MCHD Paramedic Podcast

Around the MCHD Clincial Department we’ve had some recurrent themes pop up over the past few months that always make the medical directors shake their heads. During this episode, Dr. Dickson and Dr. ...

4 Jan 202123min

Electrical storm has dismal outcomes. It is most frustrating because we know the cause is very likely coronary occlusion (~75%)! We have added esmolol to our tool belt here at MCHD to try and improv...

21 Des 202027min

Freestanding emergency departments are becoming more and more common across the United States. Here at MCHD, we feel that EMS transport to these sites can be beneficial to both our system and the com...

5 Des 202021min

Thankfully, we finally have some positive COVID-19 news to discuss. Join the medical directors for a discussion of vaccine basics and some of the specific issues EMS and public health will likely enc...

23 Nov 202033min

We’ve discussed burnout on the podcast in the past. When thinking about ways to combat burnout, a word that often comes up is resilience. Emergency care was stressful enough, then 2020 decided to ad...

9 Nov 202041min

Sometimes in medicine, we do things just because they’ve always been done that way, which is terrible reasoning. Valsalva maneuver followed by the two-syringe technique for adenosine administration h...

26 Okt 202019min

If there is one topic that we love at MCHD, it’s discussing bolus dose nitroglycerin in acute pulmonary edema patients. We’re lucky to have more positive evidence supporting it’s use thanks to Mike P...

12 Okt 202045min

When thinking of what strikes fear in paramedics, most would think of answers like pediatric arrests, precipitous deliveries, and unstable bradycardias. A hidden source of misery here at MCHD is the ...

28 Sep 202026min