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But Why EMS Podcast

26 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings

Our mission is to provide education to the EMS practitioner who is always asking “but, why” using physician-level expert commentary, queries from paramedics, and some good old fashioned humor.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute providing medical advice or professional services. All information is meant for use by healthcare workers and not the general public.

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Episodes

Episode 37: Artificial Intelligence and EMS

March 06, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 94 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! This episode is brought to you by Eolas Medical.  General Devices is the one-stop app for healthcare professionals.  The Eolas platform is a mobile-first file-sharing and communications platform designed specifically for frontline clinical staff. It's built for clinicians, by clinicians and our mission is to connect healthcare professionals with the information they need at the bedside super-fast and super-easily Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ...

Episode 36: There is no job too small

August 31, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes - 65.5 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners!  Disaster medicine is a unique field of prehospital medicine.  Planning for a possible disaster is one thing, but preparation goes out the window when it happens in real life.  In this episode we interview Dr. Joshua Stilley FAEMS Chief of Division of EMS at t...

Ep. 35: What's in the Box?!?!?

July 31, 2023 17:00 - 42 minutes - 59.3 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners!  Have you ever seen the quarterback of a professional football game review videos of the last play in real-time?   The act of reviewing your actions with the intent of figuring out what you can improve upon is the key to improvement.  What if we can do that with ...

Episode 34: What we have here is a failure to communicate...

June 30, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! This episode is brought to you by General Devices.  General Devices is a health tech company specializing in communication solutions that help EMS and hospitals deliver simply seamless patient care. Don't you love having dropped calls when signing out a patient?  Isn't it fun repeating your sign-out over and over?  How about explaining your EKG findings over the phone? Welcome to communication in EMS :).  On top of everything else, communicatio...

Episode 34: What we have here is a failure to communicate...

June 28, 2023 19:00 - 1 minute - 3.55 MB

This episode is brought to you by General Devices.  General Devices is a health tech company specializing in communication solutions that help EMS and hospitals deliver simply seamless patient care. Don't you love having dropped calls when signing out a patient?  Isn't it fun repeating your sign-out over and over?  How about explaining your EKG findings over the phone? Welcome to communication in EMS :).  On top of everything else, communication between the prehospital and in-hospital wo...

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Ep. 33 Working in the Crossroads of medicine

May 26, 2023 17:00 - 51 minutes - 71.6 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real time, Happy EMS Week you prehospital studs!!! We’ve all heard of the law EMTALA or otherwise known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.  But how does this law affect what we do in the world of EMS?  We know it’s usually hospitals who are liable…not EMS systems...right!?!?!?  Maybe not!  Little d...

Ep. 32: The Better Angels of our Nature: Trauma Informed Consent

April 28, 2023 17:00 - 51 minutes - 72.5 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   While we in EMS LOVE new shiny toys or flashy treatments that were only used in the hospital, some patient treatments require us to take a step back and see our patients as more than just that traumatic accident.  Enter Trauma Informed Care, which is a way to treat our patients not only with their im...

Ep. 31 Servant Leadership in MIH

March 31, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 95.6 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real time, Hello, But Why EMS Podcast listeners!  What do Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have in common?  They're both NOT servant leaders.  What are servant leaders you ask? And what does this have to do with EMS?  Well check out this episode of the But Why EMS podcast to hear Dr. Phil and Gina talk with MIH guests: ...

Episode 30: Ego is the Enemy

February 27, 2023 18:00 - 59 minutes - 83.6 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, Happy New Year But Why EMS Podcast listeners!  And with a new year comes the promise to become a better you personally and professionally.  So let’s start with changing our mindset when it comes to education.  In this episode, we have our But Why crew, Gina, Paul Schuler, and I talking with our special ...

Ep. 29: Finding water in the Desert

December 26, 2022 18:00 - 58 minutes - 81.9 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, In the current state of affairs and the decreasing number of OB/GYN specialists in our communities, EMS will endure long transports of high-risk OB to tertiary care facilities.  As a prehospital clinician, you will be the one caring for these sick OB patient(s).  Are you ready?  To help you prepare, the B...

Ep. 28: What do I do with my hands?

November 11, 2022 17:00 - 54 minutes - 76.2 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, What do I do with my hands?”  Have you ever been in an awkward conversation trying to keep it going…but run out of things to say?  Talking to a patient with psychiatric issues is similar.  And you want to know something?  That’s normal and it does feel weird.  But that doesn’t mean we should let it drive ...

Ep. 27 I Be Banging IRL

October 11, 2022 17:00 - 51 minutes - 72.2 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, If you're in the world of EMS, you've heard of the movie, "Bringing Out the Dead."  It's a classic movie where two paramedics played by Ving Rhames and Nicholas Cage go through their day working in EMS.  There is a famous scene in the middle of a party where both medics are dispatched to save a life.   ...

Ep. 26 It's all about the basics

September 09, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, Have you ever responded to a call and when you arrive on the scene you and your partner looked at each other like this? Our hosts Gina and John have!  Listen to them recount a baby delivery that isn't like our typical simulation cases.   We also have special guests EMS Physician Maia Dorsett MD PhD ...

Episode 25: To be or Not to be

July 27, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, But Why EMS Podcast brings you today's episode... Episode 24: "To be or not to be..." ~Hamlet Treating patients with end-of-life variables is difficult for all areas of medicine.  EMS is no exception.  Today the But Why EMS Podcast crew clarifies the world of end-of-life care with two very special gu...

Episode 24: Pediatric TXA

June 29, 2022 17:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MB

For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, But Why EMS Podcast brings you today's episode... While summertime is a time of swimming pools, road trips, and backyard parties, for clinicians it also means it's trauma season.  For the past 10 years, EMS systems and trauma hospitals have used Tranexamic Acid (TXA) for adult traumas to slow the bleed...

But Why EMS Ep. 23 EMS week Rising to the Challenge

May 20, 2022 14:54 - 43 minutes - 60.7 MB

Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, But Why EMS Podcast brings you today's episode... EMS Week: Rising to the challenge As EMS week comes to a close, NAEMSP, the PEC podcast, and the But Why EMS podcast would like to highlight a NAEMSP member who has Risen to the Challenge of the war in Ukraine.  Dr. Kasia Hampton (@kasiahamptonmd) & her medical student daughter Livia Van Humbee...

But Why EMS Ep. 22 Peds EMS Podcast

May 18, 2022 17:00 - 58 minutes - 81.2 MB

For paramedics, click here for CAPCE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, Ouch-less Pediatrics Happy EMS Week: Pediatrics Day! The But Why EMS Podcast team would like to highlight NAEMSP's newest podcast to our family  The Pediatric EMS Podcast In their first episode, hosts Dr. Joseph Finney and Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann talk about Safely and effectively managing pai...

But Why EMS Podcast Ep. 21: Guest Podcast AMPED "You save a life you save the world entire."

April 29, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 70.9 MB

For paramedics, click here for CAPCE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, In this episode, we highlight our sister podcast: The Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast (AMPED).  In this episode, we talk about what happens when a tornado strikes and causes a mass casualty incident (MCI).   How does the team integrate itself into a larger team of first responders doing a v...

Ep. 20 D Bolus No More!

March 31, 2022 17:00 - 55 minutes - 77.4 MB

For paramedics, click here for CAPCE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, The But Why EMS Podcast team brings to you a great conversation with  Kim McKenna PhD, RN, EMT-P about everything about getting rid of the term "Diesel Bolus," the Lights and Sirens Monograph, NAEMSP's joint position statement on Lights and Sirens, and how to educate and unlearn what we've learned! ...

D Bolus No More!

March 31, 2022 17:00 - 55 minutes - 77.4 MB

For paramedics, click here for CAPCE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, The But Why EMS Podcast team brings to you a great conversation with  Kim McKenna PhD, RN, EMT-P about everything about getting rid of the term "Diesel Bolus," the Lights and Sirens Monograph, NAEMSP's joint position statement on Lights and Sirens, and how to educate and unlearn what we've learned! ...

But Why EMS Podcast Ep. 19 PALing around with Antevy

February 28, 2022 18:00 - 58 minutes - 81.6 MB

For paramedics, click here for CE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, the But Why EMS Podcast team is proud to bring you our recurring guest,  Dr. Peter Antevy Pediatric Emergency Physician & EMS Physician who will talk about issues with the 2020 PALS guidelines. Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito EMT...

But Why EMS Podcast

January 21, 2022 18:00 - 49 minutes - 69.5 MB

For paramedics, click here for CE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, Happy 2022 But Why EMS listeners.  Welcome to part two of our podcast series on Peds Respiratory Distress!  A quick reminder, if you haven't listened to Episode 17: "Peds Respiratory Distress = D Bolus?" go ahead, stop listening to this episode, and download and listen to Episode 17.  We'll still be here w...

Peds Resp Distress = D-bolus?

December 31, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 52.8 MB

For paramedics, click here for CE credits.  Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, this timely episode covers that time of year when our pediatric patients get the sniffles.  Most of the time, our kids are fine.  But every once in a while, those sniffles can become life-threatening.  How can you tell the difference?  In part 1 of this podcast, our content experts discuss what to look for...

Episode 5

December 26, 2020 18:00 - 47 minutes - 66.1 MB

Happy Holidays! For paramedics, click here for CEU. The COVID-19 vaccine is here!  Many celebrate this as a miracle of science.  Yet others remain skeptical of the vaccine. Episode 5 seeks to assuage and answer many of those concerns with our special guest star: Dr. Stephen Liang MD MPHS  Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Infectious Disease Click here to answer your questions about the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pell...

But Why Podcast

October 29, 2020 17:00 - 59 minutes - 83.4 MB

For paramedics please click here for CEU Credits! In this episode, we discuss the dramatic rescue in Thailand, Ketamine’s pharmacology, indications, responsibilities of prehospital sedation, and what you should know about this medication in your own practice of medicine.    Using Ketamine affords you great power. And with great power... Download the episode today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD Gina Pellerito EMT-P John Reagan EMT-P Works Cited "Thai Cave Re...

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