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MCHD Paramedic Podcast

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The MCHD Paramedic Podcast is a place for prehospital providers to discuss best practices and offer clinical insights relevant to our daily practice. MCHD Medical Director Dr. Casey Patrick invites you to explore the many aspects of prehospital care. Along the way you can expect guest appearances by some of the brightest minds that influence modern EMS.
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Episodes

Episode 6 - MCHD Ironman Medicine 2018 Featuring Dr. Kevin Schulz

It's Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas time here in Montgomery County, and our MCHD crews are preparing to staff the 140.6 mile triathlon. After fielding multiple questions about hyponatremia and hypothermia in ultra-endurance athletes, we decided that a podcast discussion was in order. The MCHD Paramedic Podcast crew were lucky enough to have Dr. Kevin Schulz, Medical Director for Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas, join us to talk Ironman medicine. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride...we promise it w...

Apr 24, 2018•30 min

Episode 5 - Mobile Integrated Health/Community Paramedicine Featuring Dr. Peter Antevy

EMS implementation of Community Paramedicine and Mobile Integrated Health programs is exploding. Dr. Peter Antevy joins Dr. Dickson for an informative discussion surrounding the role of Community Paramedicine and Mobile Integrated Health in today’s EMS systems. Dr. Antevy has built an impressive CP program from the ground up in South Florida. He shares his experiences and thoughts on both the ideal role and future of CP.

Apr 17, 2018•16 min

Episode 4 - Hyperkalemia Management

Hyperkalemia can send our patients to cardiac arrest in an instant. Casey Patrick and Jordan Anderson begin with some background physiology review on the importance of potassium to cellular function. They then move on to describing specific patient characteristics and ECG findings found in patients with hyperkalemia, and close with MCHD’s current protocol to preemptively treat these patients en route to the hospital. PDF Summary: https://www.mchd-tx.org/media/podcasts/MCHDPP-04.pdf

Apr 09, 2018•17 min

Episode 3 - Syncope

Syncope is a common and often confusing presentation. Dr. Casey Patrick leads a lecture style discussion with tips to approaching the syncopal patient in the prehospital setting. ECG pointers and an impossible to forget “crappy” mnemonic will leave you with a more focused approach to your next syncopal patient. References 1. http://www.jem-journal.com/article/S0736-4679(17)30868-5/pdf LINKS: 1. WPW - https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ecg-library/pre-excitation-syndromes/ 2. Brugada syndrome - https:...

Apr 02, 2018•14 min

Episode 2 - Pediatric Resuscitation Featuring Dr. Peter Antevy

Featuring Dr. Peter Antevy Today’s show will focus on the evolution in the EMS approach to pediatric resuscitations. Historically these high stress resuscitations focused on rapid transport of these children to the hospital and have resulted in sub par resuscitation efforts and increased stress for both providers and families. There is mounting evidence that mirrors the adult resuscitation data that staying on scene and providing focused resuscitation efforts improves outcomes in these patients....

Apr 02, 2018•21 min

Episode 1 - Lung Protective Ventilation

Dr. Patrick and Clinical Manager Jordan Anderson discuss intubation and ventilator settings to help avoid lung injuries in the intubated patient.

Mar 26, 2018•13 min
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