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>Looking at EMS Failures, Maine seatbelt law change, special needs patient care, and we’ll look at the first of our product innovator picks from EMS Today 2015 with the i-Gel advanced airway tool brought in by paramedic and product expert Dan White. 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 427<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 several articles that have to do with EMS leadership qualities in outreach, patient care, and system improvement.<br> Then in this week’s special tip segment, I bring you a look at the first of our product innovator picks from the EMS Today 2015 conference held last month in Baltimore. My friend and fellow paramedic Dan White came over to our booth to talk about the i-Gel supraglottic airway management device. Check out that segment later in the episode 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="Why EMS Systems Fail" href="http://www.jems.com/article/administration-and-leadership/understanding-why-ems-systems-fail">EMS Leadership and Why EMS Systems Fail</a><br> <a title="Maine Getting Rid of Seatbelts?" href="http://www.emsworld.com/news/11863722/maine-considers-scrapping-mandatory-seat-belts">Get Rid of Seatbelt Laws, Maine Are You Insane?</a><br> <a title="EMS and Special Needs Lessons" href="http://www.emsworld.com/news/11863811/personal-knowledge-helps-indiana-medic-raise-special-needs-awareness">EMS and Special Needs Patient Care</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: i-Gel Offers Innovative EMS Airway Solution<br> <a href="http://i-gel.com"></a>Starting off my coverage of innovative products from EMS Today 2015 is a loo...
