EMS Technology Future, Cardiac Arrest, and Episode 484




MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students show

Summary: Checking what’s going on with the future of EMS technology, plus a look on EMS and social media leadership and what the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation is up to. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.<br> The MedicCast is a proud member of the <a title="ProMed Network site" href="http://promednetwork.com/" target="_blank">ProMed Podcast Network</a>.<br> <a href="http://gebauer.com/podcast" rel="attachment wp-att-11173"></a>This episode is sponsored in part by Pain Ease the instant topical anesthetic from Gebauer – Get more info at <a href="http://gebauer.com/podcast" target="_blank">Gebauer.com/podcast</a>. And also brought to you by <a title="Med Math Book" href="http://medmathsimplified.com" target="_blank">Med Math Simplified</a>. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on <a title="Amazon Med Math Simplified link" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=med%20math%20simplified&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sprefix=med%20mat%2Caps%2C169&amp;tag=themediccastp-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;linkId=PEOAZ4JTRW3TJGOA">Amazon.com</a>.<br> MedicCast Episode 484<br> Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. This week’s show has more excellent content from EMS Today 2016 in Baltimore where I was covering the show from the Physio-Control booth. I chatted there with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about some big news they announced at the event. Plus I have two segments from Carissa O’Brien on two projects she is involved with. Check those out later on in this episode after the introduction.<br> All of these segments this week were recorded thanks to the continuing support and sponsorship of the <a href="http://physio-control.com" target="_blank">Physio-Control corporation</a>. Thank them for supporting your EMS podcasting community.<br> —<br> EMS Tip of the Week: Paramedic Jobs Overseas<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PC-border-cmyk.jpg"></a>First up in the show is a look at an interview I had with Cam Pollock from Physio-Control about the news on their acquisition by Stryker and what that means to their brand and products. Check it out.<br> Next up are two back-to-back segments with Carissa O’Brien that look at social media leadership and what systems can do to better utilize their social tools for their community. Then she talks about the initiatives of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and their projects to build awareness about this public health problem. Here are those two segments.<br> —-<br> Contact the MedicCast<br> If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at <a title="email link" href="mailto:podmedic@mac.com">podmedic@mac.com</a>. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the <a title="MedicCast Android App" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.mediccast.android.mc" rel="nofollow">free MedicCast app from the Google play store</a>. Get the <a title="iOS App for the MedicCast" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id645668811?mt=8" rel="nofollow">free MedicCast EMS app for iOS</a>.<br> —<br> The MedicCast is a proud member of the <a title="ProMed Network site" href="http://promednetwork.com/" target="_blank">ProMed Podcast Network</a>.<br> —-<br> Get the Official MedicCast Free App<br> <a title="Free iPhone or iPad App" href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=F8fXfrcbE/o&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=https%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fmediccast-ems-official-app%252Fid645668811%253F..."></a>