This episode is an open-access recording of educational content from a Prodigy EMS course which reviews a case of an undifferentiated critical pediatric patient . Prodigy's Director of Critical Care, Shane O'Donnell interviews Dr. Matthew Harris . You are requested to transfer an intubated two-year-old. Thoughts go racing through your mind before the dispatcher finishes reading the information. What diseases can I expect? How do I ventilate this child? What medications should I prepare? To watch...
May 27, 2025•56 min
Dr. Faroukh Mehkri walks us through a mindset reframe for the undifferentiated crashing patient. He theorizes that the pervasive language of “stay and play” versus “load and go” has conditioned and narrowed our thinking. Dr. Mehkri describes the evidence-based, predictable and preventable pattern of patients going into cardiac arrest in the early phase of a call when the patient has been physically moved to the ambulance too early. He says there’s still a place for the “load and go” mindset but ...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Alex (Sandy) MacQuarrie , PhD and Paramedic, reflects on his move from Canada to Australia, principles of simulation in medical education & his personal experience with cardiac arrest. Show notes at medicmindset.com Connect with Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com Connect with Sandy: https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Dr. Casey Patrick, EM physician & EMS medical director at Montgomery County Hospital District (Texas), joins Ginger to discuss how he thinks during calls when the patient presents with rapid atrial fibrillation. Is the rapid A-fib the primary cause or a secondary result of another critical condition like sepsis, PE, DKA, hypovolemia, etc? Want CE for listening? Here's how....
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 19 min
"Some people love doing crosswords or Sudoku. I love finding my learner's cheat code . I love figuring out what really works for this person versus the previous people that I had. It's an opportunity for me to exercise my creativity." - Keith Velaski This episode delves into the art of precepting in EMS. The episode features insights from Keith Velaski, a seasoned flight nurse with extensive experience in various clinical and transport settings. The discussion emphasizes effective preceptor-lear...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min
He's the White Tiger. Dr. J.R. Pickett. Or simply J.R. His teams follow him and in this episode he gives away some of the secrets of his leadership philosophies: How he gets buy-in from his team. What he understands about millenials. How he balances decisiveness with tactical patience. Why conflict is essential for successful teams. What he learned during COVID. Instagram Twitter Facebook...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Paramedic, Taylor Kellogg ( @kello011 on Twitter ) joins us. This episode is a chance to take a break from clinical learning and listen to the story of a medic who has a passion for meteorology. Wildland fires in Southern California, a thunderstorm on a goat ranch, tornadoes while on shift, flooding that brought him eye-to-eye with a snake knocking on the station door & winter storms in Central Texas. He marvels at the good & the ugly that natural disasters provoke in humanity and how ex...
Feb 19, 2023•55 min
Dr. Maia Dorsett joins us again! You may remember her from the Thinking: Lift Assist episode. This time she shares what she knows about the process of death notification. It's a passion-topic for her because she knows how important these conversations are for the loved ones of patients who have died... and for us. She frames a death notification as a procedure that can be taught, learned and practiced. NAEMSP Article Bite #33: Is Death Notification Training associated with decreased burnout amon...
Jan 09, 2023•59 min
Kevin Hazzard reads 2 chapters from his latest book, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became American’s First Paramedics. Freedom House EMS is EMS’ origin story. It was almost erased until Kevin Hazzard meticulously researched the story so it can sit in the forefront of our our collective consciousness. His first book, 1000 Naked Strangers , was recommended by Nyssa Hattaway in this Medic Mindset episode as the one book she’d give to a new paramedic....
Nov 17, 2022•31 min
Kevin Hazzard reflects on a TV show based on a book called " 5 Days at Memorial " by Sheri Fink . In this story, the characters are faced with impossible challenges inside a hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina. There are so many parallels between what they experienced and what out of hospital paramedics are presented every day. The first time I heard Kevin's voice was in 2016 when he was a guest on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross . They were discussing his book "1000 Naked Strangers" w...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
How do we find our way out of this? Initial education, recruitment and retention in EMS are all in crisis. Paramedic and EMS educator, David Fifer proposes an educational pathway for paramedics in this keynote lecture at the 2022 National Association of EMS Educators' Annual Symposium. Days before delivering this keynote talk, David was working with a crew to hoist people out of disastrous flooding in Kentucky. He called on those in attendance to offer financial support through this site if poss...
Aug 06, 2022•1 hr 14 min
I don't have favorite episodes but if I did, this would be one of them. With my girlfriend Cassi by my side, I caught up with Kris and Sara Kaull at a conference. It's the first ever double-date on Medic Mindset! Cassi & Kris are both paramedics. Sara and I have the perspective of the significant-other to a paramedic. We swap stories and Cassi and Kris offer up ideas about what medics need from their spouses/partners. This episode is really a gift to the family members of medics. Take a list...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min
This is a special cross-post with the brand new pediatric podcast from NAEMSP: The Pediatric EMS Podcast created by Drs. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann and Dr. Joseph Finney. Dr. Donofrio-Odmann has been a guest on the show previously in Thinking: Pediatric Respiratory . Other guests in this episode are Drs. Maia Dorsett , Jeff Jarvis and Jeremiah Escajeda They've created these show notes . While you are there subscribe to their podcast which is sure to be a hit. CE for this epsiode...
May 18, 2022•57 min
These two guests are partners: a flight medic and a flight nurse. They dig into their relationship in a way that will make the listener think about their own role as a partner. We also have a chance to hear the flight medic reflect on a near-miss with a medication error, what he wished he had learned more about in paramedic school, why he isn't a firefighter and a wide range of other topics. The listener will quickly hear what I heard: These two partners are the perfect yin-yang. She's spirited ...
Apr 25, 2022•43 min
Get CE for listening to this episode at prodigyems.com White Tiger, Dr. JR Pickett is back! Previously, he has talked to us about Syncope and Shortness of Breath. This time it's all about abdominal pain. He emphasizes the history and physical exam and includes a few ultrasound nuggets. What's the difference between a thoracic aortic dissection and an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Why is abdominal pain so concerning in geriatric patients? How can you adjust your physical exam techniques to gain the ...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Ginger Locke speaks to the topic of Feedback. In this recording from University of Washington's Grand Rounds, she explains that paramedics are not getting enough feedback. She outlines theories for why it is scare, what we can do about it, and how feedback might look in the future. Twitter: https://twitter.com/gingerlockeATX Show notes: https://medicmindset.com/2022/02/08/finding-feedback-uwash-great-rounds-notes/?preview_id=4159&preview_nonce=c7a34bca9e&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=41...
Feb 14, 2022•44 min
Natalie is a paramedic and friend. We recorded this while she was working for Grady EMS and trying to get into medical school in 2019. Check out this pre-pandemic time capsule episode and find out where she is now. Follow Natalie on Twitter . Show notes.
Jan 18, 2022•52 min
Critical care and flight medic, Jace Mullen and Ginger discuss all things medical and rock climbing. Topics include: The Principle of Charity in arguments, why code-switching is an essential skill of paramedics, how to be a good re-tweeter, what still scares him, how he decided to transition out of urban 911 to critical care/flight medicine and what it was like to get COVID during the first months of the pandemic. Shownotes at medicmindset.com
Dec 13, 2021•55 min
Shownotes at https://medicmindset.com/2021/09/11/thinking-pediatric-respiratory/ After seeing Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann 's talk in Prodigy EMS ' free Refresh 2021, I knew Medic Mindset listeners needed to hear from her. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and an EMS Associate Medical Director in San Diego, CA. In this episode of The Thinking Series , she shares her passion and expertise on the topic of Pediatric Respiratory Distress. She covers how she uses the pe...
Sep 11, 2021•57 min
What do the greats of EMS read? EM Physician and EMS educator, Dr. Maia Dorsett shares what, when and how she reads.
Jun 08, 2021•36 min
What do the greats of EMS read? Paramedic Michael Herbert shares what, when and how he reads.
Jun 08, 2021•38 min
What do the greats of EMS read? Flight Nurse Nyssa Hattaway shares what, when and how she reads.
Jun 08, 2021•45 min
What's the one book you'd recommend to a brand new paramedic? 3 guests answer this one question. The guests are: Flight Nurse, Nyssa Hattaway. Paramedic, Michael Herbert. EM Physician, Dr. Maia Dorsett.
Jun 08, 2021•22 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Dr. Maia Dorsett @maiadorsett discusses how she thinks about the Lift Assist patient. Show notes Get FREE CE for listening to the episode and taking a short quiz at prodigyems.com
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 4 min
How do we let each other know that a fellow medic has died? The guest in this episode, Christa Stedman, is a Public Information Officer (PIO) for Austin-Travis County EMS. Together, we sort through her thought-process about delivering tragic news. Shownotes at Medic Mindset
Oct 26, 2020•32 min
So thrilled to have Dr. Heidi Abraham as a guest in The Thinking Series. She discusses causes of bradycardia and the mindset needed to approach patients who are bradycardic.
Aug 04, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Dr. Jason Pickett from the Austin-Travis County Office of the Medical Director podcast takes over Medic Mindset. He discusses fear and leadership in the context of COVID-19. Follow Medic Mindset on: twitter , facebook , instagram .
May 26, 2020•10 min
Shownotes at medicmindset.com In reference to how he collaborates with 911-callers to put order to chaos: "It's like trying to jump on a moving train. You're not trying to stop the train or divert it, because the train has gotta go where the train's gotta go. You are just trying to get on it. And if you can get on the train... If you can get in... If you can insert yourself with them... then you can start exercising your influence on the controls."...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Ginger had the honor of sitting down with one of the EMS greats, Mike Taigman. He was in Austin for ESO 's Wave 2020 conference. ESO was generous enough to allow Medic Mindset the opportunity to record Mike's session called, "Managing Stress Like A Boss" and gave them a space during a very busy conference to record an interview.
Mar 16, 2020•35 min
The Mixtape Series features 3 anonymous paramedics who answer the same question. In this episode, Ginger asks, "What do you remember about your first ridealong?" Take a listen to their responses and see how some themes repeat. medicmindset.com for show notes @gingerlockeatx and @medicmindset on twitter
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 20 min
