Summary: <a 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"></a>EMS Compass program kicks off, helicopter transport lawsuits, new Washington State community paramedic programs, and we’ll look at the advantages of longer EMS cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts. 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&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 438<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 start off looking at a new federal initiative from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through a cooperative agreement with the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)to come up with national EMS standards for systems.<br> Then in this week’s special tip segment from the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS Today earlier this year we have Dr. Brent Myers talking about Wake County, North Carolina’s extended resuscitation efforts and the results they have with patient survival. Can your system replicate their results? 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> <a href="http://www.emscompass.org">EMS Compass Initiative Develops National Standards</a><br> <a href="http://www.jems.com/articles/2015/05/medical-helicopter-lawsuits-on-the-rise.html">More EMS Helicopter Transport Lawsuits</a><br> <a href="http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150511/NEWS01/150519868">Washington State Community Paramedic Initiatives</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: Using Prolonged Resuscitation Attempts in EMS<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/EMSToday-Myers-screenshot.png"></a>Dr. Myers talked at the EMS Today conference about his system’s policy of extending cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts beyond the industry standard of twenty minutes. With high quality CPR, therapeutic hypothermia and other interventions, patients recovering from extended resuscitation attempts are having amazing outcomes and deserve our full attention to their care during resuscitation. Check out this segment from EMS Today and thanks again to Physio-Control, EMS Today and JEMS for having our podcast studio in their exhibit hall.<br> Thanks again to Physio-Control,
