Confessions of an EMS Newbie

It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the most addictive podcast on the Internet, in the same way that powerful sedatives are addictive. Listen to us, and never fear insomnia again!

… Ron reviews the Veinlite LED on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. I love these things. I first played with a primitive version made by a different manufacturer over 15 years ago, and they've only gotten better since.

… Episode 63 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss birthin' babies, projectile vomiting, pooping on babies, and why it's not really necessary to do deep tracheal suctioning for meconium babies. You know, your typical dinner conversation for Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Play us next time you're at a restaurant, and watch the patrons ...

… Episode 62 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie, and the audio version of Episode 61 is available, too. Ron and I recap our trip to EMS World Expo, talk about the new products we saw, and what it's like to go kilted in Vegas. We also answer a few listener questions along the way. It's Confessions of ...

… Episode 61 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. This week we have an additional treat for you –  this is a recording of the video podcast we did from EMS World Expo in Las Vegas. We should have a pure audio version up soon. Ron and I are wearing our kilts, and we interview our EMS Newbie ...

For you EMS types attending EMS World Expo in Las Vegas, here's where I'll be. Tuesday, August 30: The Zoll EMS/Fire Blogger Bash at Las Vegas Hard Rock Cafe, starting at 8:30. Wednesday, August 31: Confessions of an EMS Newbie with Ron Davis at 3:30 from the Promed Podcast Studio in the exhibit hall. We'll have our EMS Newbie Essay ...

… Episode 60 is upon Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I talk about how absurdly easy ACLS has gotten and how it was in the bad old days, how cardiology was anticlimactic, and answer a few questions about CPAP and how our perception of EMS has changed since we entered the profession. The next time you listen to ...

You Newbies these days and your 12-lead ECG and your CPAP and your fancy schmancy cardiology stethoscopes. In my day, we made do with a LifePak 5 and a non-rebreather, and when we wanted to hear heart or lung sounds, we put our ear to the patient's chest and listened. And when we finally did get a cheap Sprague-Rappaport stethoscope, by God, we were grateful.

… Episode 58 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss CHF treatment and why Lasix is better left in the drug box unused, how the training focus is different for nurses vs paramedics and how that difference manifests itself in a resuscitation, and we wax rhapsodic about Harris County Emergency Corps' medical director, Dr. George ...

… Episode 57 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and Kelly talk about the AHA's long and tangled history with stroke treatment recommendations, how oxygen can actually harm someone, and how paramedic instructors like to torture their students by making them convert apothecary measurements to terms people use here in the 21st century. It's Confessions of an ...

Episode 56 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I talk about aberrant conduction, how to scare telemetry nurses to death, how to extricate a patient off a blob (theoretically), and why you shouldn't give adenosine just because you can give adenosine. Also, listener Vince D. straightens me out on the use of magnesium sulfate as an ...

… Episode 55 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I talk cardiology, when patients are all-the-way dead or just mostly dead, why ACLS algorithms are flawed tools for patient care, Edison medicine versus selective cardiotoxins, and why you don't need 18-inch biceps to work in EMS. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast to ...

The winner of the EMS Newbie Essay Contest is Mary Caitlin Kelly. Congratulations on a fine essay, and we look forward to having you on the show in Las Vegas!

Congratulations, Daniel, on a fine essay, and we hope to see you at EMS World Expo!

Since the final three essays in our EMS Newbie Essay Contest were soooo close, EMS World magazine has graciously offered to provide free conference registration not only for our 1st place winner, but for 2nd and 3rd place as well! Thank you, EMS World, for your sponsorship, and for allowing another couple of newbies the chance to attend! Hopefully, our ...