Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time. Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners! Disaster medicine is a unique field of prehospital medicine. Planning for a possible disaster is one thing, but preparation goes out the window when it happens in real life. In this episode we interview Dr. Joshua Stilley about lessons learned at a train derailment disaster.

Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners!  Have you ever seen the quarterback of a professional football game review videos of the last play in real-time? The act of reviewing your actions with the intent of figuring out what you can improve upon is the key to improvement.  What if we can do that with our intubations?  In this episode, we talk with Dr. Brian Miller as he shares his experience and lessons learned when his EMS system recorded intubation attempts.

This episode is brought to you by General Devices.  General Devices is a health tech company specializing in communication solutions that help EMS and hospitals deliver simply seamless patient care. Don't you love having dropped calls when signing out a patient?  Isn't it fun repeating your sign-out over and over?  How about explaining your EKG findings over the phone? Welcome to communication in EMS :).  On top of everything else, communication between the prehospital and in-hospital world is complicated by technical glitches and multiple healthcare clinicians.  In this upcoming episode, the But Why EMS podcast hosts interview: Kayla Jacquez FF-Paramedic & Regional Manager for General Devices

Happy EMS Week you prehospital studs!!! We’ve all heard of the law EMTALA or otherwise known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. But how does this law affect what we do in the world of EMS? We know it’s usually hospitals who are liable…not EMS systems...right!?!?!? Maybe not! Little do you know, that EMS systems can be liable. Why do you ask? Well in this episode of the But Why EMS podcast, the team explores what EMTALA is and how it affects your everyday practice of Prehospital Medicine. We’re joined by our special guest: Hashim Zaidi MD FAEMS FACEP @hashimzMD Medical Director and Emergency Physician in Houston Texas.

While we in EMS LOVE new shiny toys or flashy treatments that were only used in the hospital, some patient treatments require us to take a step back and see our patients as more than just that traumatic accident.  Enter Trauma Informed Care, which is a way to treat our patients not only with their immediate medical needs but a way to prevent the long-lasting effects of trauma.  This requires us to take a step back and see trauma in all its forms and treat our patients by the better angels of our nature.  To understand this further, the But Why EMS team interviews: Dr. Lekshmi Kumar Emergency Medicine, EMS Physician, and Medical Director of Grady EMS.

Hello, But Why EMS Podcast listeners!  What do Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have in common?  They're both NOT servant leaders.  What are servant leaders you ask? And what does this have to do with EMS? Well check out this episode of the But Why EMS podcast to hear Dr. Phil and Gina talk with MIH guests: Dr. Melissa Kroll; Jennifer Rieker, Paramedic, Community Paramedic; Jane Reilly, BA, NRP, FP-C, CP.

Happy New Year But Why EMS Podcast listeners! With a new year comes the promise to become a better you personally and professionally. So let’s start with changing our mindset when it comes to education. In this episode, we have our But Why crew, Gina, Paul Schuler, and Phil talking with our special guest: Elizabeth Kendrick, NREMT-P about how amazing paramedics can be as healthcare clinicians, but how paramedics get in their own way when it comes to improving themselves.