Traumatic Brain Injury Management in EMS and Episode 436




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>Hospital stroke fails, women’s concussion recovery, UK paramedics stressed out, and we’ll look at another segment from EMS Today 2015 with a look at traumatic brain injury management in EMS. 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 436<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 take a look at a few EMS news items including one on research on the longer term effects of concussion on women.<br> Then in this week’s special tip segment we have another interview from EMS Today back in February where the team interviewed Dr. Jason McMullen on EMS management of traumatic brain injury. Are you doing the right things to take care of 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> I got an email from EMT audience member Josh who wanted to thank me for the show each week and to ask for a shout out to his service and their paramedic partners. So to the gang at Ambitrans Naples, I offer you kudos on the hard work you do and hope you enjoy the upcoming holiday season safely. Take care and keep checking out the MedicCast! That’s it for this part of the show, let’s get ready for the news coming right up!<br> —————————-<br> EMS News<br> <a href="http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/practice-management/patients-hospital-stroke-face-delays-diagnosis-and-treatment">In-hospital Stroke Management Failures</a><br> <a href="http://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/concussions-news-733/women-s-brains-may-have-tougher-time-recovering-from-concussion-698760.html?lexp=true&amp;utm_expid=38353063-4.pIV1hUrQR8K_MJ1_OqjLag.1">Concussions Affect Women Longer</a><br> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/25/paramedics-take-40000-days-off-sick-with-stress-nhs-demand">Stress Taking Toll on NHS Paramedics in UK</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: Traumatic Brain Injury Management in EMS<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Post-Concussion-Syndrome.jpg"></a><br> At the EMS Today conference in Baltimore back in February,