Inside EMS: How to safely drive an ambulance with lights and sirens
Inside EMS: How to drive an ambulance with lights and sirens
Jul 30, 2015•34 min
Inside EMS
Keeping you on the pulse of what’s happening inside the EMS community. Catch up with Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson weekly as they discuss EMS life through good-natured banter and expert perspectives. Their vehicle for delivering the news and know how is that of two medics sitting on the truck between calls. Their mission is to make all listeners, EMS insiders.
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Episodes
Quick Clip: How to handle shaking hands on a call
Hosts Chris and Kelly respond to a listener from South Dakota who is being teased because her hands were shaking on a critical call
Jul 30, 2015•8 min
Inside EMS Podcast: More tactical medicine training for EMS?
After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training.
Jul 25, 2015•27 min
Quick Clip: Grayson‘s inside perspective on ”hogtied” patient who died
Inside EMS co-host Kelly Grayson provides information from EMS colleagues who were witnesses at the scene, who say the incident appeared to be a case of excited delirium.
Jul 24, 2015•4 min
Quick Clip: ‘Ignore the camera‘ when bystanders start filming
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson advise to “shut your mouth and do your job” rather than engage with a member of the public recording a patient in a public place during a call.
Jul 16, 2015•3 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Behind the scenes of a heroin addict
Host Chris Cebollero talks about the toll heroin is taking on a friend’s daughter, and discuss fatal incidents that involved people launching fireworks from their bodies.
Jul 10, 2015•16 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Dr. Bledsoe talks EMS protocols, community paramedicine
EMS educator Bledsoe discusses when is it acceptable to deviate from protocols, and the role of community paramedicine in the future.
Jul 02, 2015•43 min
Quick Clip: What is an acceptable protocol deviation?
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss when it’s acceptable to deviate from protocols with Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency physician, paramedic and EMS educator. Bledsoe says there should be clinical guidelines, and that he’s supportive of doing something that may not be in the protocols, but is well supported by research and medical theory.
Jul 02, 2015•3 min
Quick Clip: Why EMS training should teach more analytical skills
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson talk with Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency physician, paramedic and EMS educator, on how to improve EMS training. Bledsoe explains that “EMS is not linear” and we need to change the initial training for EMS providers.
Jul 02, 2015•4 min
Quick Clip: What does a blood pressure reading really measure?
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson explain how blood pressure relates the bigger-picture of blood circulation throughout the body
Jun 30, 2015•4 min
Quick Clip: Tips for taking a patient’s blood pressure
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson provide advice on how to get a good blood pressure reading, especially when in the back of an ambulance.
Jun 30, 2015•4 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Criminal charges for EMT who didn‘t respond?
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss whether an EMT who refused to respond to an infant in cardiac arrest should be held criminally liable for the infant's death.
Jun 26, 2015•35 min
Quick Clip: A patient handoff report challenge
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson go head-to-head with a mock patient handoff report; how do your skills stack up?
Jun 19, 2015•6 min
Inside EMS Podcast: How to perfect your patient handoff report
In this episode they take the components of a good radio report one step further and discuss the components of a patient handoff at the hospital. Cebollero and Grayson also cover how to deal with a nurse that does not listen to your report, how to handle the same questions from other staff, and why discussing the response to your treatment is important.
Jun 19, 2015•30 min
Quick Clip: What not to include in a radio report
Inside EMS co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson break down the elements of giving a good radio report
Jun 12, 2015•2 min
Inside EMS Podcast: How to give a good radio report
In this episode of Inside EMS, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson break down the elements of giving a good radio report. They supply a scenario and both present mock reports. See how your own radio skills stack up. In the news, they also discuss a paten given to Google to create a fleet of ambulance drones. The drones would deliver supplies for medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest or choking.
Jun 12, 2015•35 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Austrailian medics share tips for MCI simulation debriefing
Students in Australia discuss a recent mass casualty scenario and the development of a debriefing model for maximum learning after the event.
Jun 04, 2015•29 min
Quick Clip: Are providers prepared for mass casualty incidents?
50 people sickened at a homeless shelter is a reminder that providers never know when they'll find themselves on a multi-patient scene, and there needs to be a process in place to handle such calls.
Jun 04, 2015•3 min
Quick Clip: Medic recalls response to ostrich attack
An ostrich that killed two people in Ark. is a reminder to live life to the fullest
Jun 04, 2015•2 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Ballistic vests and helmets for EMS?
In this week’s Inside EMS podcast, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss an Milwaukee ambulance that was hit by gun fire on the way to a call, and consider whether EMS providers should be equipped with vests and helmets. They also talk about alternatives to 48-hour shifts, and highlight the dangers of working long hours after a recent ambulance crash where Texas medic said he fell asleep behind the wheel. In addition, they discuss a two FDNY EMS providers accused of falsifying a patien...
May 29, 2015•24 min
Quick Clip: Is it time to end 48-hour shifts?
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the challenges of driver fatigue. They highlight a recent ambulance crash where a Texas medic fell asleep behind the wheel near the end of a 48-hour shift, and discuss alternatives to EMS providers working long hours.
May 28, 2015•1 min
Final Call For Kyle Begin
A teen dying of cancer inspired Kansas paramedics. Fulfilling a young man's dream to become an EMT was a great and lasting gift to EMS leaders, educators, and paramedics.
May 27, 2015•1 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Debunking the myth that volunteer EMS is dying
New EMS1 columnist and volunteerism expert Nancy Magee explains why volunteers are critical to the future of EMS; her answers may surprise you
May 21, 2015•33 min
Quick Clip: ‘Toughen up‘ is wrong message for female EMTs
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss inappropriate comments made on Facebook in response to a female EMT who hasn't returned to work after being called the "community bicycle" over an open mic by a male lieutenant set to retire.
May 21, 2015•3 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Debating cameras in ambulances
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson revisit their thoughts on cameras in ambulances, and review driver safety after a video of a Hungarian ambulance weaving through traffic.
May 15, 2015•38 min
Inside EMS Podcast: How the EMS Compass Initiative will create industry standards
Learn how this national project launched in October 2014 will improve systems of care through the development of system outcomes, benchmarks, and processes. Now through May 31 is your changes to submit feedback and influence your career field.
May 07, 2015•30 min
Quick Clip: Comparing EMS models in the U.S.
What was the process for building outcomes for all the different EMS models in the U.S.? Listen to this clip of Nick Nudell explaining how performance measures are structured.
May 07, 2015•3 min
Quick Clip: Should response times matter?
Do response times make a quality difference for patient care? Listen to this four minute clip and give us your opinion.
May 07, 2015•4 min
Inside EMS Podcast: Texas EMS fights to practice in the ER
In this weeks episode of Inside EMS Chris and Kelly discuss the Texas ENA's opposition to a house and senate bill looking to increase the scope of paramedics by allowing them to practice their clinical skills in the ER under the direct supervision of a physician. They are joined by guest Matthew Witt, for a discussion that covers what Texas EMS is doing to address this opposition.
May 01, 2015•28 min
Quick Clip: Where were you during the Oklahoma City bombing?
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson recall what they were doing when they heard about the incident 20 years ago, and how it relates to terrorism today.
Apr 24, 2015•5 min
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