Inside EMS

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I kick over a hornet’s nest by daring to question: do we run hot way too much? Here’s my TL;DR version: Hell yes. Most of our patients could be adequately served with the cable installer’s response time; sometime next Tuesday between the hours of noon and 5:00 pm. All ...

On this week’s episode of Inside EMS, EMS1 columnist Steve Whitehead and I duke it out with co-host Chris Cebollero and EMS1 Editor in Chief Greg Friese over whether mistakes are inevitable in EMS. Are they? Does accepting the fact that mistakes happen equate to condoning them? Does your QI process treat medical errors as teachable moments, or as grounds ...

Live show starts at 5:00 pm CST Monday, December 29.  Chris Cebollero and I will have back on some of our most popular guests, and discuss the biggest EMS news stories of 2014. Call in number is 917-889-8016, or join us in chat on Blogtalk Radio!

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the importance of EMS providers getting their annual flu shot, anti-vaccine stupidity, and how DC Fire EMS stepped on its weiner found itself in the news yet again. Give us a listen, and share your thoughts with us.

For you fans of the Inside EMS podcast, I’ve got a special treat for you. Inside EMS will have a live, year-end show on Blogtalk Radio on Monday, December 29 at 5:00 pm CST. We’ll revisit the top EMS news of 2014, bring back some of your favorite guests, and entertain questions from callers. Please join us on Blogtalk Radio ...

In the most recent episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the upcoming second anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings, and the lasting emotional toll it has taken upon the responders. In the news, we discuss a Canadian case where a paramedic was held not only civilly liable, but criminally liable for the death of a patient. ...

In the latest episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, and debate the recent New York grand jury decision not to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD cop who applied a choke hold in subduing Eric Garner, who subsequently died in the hospital. On the heels of the Ferguson riots, the outcome ...

In the latest episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services new ground ambulance standards. CAAS’ public comment period on the proposed standards ended December 1. Personally, I’m all for safer ambulance design and better structural integrity for ambulances. They’re big trucks, but they get torn apart rather easily in crashes, ...

In last week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, including the Arizona medics suspended for misusing Versed, why you can rarely believe what you read in the news, and why Victoria paramedics are committing suicide at a rate far higher than the rest of the Australian population. Give us a ...

On our latest episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the bad behavior of some Glendale, AZ firefighters and other EMS news and events, including an item ripped from national headlines: Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her own life. Both of us applaud Maynard’s right to self-determination, but Chris poses a question to me I am hard-pressed ...

In this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, welcome Brian Fass to the Guest Table for a talk about his new Fit Responder app, and discuss why every EMT should try to attend one regional, state or national EMS conference a year. TLDR version: because your agency’s educational program ...

Co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss Ebola hysteria, mass-shootings, and whether cameras are a good idea in the back of an ambulance. Give us a listen, and tell us what you think.

In the current episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, debate cameras in the back of ambulances, EKG stuff, and why your EMS system’s staffing model sucks and ours are better. We also interview the EKG Yoda himself, Tom Bouthillet, on our Guest Table segment. Check it out, and give us ...

On this week’s episode of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, and welcome Dr. Peter Antevy to the Guest Table. Peter is a pediatric emergency physician, and the developer of the Handtevy Pediatric Box resuscitation system. Dr. Antevy debunks the common fallacies of pediatric resuscitation, namely that resuscitations are inherently chaotic (and ...

This week on Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss the latest EMS news and events, and interview paramedic and blogger Sean Eddy for our Guest Table segment. Sean is writing a series of financial management posts that detail strategies you can use to not only pay your bills on an EMS salary, but save for the future. Check ...