77 | Kelly Grayson Part 1 | Author | Blogger | Paramedic
Kelly Grayson is a very experienced paramedic, educator, speaker and author that serves the EMS community. You can follow him here: (10) Kelly Grayson (@AmboDriver) / X (20+) Facebook You can find ...
24 Nov 202427min
76 | Difficult intubation | Advice for newbies | Don’t blame patients | Your happiness is up to you | Event horizons on calls
Nick talks about a difficult RSI intubation and his struggle to overcome the feeling that he didn’t do his best We talk about how intubation success was such a critical point as a paramedic that every...
17 Nov 202429min
75 | We can’t choose what affects us | Teamwork on scenes | Recognizing you need help | Responding with anger
Nick talks about a difficult traffic accident and how something that seems like not a big deal but actually affected him – we can’t choose the things that affect us Is there something protective in th...
10 Nov 202429min
74 | Burning out on EMS | Sleep deprivation | Raging at dispatch | Daily micro-traumas
Why did Nick switch to law enforcement? He burned out on medicine What does he miss the most: The team mentality. The fire crews that he grew close to. He felt certain they could handle whatever call ...
3 Nov 202432min
73 | New panel! | EMS to law enforcement | The lesson from the spine board
Mark (paramedic) | Brent (fire officer and EMT) | Nick (former paramedic and current police officer) Mark has worked in urban and very rural 911 ambulances and does part time EMT education now Comm...
27 Okt 202431min
72 | Nate’s off-duty call | That human connection | Moral injury vs burnout | Newbie advice
Nate talks about a motorcycle crash he stopped at on his way home and how he was critical in saving an injured patient and how he became close with the family who still talk to him today. Even though ...
20 Okt 202432min
71 | Rapid sequence intubation changes | How crews can make or break an EMT student’s experience | How those hard calls affect us | Casey talks about the impression he made on a family
The paradigm around rapid sequence intubation is evolving and becoming much safer with more education and procedures. Sometimes in emergency medicine slow is better. We need to stay mindful and calm ...
13 Okt 202429min
70 | Why the big scope differences across state lines | Case review purpose | Teaching the newbies
EMS varies significantly from state to state so you get a wide range in the abilities of EMT’s and paramedics nation wide Case reviews are moving to an educational rather than a punitive model There ...
6 Okt 202429min
