A Cleaner Patient Compartment
Deadly fires helped lead to fire codes. Drug tampering led to sealed bottles. What new safeguards will the long tail of COVID-19 bring? One possible answer is increased attention to cleaning and disin...
26 Apr 202217min
A User’s Guide to FirstNet
American emergency services are now closer than ever to full communications interoperability thanks to FirstNet, the nationwide broadband wireless network conceived a decade ago and operational since ...
18 Apr 202222min
Telehealth and Telemedicine: What the Future Will Hold
It's been more than 15 years since General Devices' initial demonstration of streaming live video from the back of an ambulance to EMS physicians at the Gathering of Eagles conference. Telehealth and ...
3 Mars 202222min
EMS and the PD: Optimize the Interface
With EMS facing personnel shortages, units going out of service, and climbing response times, the ability of our law enforcement partners to absorb key segments of the medical mission is more importan...
28 Feb 202225min
Interoperability: The Struggle Is Real
Interoperability: Everyone says they want it, yet true interconnectedness among agencies and providers remains elusive. What's really preventing it? In this third podcast in a series sponsored by Veri...
9 Feb 202220min
Helping Hands for the Heart
Bystanders often play a key role in successful outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and among our jobs is raising their awareness and reducing their fear so they can act when needed. In this s...
8 Feb 202218min
Inside the Bronx High-Rise Fire
The January 9 high-rise fire at the Twin Parks North West Site 4 apartment complex in the Bronx killed 17 people, including eight children, and produced 32 critical patients among the 64 hurt. FDNY De...
21 Jan 202232min
’These Things We Do, That Others May Live’
As a former Air Force special operations pararescueman who completed a fellowship as an EMS physician and is about to embark on a second board certification in critical care medicine, Michael Lauria c...
28 Dec 202128min
