator who currently works as the quality assurance analyst and clinical educator for MultiMed Billing in Baldwinsville, NY. With more than 18 years of EMS experience, Jason is a critical care paramedic who has experience as an EMS supervisor and CIC certification teaching agencies across New York.  He also speaks at conferences, hosts classes and reviews texts for Jones and Bartlett Learning.  Jason continues his EMS advocacy with multiple EMS agencies and committees. His involvement with Geneva Fire Department, Boy Scouts, Masons, Rotary, and Ducks Unlimited occupies his days after his daily family time with his wife and son.

Mike Lucero

Due to mandatory staffing patterns, could this force first responders to leave their chosen career path because of burnout? Mike Lucero explains his perspective as a father, husband and his struggle for mental wellness within his dream career.

Women in Leadership

Dr. Candice McDonald and Robin Goldinger, RN, talk about empowering women in emergency medical services.

Carrot-Stick in Quality Assurance with Tim Nowak

Tim Nowak is the Founder & CEO of Emergency Medical Solutions, LLC, an EMS training & consulting company that he developed in 2010. His background includes nearly a decade of company officer and chief officer level experience, in addition to training content delivery and program development spanning his entire career. Tim also has active experience as a columnist and content developer with over 200 published works and over 100 hours of education content available online. He is also a social media influencer on LinkedIn within the EMS industry.

Influenza Vaccines for 2021-22

Infection control consultant Katherine West explains the new influenza vaccines for the upcoming year.

EMS Initiatives in Indiana

Chief Douglas Randell talks with Kraig Kinney and Dr. Michael Kaufmann from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, EMS Division, and Dr. Kristina Box, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Health, on the state's Coronavirus response.

Rescue Medicine with Doug Hexel

Doug Hexel has been in emergency services since 2004 and currently serves as a firefighter-paramedic for the City of Schenectady (NY), a rescue-medical specialist for New York Urban/Technical Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (NY-TF2), paramedic instructor at the State University of New York at Cobleskill and shift commander at the Albany County Sheriff’s Office EMS Division, where he is also a lead instructor.  He is a New York State Certified Instructor Coordinator (CIC) and holds technician-level certification in rope, confined space, trench, swiftwater and collapse rescue.  His professional passion is educating paramedics and paramedic students in all realms of EMS and technical rescue, as well as removing the stigma of “fire medics” among providers.

Not-So-Happy Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

Scot Phelps and Maria Werner talk about why 911 controllers and communicators are handcuffed from doing their job the proper way.

Statistical Significance and EMS with Tony Fernandez

If you’ve ever read a medical research study, even just the headline, this podcast is for you. If you’re an EMS educator leading the next generation of EMS providers to our field, this podcast is for you. If you’re a training officer or other EMS professional who presents to colleagues or medical directors, this podcast is for you. You don’t have to be a statistician to interpret all the studies. You don’t even have to be a statistician.

Tony Fernandez has been a nationally certified paramedic since 2005. Tony was the second individual to successfully complete the Emergency Medical Services Research fellowship offered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Upon completion of this program,  Tony was a research assistant professor within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. 

Within the department, Tony was the director of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Research for the EMS Performance Improvement Center, which develops and maintains a comprehensive statewide EMS Data System for North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia.

In addition to serving as research director, his own research focuses on patient care in the prehospital environment, EMS occupational health and safety, disaster preparedness, and understanding the EMS workforce. In 2012, Tony was elected as a Fellow for the American Heart Association (AHA).  Tony currently works as a research scientist at ESO.

The Thing about Texas, Part 2: 'It's More Complex than Most People Realize'

This is part two of a two-part mid-pandemic deep dive — Jonathon Feit sits down with Joseph Casciotti, battalion chief of Community Medicine at the Harris County (TX) Emergency Service District 48 Fire Department.

In this installment, the two explore the experience of sharing data with a state immunization registry… only to find errors in one’s own vaccine record.

Listen to part one here.