Stories from Expo

Flipping the EMS Classroom

Mike Shoulders explains how flipping the traditional roles of teacher and student can help improve EMS education. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Think Outside the Box: MIH/CP and Social Workers

Licensed Social Worker Lauren Young of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue discusses the future of EMS and MIH. As community healthcare providers, EMS should lean on what we do best: thinking outside the box.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Babies Won't Wait: Training for Complicated Births

For complicated childbirths, many EMS providers have been taught only one treatment: diesel bolus. In this episode, Josh Borkosky explains that training is especially important in these low frequency/ high acuity events.  Practice like you play and providers will be better prepared to handle high-risk pregnancies.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.

Cardiac Arrest Survival? It's Night and Day

There's never a good time to have a cardiac arrest, but when is the best time?  In this episode, Jenna Tuttle gives some insight on cardiac arrest survival rates in daytime vs. night-time scene responses.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Code Sepsis: Add it to the Alert List!

Paramedic and physician Gustavo Flores talks Trauma Team Activation, Stroke/STEMI Team Activation and... Sepsis? Acute sepsis patients need proactive and aggressive treatment. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Poor Cellular Coverage Means Poor Outcomes for SCA Patients

Researcher Emma Hand discusses her abstract regarding how the type of cellular phone provider may affect patient outcome in an EMS service area, especially in regards to cardiac arrest. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Crew Resource Management: Your Captain Speaking

Pilots Dick Blanchet and Christopher Tremblay discuss crew resource management- from aviation to EMS: what can we learn from how airlines implement Crew Resource Management? In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Staying Awake During the Night Shift: EMS Challenges

All EMS providers have experienced fatigue on the job.  Curtis Olson shares tips on how to stay awake during the night shift.  In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville. 

Are We Doing Cardiac Arrest Wrong? Or Right?

Justin Saunders' research involves a predictive model to compare expected rates of ROSC with actual success rates so EMS services can better understand what they're doing right (and wrong) during cardiac arrest calls. Saunders is one of numerous students from Western Carolina University's paramedic bachelor's degree program invited to present at this year's EMS World Expo. EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

How About a Resuscitation Pillow?

Longtime EMS professional Damon Franklin discusses one of the newest products found in the EMS World Expo exhibit hall: his CPR Pillow (CPRP).  One of the best things about EMS World Expo is seeing new products and meeting their creators.