Welcome to the Emergency Medical 101 Podcast! My name is Luis, Im a critical care paramedic and created this to be a place for up to date information on principle and practice in all things medicine for in-hospital and out-of-hospital clinicians. We talk about everything related to medications, interventions, and ethical practice to benefit our current and future providers around the world. My goal is to build a collective of information that will help you and others provide the best care po ...
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What Is Peep and Is It Really That Important?
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Send us a Text Message. PEEP is a very hard thing for newer clinicians to understand, when we break it down to the basics, it becomes easier to be applied and helps in the overall scheme of treating patients to the best of our ability. Support, Follow, or Share the show! ❤️🔗 https://linktr.ee/emergencymedical101…
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Should Assisted Suicide Be a Normal Part of Healthcare?
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Send us a Text Message. For many decades now, we have debated physician assisted suicide. Is it ethical? Does it go against the belief of what we originally began healthcare for? Or is it a method of healthcare in itself. This topic is going to be brought up more over the next few years and it’s an important subject to talk about. As a Paramedic, N…
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When Managing Trauma Becomes Difficult “Another Look at the Long-term Goal of Trauma Care”
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Send us a Text Message. Trauma patients are the pinnacle of emergent care, What we have to consider is the process of treating them in the acute setting while preparing them for future care. This might include wound care, documentation, timely getting a concise history, or many other things. As providers, we struggle with parallel vision frequently…
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Narcan “The Growing Issue of Overdoses and Our Role as Healthcare Professionals”
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Send us a Text Message. In the past 2 decades the amount of overdose deaths has increased over 4 times the amount and our way of combating the increase has yet to work. Our role right now needs to be focused on treating the patient as a whole and mitigating side effects caused by the reduced respiratory drive. Secondly to that, we need to make Narc…
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Magnesium Sulfate “The Guard Outside The Gate”
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Send us a Text Message. Magnesium is one of the most crucial minerals in our body. It regulates muscle contractions, stimulation of nerves in the central nervous system, and has been shown to improve cardiac outcomes for patients for years. Why isn't it used more in pre-hospital and traditional care? https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-Consum…
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A Trip Into The Mind “The Constant Battle of Treating Psyche Patients With Little Resources”
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Send us a Text Message. The one thing that we all struggle with in this field is psyche patients. When we are called to a home at 2am for someone who is suicidal or placing someone on a 72 hour hold, our first few moments are what sets the tone for all of their care from that moment on. Not only that but how we interact with them during those first…
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Send us a Text Message. One of the scariest things for anyone to deal with is test anxiety... When most finish school, they dread the idea of going to take the exam to get their license. As of late, the NREMT has made many changes to their testing and as always, anxiety runs rampant when changes are made. Take a listen to the episode and stay tuned…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we talk about one of the most simple medications that make a major impact on survivability in the AMI patients. Thank you all for listening and showing support after the sabbatical! Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed the show ❤️ P.S. I recorded this episode on GarageBand as an attempt for something new.…
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The Sleepy Paramedic (TikTok star makes a big mistake)
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Send us a Text Message. Zac Crickenberger makes a huge mistake by posting a video of a story of himself playing a song that mocks a patient with dwarfism. Its important as providers that we look into what happened and why it did when situations like this occur. Was it because of his character? Or a field that has little assistance for mental health…
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Understanding the Heart Part. 2 (Electrical Function)
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Send us a Text Message. A little late to the party but better late than never! It’s been a while since we talked and the long waited heart to heart has finally come. I hope you guys enjoy this episode finishing up our series on understanding the heart. Check out some of our resources below if you want more info! Resources: https://www.hopkinsmedici…
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Send us a Text Message. Its important as providers that we understand the heart and how it pumps our blood throughout the body. This episode talks about the mechanical function of the heart and school for thought on assessing these patients. With a growing population of cardiac patients, our goal is to figure out how we can provide the best care fo…
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Send us a Text Message. Have you suffered from PTSD? Its important in healthcare that we learn about our mental health and treat it before we become patients ourselves. We try to be the strongest person in the room and because of that, we suffer in silence. WAKE UP! Your health is the most important thing in this field because without you; our pare…
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Send us a Text Message. Let's talk about sugar! All the things about diabetes and diabetic related conditions that arise in emergency medicine frequently that we do not do a great job of explaining or understanding fully. Some things we talk about include: -Hypoglycemia -Hyperglycemia -DKA -HHS Why is it important to talk about more? Being one of t…
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Send us a Text Message. A sad case of provider negligence that lead to the death of a 35 yr-old male (Earl Moore Jr.). Providers Peggy Finley and Peter Cadigan responded to the residence of a 35 yr-old male that was hallucinating. The providers were negligent in treatment which lead to the eventual death of their patient. Criminal charges are pendi…
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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone! Welcome back to another awesome episode. Were talking about Fentanyl today, is it good? Is it bad? Honestly it really just depends on your perception and knowledge on the subject. Fentanyl has been a progressively more taboo subject for the past 2 decades but has amazing benefits as well as the ability to destr…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode goes into depth on how to assess pediatric patients with the special consideration s about their developmental stages. Its important to remember that in healthcare, how we interact with the patient is one of the most important tools that we have to sharpen in our practice. I hope this episode gives more insight …
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Patients In Respiratory Distress Part. 2 (Albuterol & Ipratropium Bromide)
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Send us a Text Message. This episode follows our previous episode where we talked about patients in respiratory distress. We go over some basic anatomy and talk about Albuterol and Ipratropium Bromide which are 2 of the most common inhalers that are used in emergency medicine. Be mindful of the way that your medications work and what wanted and unw…
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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone, this episode is about patients in respiratory distress. A lot of newer providers struggle with these patients because they present with altered mental status, emotional stress, and many other factors. Remember to keep calm and assess your patient thoroughly because that will determine the outcome. You guys all …
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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone, this is episode is about whether or not medicine is the right career choice for you. There is a lot of things to consider when going into medicine like dealing with the blood, death, and much more. This show is primarily for the big name things that are not mentioned enough. Big Shout out to all my fellow cowor…
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Send us a Text Message. An introduction audio with information about this podcast and myself. The goal is to achieve a collection of resources that benefit the individual providers and create a sense of confidence in practice and application. If there are suggestions on topics or information that you would like to hear; feel free to send an email t…
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