Summary: Paramedic TV show for kids, voice activated patient documentation, child abuse on the rise and we're going to take a look at hydrocarbon toxicity and a special segment with our good friend Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center. If that's what you're looking for you found it right here on the MedicCast. MedicCast Episode 304 Good day and welcome to this week's episode of the MedicCast. I'm your host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic. I'd like to welcome all of you to the program this week. We have a great show coming up for you with some good EMS news items and also visiting with our friend Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center. She called and we had a great phone conversation about hydrocarbon toxicity. That's all coming up later on in this episode. (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/BackofAmbulance_sm.jpg)I want to remind you to check out the additional resources, links to the news items and everything else available for you over at the MedicCast blog at MedicCast.com/blog (http://mediccast.com/blog). Head over there find all that information and follow up on it. You know I cover a lot of things in each episode of the MedicCast but it's your job to make sure you understand fully how to apply them to your scope of practice and what you do in EMS. If you want to get back in touch with me you can reach me here by e-mail at podmedic@mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com). I love to hear from each and every one of you and I do respond back to your e-mails so keep sending in your comments, questions, your suggestions and yes if you have them, corrections so that we can make this community effort here on the MedicCast. I will have some more contact information later on in the episode. You can also find the video versions of the show in several places. If you have a Roku Box (http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=roku&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=roku%2Caps%2C694&tag=themediccastp-20&url=search-alias%3Daps)(https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themediccastp-20&l=ur2&o=1), an Apple TV (http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=apple%20tv&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aapple%20tv&tag=themediccastp-20&url=search-alias%3Daps)(https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themediccastp-20&l=ur2&o=1) box or something like that linking your TV to the internet, you can view the MedicCast right on your TV. You can also catch the video versions of each week’s episode and the weekly short segments at MedicCast.tv (http://mediccast.tv). EMS World Expo on the Way I want to remind you to check out the information on how you can get to EMS World Expo and get into the exhibit hall for free. If you live in New Orleans or somewhere down there, or you’re thinking about heading down there I can get you into the exhibit hall show floor for free. You can get into the exhibits all three days for free using the promo code FP50. Use FP 50 when you checkout at EMSWorldExpo.com (http://emsworldexpo.com). (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PC-border-cmyk-150x150.jpg)We do want to thank Physio-Control (http://facebook.com/physiocontrolinc) for being the sponsor of our podcast studio all three days there. If you haven’t already done so, check out their page over on Facebook. You can do that and the say thanks to them for sponsoring our shows. Also, use the Promo Code FP50 at EMSWorldExpo.com when you check out to get free exhibit hall access passes for the conference. Paramedic TV Show For Kids It's always nice to kick off with a happy news item here on the MedicCast. This week we have a great article from the West Midlands in the UK where paramedics actually have a TV show for kids (http://www.emsworld.com/news/10797393/uk-paramedics-taste-fame-in-kids-tv-show). It features real paramedics showing kids what it's like to have an emergency ride in an ambulance and go to the hospital. Voice Recognition and EMS Patient Care
