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>Social media for EMS, hidden paramedic cost, getting your EMS cache and we’ll take a look at what we can do for the treatment of penetrating and crush injuries in the field. 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 435<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’re going to look at several news items that discuss the hidden challenges and costs of being an EMS provider.<br> Then in this week’s special tip segment we have another interview from the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS Today back in February. Dr. Ed Dickson, JEMS medical director, sat down with me to talk about penetrating and crush injury management in EMS. Do you know what to do and best practices to handle these types of injuries? 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.emsworld.com/news/12063628/social-media-in-emergency-medicine-studies">Social Media for Emergency Medicine</a><br> <a href="http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3005641/casey-henderson-serving-sick-and-injured-comes-at-price/">The Price of Being a Paramedic</a><br> <a href="http://www.emsworld.com/blog/12063944/getting-your-cache-as-a-paramedic">Earning Your Paramedic Cachet</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: Penetrating Trauma and Crush Injuries<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Knife-stabbing-hand.jpg"></a>At EMS Today back in February I got the chance to interview Dr. Ed Dickson, JEMS Medical Director. Dr. Dickson talked with me about penetrating and crush injuries and how EMS providers should prepare to manage theses specific types of trauma patients.
