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>Nurse Triage 911, stop bleeding with new gel, tired medics make mistakes, and we’ll look at an interview with EMS 10 Awardee Douglas Kupas on his statewide pit-crew CPR program. 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 431<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 look at one story on how nurses on 911 triage lines can help lessen the call volume load in one EMS system.<br> Then in this week’s tip segment we have another special segment from our EMS 10 Award winners at EMS Today back in February. This time we have Doug Kupas chatting with EMS Garage host Chris Montera about his pit crew CPR project to improve patient outcomes in cardiac arrest. Can you do something like this in your system? 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 title="Nurse Triage 911 Line" href="http://www.wdrb.com/story/28765515/louisville-metro-ems-helping-thousands-of-people-with-911-nurse-triage">911 Nurse Triage Helping EMS Volume</a><br> <a title="PolySTAT Hemorrhage Control Gel" href="http://www.sciencealert.com/injectable-polymer-could-halt-bleeding-after-traumatic-injury">Hemorrhage Control Gel for Traumatic Injury Care</a><br> <a title="Overtime and Medical Errors in EMS" href="http://www.ems1.com/ems-advocacy/articles/2038365-An-exhausted-medic-s-mistake/">Overtired EMS Providers Prone to Medical Errors</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: Setting a Statewide Pit-Crew CPR Standard<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/HCFRS_CPR_Demo.png"></a>People in EMS have been talking about Pit-Crew style CPR in the field for EMS providers ...
