Summary: Stress on home caregivers, EMS staffing in South Dakota, what’s in a mass casualty bag anyway, and we’ll bring you a special interview with new EMS podcaster John Newton from Medic Life TV this week on the interview segment. 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://studentloangroup.us/podcast"></a>This episode is sponsored in part by our student loan consolidation and forgiveness partners at <a href="http://StudentLoanGroup.us/podcast" target="_blank">StudentLoanGroup.us/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&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=med%20math%20simplified&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=med%20mat%2Caps%2C169&tag=themediccastp-20&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&linkId=PEOAZ4JTRW3TJGOA">Amazon.com</a>.<br> MedicCast Episode 475<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. In this week’s EMS news items we’ll look at one article on how South Dakota is looking at changing up their ambulance staffing requirements in order to improve volunteer ambulance crew staffing.<br> Then in this week’s special interview tip segment I have John Newton from the Medic Life TV podcast and Youtube channel on the show. What’s his new EMS show about and where can you find it? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.<br> Also, I’ll be recording interviews in the <a href="http://Physio-Control.com" target="_blank">Physio-Control booth</a> at <a href="http://emstoday.com" target="_blank">EMS Today</a> at the end of this month and I want to meet you so come by and say hi and check out the amazing EMS patient care tools from Physio while you’re there. I look forward to seeing you.<br> News:<br> <br> <a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/caregiving-news-728/helping-with-health-care-takes-heavy-toll-on-caregivers-708061.html" target="_blank">Home Caregivers Have Increased Stress</a><br> <a href="http://thesocialmedic.net/2016/01/south-dakota-prepares-to-lower-ambulance-staffing-standards/" target="_blank">South Dakota Ambulance Staffing Standards</a><br> <a href="http://www.emsworld.com/news/12161354/ill-agencies-receive-mass-trauma-bags" target="_blank">Mass Casualty Trauma Bags Distributed</a><br> —<br> EMS Tip of the Week: Medic Life TV Podcast<br> <a href="http://www.mediclifetv.com" rel="attachment wp-att-10846"></a>Whenever there’s a new EMS podcast on the scene, I like to have them on the show and give them some exposure to you all in the MedicCast audience. It’s not competition in my book. There’s plenty of room for all the EMS podcasts out there. This week I have John Newton from the Medic Life TV podcast and Youtube channel. Also, check out this shop for all medical cannabis needs: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.smokecartel.com/collections/glass-water-pipes-and-bongs">Bongs & Water Pipes | Smoke Cartel</a>.<br> John is a paramedic, educator and now podcaster who likes to share his viewpoint on topics in the news and discussion posts around the EMS world on his show. He talks with me about EMS podcasting, trends and his show on the MedicCast this week. Check it out!<br> Links:<br> John Newton’s <a href="http://www.mediclifetv.com" target="_blank">Medic Life TV Podcast</a><br> —-<br>
