EMS Entrepreneur Sam Scheller and Episode 467




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Summary: Do you have what it takes to be a responder to a major event disaster or to run your own EMS business? We chat with EMS entrepreneur Sam Scheller in Las Vegas about his preparations for major event EMS. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.<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 special episode, Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley interviews’s GEMS Las Vegas EMS CEO Sam Scheller about training responders and preparing his business for major event responses in and around his community. What is he doing to build a solid EMS organization in the Las Vegas area? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.<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&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 467<br> The Disaster Podcast crew are advocates about training whether it be everyday EMS or planning for disaster. Sam Scheller is a Las Vegan who does just that. A very active guy, Sam is a working paramedic and volunteers as a ski patroller. Currently in his mid-twenties, Sam founded Guardian Elite Medical Service, an ambulance company that provides a medical response to special events. Sam and his team also conduct first aid and wilderness medicine training. Host Sam Bradley asked what it was like doing training in the desert heat outside Las Vegas. Sam takes the heat in stride like everything else. We enjoyed our conversation with this vibrant young paramedic and entrepreneur.<br> Links:<br> <a href="http://www.gemslv.com/" target="_blank">Guardian Elite Medical Services</a><br> <a href="http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/08/sam-scheller/" target="_blank">Sam Scheller in the News</a><br> <a href="http://www.samscheller.com/" target="_blank">SamScheller.com</a><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%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526pa..."></a>