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  • Rural EMS as an Austere Medical Environment Part 2

    On this episode of the Disaster Podcast,  we pick up with part 2 of the episode we started last week. We resume our chat on rural EMS challenges as austere environments with Chris Prutzman, Director of Operations for Samaritan Ambulance in Oklahoma. Chris comes on to talk about dealing with rural EMS services in disaster situations. Also on the show are Sam Bradley, Jamie Davis, disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson, and Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Education Group.

  • Rural EMS as an Austere Medical Environment Part 1

    On this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we chat with Chris Prutzman, Director of Operations for Samaritan Ambulance in Oklahoma. Chris comes on to talk about dealing with rural EMS services in disaster situations. Also on the show are Sam Bradley, Jamie Davis, disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson, and Dr. Joe Holley from Paragon Medical Education Group.

  • CPR Airway Management Research with Dr. Joe Holley

    On this episode, we bring back Dr. Joe Holley to talk some more about the groundbreaking research he’s been involved with on airway management in cardiac arrest. He and the team he was working with looked at the effects of different types of airway management to maintain an intrathoracic vacuum during CPR to facilitate better blood flow into the brain.

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    Paragon Medical Group Cadaver Training and Research Update

    Dr. Joe Holley comes on for a special bonus episode of the Disaster Podcast to talk about recent training events run by Paragon Medical Education Group including a trauma cadaver lab in Mississippi. Then Joe drops a quick teaser about some ground-breaking research into CPR, Ventilation, and Cardiac Arrest. Co-hosts Sam Bradley, Jamie Davis, and disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson join Joe on this episode.

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    Summer Weather Emergencies with Kyle Nelson

    This summer has a been rolling past as quickly as it always does but it’s also been rather active from a weather standpoint. In this episode, out disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson talks about some of the devastating weather-related incidents that impacted the U.S. and the rest of the world this summer.

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    Planning a Major USAR Training Event with David McPartland

    On this special follow-up episode, we have David McPartland, an EMS Captain at Berkley Fire Department. He and a colleague, Captain Linda Buell from Oakland Fire Department, participated in the planning of the FEMA USAR training we covered recently in a double episode with Dr. Joe Holley and Memphis paramedic Patrick McDevitt.

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    Thailand Cave Rescue Discussion with Cave Diver Bob Wilson

    In this very timely episode of the Disaster Podcast, we take a look at the extreme technical rescue involved in the recent Thailand cave rescue. As we rejoice that all the boys and their coach were rescued, it is time to talk about the operational aspects of what it took to pull off this rescue.

  • Wilderness and Disaster Pharmacology Concerns

    This week we look at Wilderness EMS Pharmacology. Nancy Pietroski is our guest this evening for the podcast along with Dr. Seth Hawkins rejoining us for this special featured segment from the Wilderness EMS Textbook. Nancy was the primary author for the textbook's chapter on Wilderness EMS pharmacology.

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    FEMA USAR Training with CATF1, Part 2

    In this second part of a two-part episode, we are featuring a recent FEMA USAR Medical Specialist Training class taught by Dr. Joe Holley. Joe was at the NASA Ames Research Facility in California. Joining Joe from Tennessee Task Force 1 USAR team was 20-year firefighter-paramedic Patrick McDevitt who went out to California to help with the training there.

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    FEMA USAR Training with CATF1, Part 1

    On this episode, we are featuring a recent FEMA USAR Medical Specialist Training class taught by Dr. Joe Holley. Joe was at the NASA Ames Research Facility in California. Joining Joe from Tennessee Task Force 1 USAR team was 20-year firefighter-paramedic Patrick McDevitt who went out to California to help with the training there. This course included a full California DMAT deployment alongside the USAR training to practice taking patient handoff and management.

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