MedFlight Radio

MedFlight Radio starts out 2025 with a bang as we do our first polytrauma case review with a scene trauma run to one of our ownership's hospital Level one trauma Facility--The Ohio State Medical Center.    We did this in a two-part series to highlight the prehospital side of things with MedFlight on the scene and then part two focuses on the hospital side of things and the care throughout the hospital course.    This podcast covers this trauma case study from the original call to MedFlight to the patient hospital discharge.  Come listen in.  

What is going on in the Infectious disease world at MedFlight and MedCare in 2024.    Is COVID still a thing?  What were the top three types of infectious disease patients we transported this past year ?   What can I do to identify them and protect myself from exposure?       MedFlight Radio seats down with Keri Lejzerowicz, MedFlight and MedCare Infection Control Specialists to find out.    You will be surprised to see what has made a comeback in the Infectious Disease world of central Ohio Market and what may be coming up in 2025.    Come listen in.   

March of 2024 is here, and we are back at it again on MedFlight Radio and this time we are talking about airway management in our cardiac arrest patients.  We sit down with Doctor Hussam Salhi (EMS Fellow and ER Doctor) and discuss this very topic.  The conversation dives right in on some of the most common airway adjuncts used in the field from BVM, to SGA and even oral intubation.    Which is better in a cardiac arrest patient and do we have any data to back it up?   YES!!    Listen in as we discuss multiple big studies done on this very topic and see what the literature says.  Come listen in!     

MedFlight Radio talks about pediatric trauma for the month of November.  We sit down with Dr. Chelsea Kadish, Recent Graduate EMS Fellow and Current Emergency Room Physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital.      The talk starts off with what we are doing well and what we can improve on in our pediatric trauma management in central Ohio.  We discuss TXA in our pediatric trauma patient, blood administration and is permissible hypotension ok in kids in certain types of trauma.  We answer these tough questions and so much more.  This is some really cool stuff.      Come listen in!  

MedFlight Radio again takes to the road for its 2023 September podcast and heads over to The Ohio State University Medical Center.    We sit down with Dr. Nicole Bernal, Medical Director at the Ohio State University Level 1 Trauma Center Burn Unit in Central Ohio.      What are we doing well and what can we improve in our burn care management in Central Ohio.  Also, we talk about all the latest and greatest burn treatments that can be provided to patients.  This is some really cool stuff.  We cover this and so much more. Come listen in!

Pediatric CPAP/BiPAP in the pre-hospital world.  Should we be doing it?  if not, why?  MedFlight Radio brings back Chris Newsome (Nationwide Children's Transport Medic) and Rob Glaze (Current MedFlight Medic and Retired from Westerville Fire Department ) to discuss this very topic.    We start by getting a good understanding of CPAP and BiPAP—what it is and how it works then quickly move into our pediatric population.  It is something that can make a difference for us in our pre-hospital or transport environment.  Should EMS and transport teams have it in their pediatric protocol?    Come listen in and find out.        

MedFlight Radio welcomes to the show Monica Montgomery (MedFlight Flight Nurse and newly appointed Education Coordinator) and talks ABG's.  The talk focuses on all the whys and where's of blood gases.  When to get them?  What components make up blood gases?   How are they used for patient management? Can venous gases be as useful as arterial gases?  Come listen in and learn the basics behind blood gas analysis.     

This month we have a first on MedFlight Radio, as we have a married couple on the show to tackle "Sudden Cardiac Death".    This is no ordinary couple as we invite in Dr Kevin Stiver an adult Interventional Cardiologist at OhioHealth Riverside Hospital and Doctor Corey Stiver a pediatric cardiologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital here in Columbus, Ohio Listen in as we talk about the similarities and differences between adult and pediatric sudden cardiac arrest.  We focus in on incidences, causes, and management of these complex case.  We even finish up talking about what can I do to avoid these life changing events in myself and in my family.   This is one you don't want to miss.       

MedFlight Radio takes to the road and heads over to The Ohio State University to learn more about a new clinical trial on head bleeds.  We sit down with Doctor Yousef Hannawi and Luke Herren to find out all about it.  Where can we get better with our patients that present with head bleeds?  What potential treatments are in store for the future?  Are all the Columbus Based Hospitals in on this study?  We answer these questions and much more.   Come listen in.. 

This month we invite Debra Tortora to our podcast as we welcome her into her new role of Risk Management and Legal Affairs at MedFlight/Medcare.   While she is with us we cover the topic of "Medication Errors".   Is this really a problem?    What are the most common medication errors and how I can avoid them?   What about securing medications, is that my responsible too?   Can I be criminally charge for a medication error?      We answer these questions and much more as we tackle this subject and discuss things we must do consistently to avoid this happening to us.    Come listen in..

July is pediatric sepsis month and we sit down with our partners at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Transport Team to learn all about it.  This is another one of those time sensitive disease processes where early recognition and management become so important in surviving pediatric sepsis.     Just like always we start basic and then move more into advanced treatment for this disease process.   This podcast has something for everybody from first responders to the most advanced transport personnel staff member.    Come listen in.. 

In this episode we discuss pediatric seizures with our newly appointed MedFlight Pediatric Medical Director and Nationwide Children Hospital Emergency Room Physician---Doctor Michael Stoner to discuss.   Also joining the podcast party are Dr Ashley Larrimore and Jason Pierce to go full circle on Pediatric seizures.   We have all heard about it in school and maybe not all of us medical professionals have had the opportunity to manage a pediatric seizure patient.  To see a young girl or boy seizing and a mom or dad breathing down your neck to do something about it quickly can be pretty overwhelming.   Come listen in as we discuss the most common types and causes of pediatric seizures along with medical management of them.   We hope to ease your anxiety a little on these types of cases and give you the confidence in your management of them.  

Ohio is so lucky to have so many Stroke Comprehensive Treatment Centers in Central and Southwest Areas of our State. Today MedFlight Radio meets with three of the biggest Centers in the State of Ohio to discuss their assessment and treatment of strokes in their region.  Does Stroke care change from region to region?     We sit down with Renee Pack from OhioHealth Stroke Team, Sharon Heaton from OSU-Medical Center Stroke team and Megan Smith from Kettering Health Stroke team to find out.     In doing this podcast live, I was so amazed on how far stroke treatment has come and how these three facilities are actually working together to push stroke treatment and care for the years to come.  Take it from me, this is one you don’t want to miss.   

MedFlight Radio is flying in a different direction for this personal and emotional episode.  Join us as we focus on safety and what it's like to the have to care of one of our own in the most unlikely scenario possible. We invite Dale Muetzel, Chuck Calissie, and Lyn Gilmore to the studio to discuss in detail the MedFlight MICU ground accident from four years ago.  The discussion takes us to the events leading up to the accident, the event itself, and the aftermath years later. This emotionally charged podcast reminds us of why we rely on each other in this profession.

MedFlight Radio takes the show on the road to the Regional Tertiary Center of The Ohio State University Medical Center to talk about ECMO. We sit down with Dr. Amar Bhatt and Dr. Travis Sharkey to get the lowdown on this topic.  Learn about the most cutting edge and complex technology out on the market the pushes the envelope in cardiac and respiratory resuscitation.   What is ECMO? Are there different types of ECMO? Who gets it and who doesn't, and why? How do you manage it, and what are the most common complications? What is the future of ECMO? All of these questions get answered and many more in this month's episode.    

Can you believe it's March already!!!!!!  This month we invite Dr. Creagh Boulger to the MedFlight studio to discuss all the great diagnostic things that Ultrasound can do in the pre-hospital environment.   Is this something that should be left to a physician to interpret, or can we expand it out to critical care transport teams and field EMS?  What would we use it for?  How do we get buy in?  What would it look like? Listen in as we take on these questions and give you our thoughts on the future of ultrasound in the pre-hospital environment.  You might be surprised to find this technology on your transport vehicle sooner than you think.

We jump into the new year with our annual Stroke Managment update.  Join us as we sit down with Sharon Heaton (Neuro Program Manager at The Ohio State University) and Joel Jackson (MedFlight Flight Medic) as we discuss new updates regarding stroke care. What has changed and what is still the same in our assessment and managment of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes.  Get the insight on what pre-hospital and critical care teams can do to improve patient care and outcomes.

We finish out the 2021 calendar year with our December podcast on heart failure.  Our special guest this month is Dr. Sam Nobilucci who is an ER Physician at Adena Health System and former EMS fellow.  Also joining the team for another episode is Dr. Brad Raetzke, medical director for MedFlight and MedCare. What is heart failure and how common is it?  Listen in as we focus on gaining a better understanding of heart failure, and how to perform the right diagnostic steps. We also learn that treatments are not all the same and vary with the different types of failure and causes. So sit down, clutch your chest, and listen in as Steve geek's out on cardiac stuff!  

As the weather gets a little colder here in teh Midwest - we move our focus to more respiratory issues, and this month it is ARDS.  Join MedFlight Radio as we interview Dr. Travis Sharkey and Dr. Brad Raetzke on their experience with ARDS.   What is ARDS? How do we diagnose it? How do we manage it? Is prone positioning better? Do we intubate or not? ARDS Vent managment? These are just some of the questions we look to tackle during this episode.  

MedFlight Radio continues on the pediatric road for October as we head back to Nationwide Children’s Hospital for a pediatric congenital heart defect podcast.     We sit down with Doctor Beth Bubolz (Nationwide Children’s Hospital Cardiologist) ,  Doctor Ashley Larrimore (MedFlight Medical Director) and Jason Pierce (MedFlight Flight Nurse) to talk about this highly complex, high risk, low volume runs.   How many times in the field or with an inter-facility hospital transport have we thought of a pediatric run being a cardiac problem in nature and not a respiratory/septic shock type thing.   Come listen in as we talk about certain clues in our pediatric patients that will lead us down this path of a potential cardiac problem and talk about safe management in most of these cases.    We finish up with a case study and find out truly what is like to have a kid with congenital heart defect.   Doctor Larrimore opens up and gives us the best case study with her son Alex’s Story.