Inside EMS

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I spend more time discussing prehospital point-of-care ultrasound with listener and CritMedic Podcast host Dominick Walenczak. Bottom line: ultrasound offers a great many more benefits and potential uses than the most paramedics appreciate, and widespread affordability is not that far off. Give us a listen, and share your thoughts.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the adaptation of new and emerging technology by EMS providers. In it, we engage in a pretty good discussion on the potential benefits of EMS point-of-care ultrasound. I’m of the opinion that new technology helps us be more accurate in our assessment and diagnosis of patients, and ...

On this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the two Falmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. EMTs who suffered an epic case of Quadruple P Syndrome*, and discuss pediatric assessment in some detail. Give us a listen, and share your thoughts!       *Pediatric Patient, Panicky Providers

On this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I interview Kevin Hazzard, former Grady paramedic and author of A Thousand Naked Strangers. I’m reading it now, and it’s good. Give us a listen, and go check out Kevin’s book.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the ongoing stench that is the state of EMS in our nation’s capitol, and interview one of my favorite EMS authors, Michael Morse of Rescuing Providence and Rescue 1 Responding. Give us a listen, and check out Michael’s books if you haven’t already.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, including the bill passed by the Kentucky House to extend Line of Duty Death (LODD) benefits to the families of EMS responders. In my opinion, every EMT who dies in the line of duty should be entitled to LODD benefits. Public, ...

On last week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, and tackle some outside-the-box solutions to meeting response time standards, such as paramedic Quick Response Vehicles. Give us a listen, and share your thoughts.

On this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the chicken or egg question: does crappy reimbursement drive shoddy training and educational standards, or do we get reimbursed poorly because we’re content with being a bunch of barely educated skills monkeys? We also discuss the recent murder of a Pulaski County, Arkansas EMT by a patient, ...

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I welcome John Kustuch to the Guest Table as we talk about ambulance accidents and what we can do to lessen the likelihood of them.* Give us a listen and share your thoughts on the issue.     *Spoiler Alert: Stopping driving like adrenaline-fueled idiots would help a lot.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I welcome Sarah Mielke to the Guest Table to talk about the new Emotional Trauma Life Support course. This is a course that we’ve needed for a while, and I can’t wait to take it and start teaching it. Give us a listen to learn more about it.

… co-host Chris Cebollero and I welcome paramedic and artist Daniel Sundahl of DanSun Photo Art to the Guest Table. Give us a listen, and go rate us on iTunes.

… Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events like the shooting victim who called Uber instead of an ambulance, and we discuss the merits of joining an EMS professional advocacy organization. Bottom line: You can either bitch impotently, or you can put some skin in the game and try to get things done. Give us a ...

Last week on Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I welcomed Steve Erwin to the show, to talk about active shooters, rescue task forces, and EMS operations in the warm zone. Give us a listen.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events. We chat about the distressingly commonplace reports of violence against EMS providers, and the case of a UK cardiac arrest survivor who was resuscitated after 25 shocks. Give us a listen to learn about double sequential defibrillation for shock-refractory VF.

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, including the news story of the EMT in New York supposedly suspended for helping a choking girl. Turns out, there’s a lot more to the story. Go listen, and give us your thoughts.