Tidewater EMS Time

Welcome to this edition of TEMS Time, the Tidewater EMS Council podcast! Today we're bringing you a special episode recorded live from the 2024 Tidewater Healthcare Expo in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Expo is a vibrant gathering where medical professionals share knowledge and build crucial connections. In this episode, we feature representatives from Riverside Health System, one of our valued partne...

In today's episode, we have a special guest, Rick Binder, the CEO of PHASE Int'l, which stands for Patient Handling And Safety Experts. Rick started his career as an EMT before joining his father to bring the Binder Lift, a patient handling solution, to the market.  With years of experience helping thousands of emergency care departments avoid personal injury while improving patient care, Rick aut...

In the final episode featuring recordings from Expo 2023, we speak with several vendors who share about the Expo experience and the value they find in the opportunity to connect with so many prehospital care providers and nurses. If you are interested in being a vendor that the 2024 Expo, contact David Long/TEMS Executive Director at  Dlong@vaems.org . TEMSExpo.org       TidewaterEMS.org

In this episode of TEMS Time, also recorded during the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo in May, we share conversations with representatives from two companies who support the Expo by being vendors, Forest Winslow/Pulsara and Tom Green/ImageTrend. Displays and information provided by Expo vendors greatly enhances the experience for all who attend with the opportuntiy to learn about new and innov...

Opportuntities for nurses at the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo are discussed in this episode with Teri Diloy/ VA State President & Tidewater Chapter Treasurer and Sara Munoz/Tidewater Chapter President: Tidewater Emergency Nurses Association. Greater understanding between EMS personnel and Nurses facilitates and promotes good patient care - great insights shared in this conversation. Listen...

Conversations with Dr. Joseph Lang/Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, Sentara Leigh Hospital and Katie Schultz/Childrens Hospital Richmond about their role as Expo presenters and why they find the opportunities for EMS providers at Expo to be so valuable are featured in this episode. Both interviews were recorded at the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo in May 2023 - listen to learn more about t...

In this episode of TEMS Time, also recorded during the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo in May, we chat with David Crosby/LifeFlow & Jason Thompson/QinFlow who both attended as vendors representing companies which provide the equipment integral to the process of EMS transfusing whole blood in the field. LifeFlow is the rapid infuser and the Qinflow 'Warrior' is the warmer which work together to...

With this episode, we begin a series of interviews recorded at the 2023 Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo which was hosted by TEMS in May. The annual Expo serves the ever-expanding mobile healthcare professional community by providing an unparalleled conference experience comprised of eduction, networking, interactive courses and of course, outstanding speakers. In this episode, Chief Michael Ba...

*** NEW PODCAST EPISODE: EXPO - MENTAL HEALTH, TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER *** This year the EXPO is being held during "Mental Health Awareness month" and is taking place from May 16-21, 2023, in Chesapeake VA. If you haven't done so already, be sure to sign up for this exciting and educational event. Registration is already underway: TEMSExpo.org In this episode we are going to hear from two key sp...

We are continuing our series about the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo which will be taking place May 16-21, 2023 in Chesapeake, VA. Registration is open - Learn more and sign up at TEMSExpo.org In this episode, host Sandra Parker shares interviews with two national speakers from the 2022 Expo:  David Sanko/Centura Health and Gene McDaniels/City of Phoenix Fire Chief (Retired). The Expo is a g...

Attending the Tidewater Healthcare Education Expo is a great opportunity for Nurses too! In this episode we share conversations with Ralph Rossignolo/Sentara Nursing and Caren Herring/RN which were recorded during last year's Expo. Learn more about the Expo and sign up today at TEMSExpo.org  

We are continuing our conversation about the Tidewater Healthcare Education EXPO which is taking place from Tuesday May 16th to Sunday May 21st, in Chesapeake VA. Registration is already OPEN! If you have not done so already, be sure to sign up and reserve your seat today at TEMSExpo.org EXPO is a chance for you to learn more about a variety of topics as you take advantage of more than 90 courses...

In this episode, we take a look back at the 2022 Expo with Valerie Vagts, TEMS Performance Improvement Coordinator and talk about what Expo 2023 has to offer with David Long, TEMS Executive Director. You can look forward to expert presenters and nationally known speakers giving you many options to earn CEUs, receive advanced training and network with other healthcare professionals at the 15th Tide...

The Whole Blood Initiative is an advanced care program to provide whole blood to trauma patients in the field. Joining us again to talk about this important life saving initiative and how it's all going to work are David Long/TEMS Executive Director, Chief Ed Brazle/VBEMS and Dr. Michael Martyak/Assistant Professor of Surgery EVMS. In this episode we are continuing our discussion about the Tidewat...

With just a few weeks to go before the roll out of the first phase of the Whole Blood Initiative in the Tidewater EMS Council region, we have several guests with us to explain what the initiative is about and why it is so important for prehospital providers to have whole blood to administer to patients, especially in a trauma situation. Joining us are: David Long, TEMS Executive Director, Dr. Mich...

*** April is Autism Awareness Month ***  In today's episode, we will speak Karin Pettinger/Virginia Beach EMS about the possible challenges for treating patients on the Autism Spectrum. She is an instruction supervisor and certified paramedic who is also the mother of two children who are on the autism spectrum.

In today's episode, we are going to be learning more about the important role the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System or HRMMRS plays in the Tidewater EMS Council. HRMMRS supports and enhances Hampton Roads public safety, hospitals, public health and emergency management response capabilities to manage mass casualty incidents. HRMMRS allows the region as a whole to collaborate and c...

Joining the podcast today is Amy Green, Medically Vulnerable Population Coordinator with the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition to discuss the role that EVHC plays with long term care facilities. EVHC helps care for our community before, during and after an emergency and is there to help prepare, support and follow up with healthcare providers and organizations in our region. #TEMS

Project Nitrous is the focus in Episode 4/Opioid Use Disorders Series - today's conversation wraps up the series with information about this new program to help prevent opioid addiction which will begin soon in Portsmouth, VA. Guest: Dr Donald Byars, Operational Medical Director of Portsmouth Fire/EMS Emergency Medicine.

Today we are continuing our special series talking about a growing problem not just in our community but around the country, opioid addiction. According to 2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 128 people in the United States die everyday after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids...

Opioid Use Disorders series continues with a new episode in which our guest shares an inside perspective on what it is like to be addicted to opioids and what helped her. Don't miss the information provided in this special series!

Today's episode is the first in the new Opioid Use Disorder series and features a conversation with Paul Brasler, Behavioral Health Addiction Specialist with Va's Dept of Medical Assistance Services. Please listen to this insightful conversation and share this important information.

In this episode: a conversation about the role that EVHC plays with dialysis centers in our region - special guest: Glenda James, Director of Operations/Fresenius Kidney Care and EVHC Board Member.

On today's episode of TEMS Time are three men who each have ascended to significant leadership roles in our region... and all three of them started working with the Chesapeake Fire Department on the same day... July 18th, 1994.  Joining us are Deputy Chief Thomas Green,  Virginia Beach Dept of EMS , James Reynolds (J.R.), Chief Medical Officer, Chesapeake Fire Dept, a nd David Long, Executive Dire...

Joining us in this episode to talk more about the collaborative role that the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition plays in our community is Donna Marchant-Roof, a TEMS Board member who also serves on the EVHC Board. Donna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Managing Director of Healthcare at Atlantic Shores Retirement Community in Virginia Beach. EVHC includes acute care hospitals, publ...