EMS, Veterans, PTSD and TBI and Episode 441




MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students show

Summary: <a 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"></a>Bee sting death reminder for EMS, looking for sepsis patients, we’re all getting sicker, and we’ll look at how EMS can be on the look out for veterans in our communities with signs of PTSD and lingering effects of traumatic brain injury. 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> This episode is sponsored in part 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 440<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 take a look at several reminders for EMS providers to watch for specific types of patients in our communities.<br> Then in our tip segment interview I bring you another segment from EMS Today with a look at how Phoenix Fire Department is being extra vigilant for EMS patients who are veterans. How can we be more aware of the unique issues with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD in these patients? We’ll find out later in the show after the news.<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> EMS News<br>  <br> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/09/bee-attack-death/28771365/">Bee Sting Death Reminds EMS to Be Prepared</a><br> <a href="http://www.ems1.com/mobile-healthcare/articles/2184293-Sepsis-10-things-you-need-to-know-to-save-lives/">Managing EMS Sepsis Patients</a><br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/2014/06/02/code-sepsis-and-septic-shock-part-1/">MedicCast Sepsis Episode part 1</a><br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/2014/06/09/managing-the-septic-patient-part-2/">MedicCast Sepsis Episode part 2</a><br> <a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cardiovascular-health-information-20/heart-attack-news-357/world-s-population-is-getting-sicker-study-shows-700144.html">People Getting Sicker Worldwide</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: EMS, Veterans, PTSD and TBI<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/EMSToday-Pedrotti-screenshot.png"></a>I got the chance to interview Dean Pedrotti, Fire Captain with the Phoenix Fire Department. Dean co-presented at EMS Today 2015 along with Thomas Winkel of the Arizona Coalition for Military Families, on the topic of returning veterans and PTSD and traumatic brain injury.