CPR Podcast: Recent Episodes

Michael Barrow, Brittany Bard, and Stephen Bloom

Creating a higher standard of care for prehospital providers.

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This is the 1st of 3 lectures to be released that were given at the Indiana Emergency Response Conference (IERC). This talk focuses on Free Access Medical education (FOAM) and the use of social media and how it relates to the pre-hospital provider. 

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A little bit of a late release, but some great housekeeping info to end the year on!

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Mike talks about what we fail to teach new supervisors and educators in EMS. 

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Mike sits down with Dr. Dylan Lutyen, Dan O'Shaughnessey, and Tim Nowak to debate the future of OHCA. 

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Mike sits down with Jayson via Skype to talk about why prehospital providers mismanage airways. 

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Mike sits down with Daniel Crampton and Ann Rush of SC4I to talk about ways to decrease mental health stigmas and reach out to individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms. 

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Mike talks about how to improve EMS reports and medical consults with the emergency department through standardized formats. 

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Mike sits down with Tim Nowak to talk about utilizing 15 & 18-Lead EKGs to investigate cardiac complaints. 

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Mike sits down with Matthew Streger to discuss how EMS organizations can change their approach to human error and system failures. 

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Mike talks about the common pitfalls of syncope evaluation and delves primarily into the cardiac causes of syncope. 

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Mike sits down with Sydney to discuss common misconceptions of diabetic care in the EMS setting, as well as when it is appropriate to disconnect an insulin pump. 

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Mike talks about stroke posterior stroke recognition in patients with vertigo symptoms. 

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Brittany and Mike sit down with Capt. James Carroll of Broward County Florida (Fort Lauderdale area) and talk about his community outreach program attempting to reduce infant mortality by promoting safe-sleep practices. 

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The CPR crew sit down to talk with Dan and Seth about advanced airway choices in OHCA. 

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Stephen delves into some of the special considerations of the injured firefighter as well as what medics can do to be more proactive at fire standbys. 

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The CPR crew sits down with Jen and talks about common misconceptions about Autism and how to optimize assessment tools. 

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Mike and Brittany sit down with Jon to discuss his experiences with prehospital amputation. 

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Mike and Brittany give a brief overview of the types of dialysis and some special treatment considerations. 

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New series "Protecting Our Own" focuses on special considerations for EMS providers to consider while caring for injured members of public safety. Today's episode focuses on the injured police officer. 

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Mike delves into a review of obstructive shock, as well as some new ideas in the prehospital approach of PE management. 

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Mike and Jayson sit down and talk about a lot of the little know uses for waveform capnography. 

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Chris and the CPR crew reevaluate the current standard of prehospital pelvic trauma management. 

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Mike and Stephen talk a little about the A/P of epistaxis as well as some new ALS treatment modalities. 

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The grand finale of our interview with Mike Lauria. 

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This episode is all about how we can change the way we make decisions under duress. 

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We go back to the drawing board on initial and continuing education and procedure instruction. 

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The CPR guys have a chat with Mike Lauria about what's wrong with the current status of EMS education. 

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Mike and Stephen talk about the different avenues that Social Media and Applications can help us learn in the field. 

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Mike and Eric talk about the importance of early detection of ventricular rhythms and how to treat tachyarrhythmias. 

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Maybe needle decompression isn't so great after all...

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Today, we rant about the underutilization of the BLS airway with Ryan McAfee.

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In this episode, Mike and Stephen attempt to answer some questions about the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) in the prehospital setting. 

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In this episode, Mike and Stephen delve into the vision of the CPR Podcast.