Summary: Dangers of alcohol poisoning, San Diego integrated health grants, do we really need an armored assault ambulance and we’ll bring you the last of our product innovator picks from EMS World Expo back in Nashville, Tennessee. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PC-border-cmyk.jpg"></a>This episode is sponsored in part by Physio-Control. Visit them and find out more about their life-saving tools to help you innovate patient care at <a title="Physio-Control site" href="http://physio-control.com/" rel="nofollow">Physio-Control.com</a>. Friend or follow them on social media channels like <a title="physio-control on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/PhysioControlInc" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> or <a title="physio-control on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/physiocontrol" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>.<br> MedicCast Episode 420<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 a controversial purchase of an armored assault ambulance for hot zone active shooter incident evacuation.<br> Then in this week’s tip of the week segment we have the last of the product innovator picks from EMS World Expo with the Doty Belt lift assist device, chosen by Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley. How will this help you lift heavy and difficult to handle 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> —————————-<br> EMS News<br> <a title="Alcohol Poisoning Kills 6 a day" href="http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p0106-alcohol-poisoning.html">Alcohol Poisoning Kills Six People a Day</a><br> <a title="Integrated Health Program Grants" href="http://www.emsworld.com/news/12034783/mount-sinai-health-system-and-uc-san-diego-partner-to-promote-innovation-in-ems">Health System Offers Integrated Health Grants in San Diego</a><br> <a title="Armored Ambulance Protests" href="http://www.ems1.com/active-shooter/articles/2081336-armored-ambulance-proposal-leads-to-protests-in-calif-community/">Armored Ambulance Protests in California</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week: Doty Belt Puts Handles on Difficult to Lift Patients<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/doty-belt-red1.png"></a>In another of our EMS product innovator picks from EMS World Expo 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley comes on the finale episode there with me and EMS Garage host Chris Montera to chat about the Doty Belt lift assist device. Founder and inventor Glen Doty comes on with Sam and the team to talk about the origins of the Doty Belt and how he, a career firefighter,
