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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.
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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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Infectious Disease in the Wilderness Setting, part 2
In part two of this two-part episode, we continue our discussion on infectious diseases in the wilderness setting from one of the chapters of the Wilderness EMS Textbook. We bring back overall Wilderness textbook author and coordinator Dr. Seth Hawkins and infectious disease chapter author, Dr. Chris Davis.
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Infectious Disease in the Wilderness Setting, part 1
In part one of this two-part episode, we talk infectious diseases in the wilderness setting from one of the chapters of the Wilderness EMS Textbook. We bring back overall Wilderness textbook author and coordinator Dr. Seth Hawkins and infectious disease chapter author, Dr. Chris Davis.
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Tornado Weather Response Past, Present, and Future
On this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we take a look at the history of tornado response in the U.S. and how the difficult lessons learned in those major responses improved systems across the country. Joining the show is disaster weather expert and meteorologist Kyle Nelson, returning guest and meteorologist Becky DePodwin (@wx_becks on Twitter), and Oklahoma paramedic and emergency management operations expert Chris Prutzman.
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