EMSconnect On Shift

Send us Fan Mail Blast from my past! I am joined by Ryan, a paramedic with MANY years of experience, in the fire service, in an ambulance, and in the air! We have been partners on just about every critical call of my career and he has mentor me in my EMS career. We talk about how to manage those critical patients and expedite on scene times!  Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social Media &...

Send us Fan Mail This man means a TON to me! What can I say about Shane.... AEMT, pastor, friend, and truly great human! We both have a passion for treating people like customers when providing care! We covered so much about HOW to take care of people, not treatments, but just being great providers.  Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social Media & Resources 👉 https://linktr.ee/EMSconnect

Send us Fan Mail Are you up for some self reflection and some "in your face" honesty from EMSconnect's CEO and ED Physician Dr. Travis Dierks about checking your ego at the door? Don't scroll past this just because I host a doctor, trust me! The two of us are pretty open and VERY honest about how to raise the professionalism bar. If you feel "attacked" on this episode...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you like it or not, fellow EMS/Fire providers look up to those around them! It may be the new guy, the student or even someone just watching you on the fire ground or EMS calls. I host Ryan with "Young Officers on Fire" and we talk about mentorship in EMS/Fire. Maybe you want to mentor others, have to mentor others, or you are looking to grow and want to be mento...

Send us Fan Mail A large commercial structure fire would challenge almost any department, but can you image if that was a school, that was the education center for three different communities, and first due was a rural volunteer fire department? I host the fire chief and IC from that fire, Dennis. We talked about general hurtles that rural EMS/Fire departments face and he breaks down the events of...

Send us Fan Mail I am joined by Mike Helbock, Faculty at Seattle/King County Resuscitation Academy and Former Division Chief of Training, MSO-4 at Seattle/King County Medic One, King County EMS, talking about High Performance CPR. Part I was all about the science behind current CPR guidelines. This is all about WHY we do what we do on SCA calls! Sit back and geek out with me! I know we all know wh...

Send us Fan Mail "Immediate, high-quality CPR and defibrillation is the single most important determinant of a patient’s survival. We know this — the science is established, the techniques are proven, the results speak for themselves." (taken from https://www.resuscitationacademy.org/about-our-mission) Mike comes back and gives us amazing tools to help your crews, shifts and agency incre...

Send us Fan Mail This was by far the hardest episode for me to record to date. I am joined by my friend and fellow FF Glen Shady. This was so hard, because Glen was driving an emergency vehicle and was stuck by an another car, killing its three occupants. Glenn unpacks the seconds leading up to crash, the events that unfolded after, the investigation, and dealing with the emotional side affects. A...

Send us Fan Mail Our texts don't tell us about the biggest challenges we'll always face in medicine.  People Care does. During a 44-year career as an EMT, paramedic and EMS thought leader, Thom Dick authored more than 500 articles and four books advocating for sick people and their caregivers.  His most recent book is People Care: Perspectives & Practices for Emergency Caregivers 3rd...

Send us Fan Mail What is coming up in Feb? Well here is your sneak peak! Dropping the first week of next month are the following topics and speakers~ Dennis Pinar: Almira School fire: Heart and soul of the community burns Shane Moffit: The People Mover James Akramoff: Am I Ready For Paramedic School? Ryan Schlining: The Art of PUHA Ryan Scellick: Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and...

Send us Fan Mail This isn’t me trying to tell you how to do your job, at your agency, in your area. It is me trying to challenge us ALL in EMS and fire to be better. Be better for our patients, for our teams and for our departments! So let's sit back and raise the bar of our expectation as well as the expectations of our patients that we care for.   Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social...

Send us Fan Mail This episode I sit down with Sgt. Whapples. He talks us through working with LEO on scene and how we as EMS can keep ourselves as safe as we can with the changes in policy on unsafe scenes. Also he unpacks what it is like to be injured on the job and return to work, just as healthy and mentally prepared to do the job, as he was prior to the injury! This is a story you won't w...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is really geared towards the "green" EMT. I cover some of the course to take to add to your experience level and resume. Also I speak to why you should take lots of CE courses, even ones that are for higher scopes of practice, as well as from presenters that may be speaking "over your head."  Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social Media &...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tania Glenn is the president of Tania Glenn and Associates, a clinical practice in Central TX that is focused on promoting resilience and providing critical care to first responders and veterans. As a leading national clinician in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Dr. Glenn specializes in creating effective programs designed to mitigate traumatic stress a...

Send us Fan Mail This episode Lukyn and I sit down and talk about the challenges rural EMS providers face with EMS in the "wild west." Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social Media & Resources 👉 https://linktr.ee/EMSconnect

Send us Fan Mail Check out these sound bits from January's podcast! I sit down with Lukyn Holling, Tania Glenn and SGT. Whapples. Also, I give you some courses to take this next year and challenge you to step up your game as a first responder! The full episodes drop Jan 1st, so make sure to come back and check them out.  Get Educated!  Support the show 🔗 EMSconnect – All Social Media & R...

Send us Fan Mail Time to get educated with EMSconnect Oh Shift! Here is a sample of what is dropping January of 2022! Our podcast is run by EMTs for EMTs, so we want to know what you want to hear about! Comment on our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EMSconnectonline or email us: info@emsconnect.org with ideas and topics you want to hear! As always please follow, download and share our episodes...