Stories From Expo

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the "Tech to Protect Challenge," a national open innovation contest designed to help emergency responders accomplish their mission to serve and protect our communities nationwide.  Craig Connelly explains more about the program's goals. In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

Pediatric cardiac arrests are among the most difficult challenges we face in EMS. EMS Medical Director and PEM Physician Peter Antevy argues that pre-arrival planning and learning how to speak to parents on scene will make this job more manageable.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

Nausea is one of the most common symptoms experienced by our patients, and EMS providers know that there is not always an effective treatment.  How about offering patients a whiff of an alcohol prep?  David Wampler and David Miramontes discuss their research.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

Have you ever wanted to speak at an EMS conference?  Listen as Chris Montera speaks with Sean Kivlehan, MD, and Kevin Collopy, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, about EMS World Expo's Stand and Deliver program for new speakers.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo is coming in September! 

Priority Ambulance's Dennis Rowe has more than 40 years in the EMS industry.  Host Rob Lawrence dives in with Dennis for best practices in recruiting, retaining and educating our EMS workforce. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020!

Difficult airways challenge many EMS providers.  David Olvera thinks that using the "HEAVEN" mnemonic to evaluate the patient's size, anatomy and neck mobility, among others, can be helpful in predicting difficulties.  Read Olvera's article here.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Kris Kaull takes a brutally honest look at the past 25 years in public safety and his own failures of epic proportion.  Kris will dig into why we eat our young and how to mentor the next generation.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

What happens when the provider becomes the patient? Stephanie Louka, an EM physician at Virginia Commonwealth University, answers that question in this episode. OB emergencies are high stakes and high stress, and don't always present with vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain. Listen as Dr. Louka describes her own experience with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome as well as other OB emergencies. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

John Montes, Emergency Services Specialist with the NFPA discusses NFPA 3000, a standard which details the framework for responding to an active shooter event.  The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) creates objective standards for all types of first responders: police, EMS, fire, EM, and more.  Give your feedback on the NFPA website.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

How did EMS in North Carolina handle Hurricanes Florence & Dorian in 2019? Deputy Director of EMS for Brunswick Co. Lyle Johnston and Onslow County EMS's David Grovdahl helped coordinate a disaster response that lasted more than 10 days.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!  

Mike McCabe of McCabe Ambulance Service in Bayonne, NJ calls on all first responder agencies to train and integrate their systems for large-scale incidents, specifically the need to create, implement and understand the Rescue Task Force (RTF) concept. Mike also discusses his participation in the reality show "Live Rescue."  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

ResponderHelp.com is a new resource that compiles a variety of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and that can help EMS systems learn best practices for creating and writing SOPs that will best serve the system.  Join Justin Eberly as he describes the risks and liabilities that can happen in EMS.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

How should EMS involve itself in injury and illness prevention? Ask Paramedic Paul Maxwell of San Diego, Calif.  He discusses the Nicholas Rosecrans Award and this year’s winner, Colerain Township EMS, who created an opioid response program.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

EMS researcher Jenna Tuttle shares her original research on the impact of age in the management of the pediatric airway.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Baltimore City Fire Department serves an ultra-urban community, and they just started an MIH/CP program, profiled in Feb. 2019.  Dr. David Marcozzi is the Deputy Medical Director for Baltimore City Fire Department and he discusses EMS in the era of value-based care.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

From training for MCI events to living through one: Paradise, Calif. resident and Moulage Concepts' Bobbie Merica describes her experience in the devastating 2018 Camp Fire.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

What's really going on in rural EMS? In rural America, ambulance services are closing. Is this about the lack of volunteers or something else much deeper? Andy Gienapp is the State EMS Director for Wyoming. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

After being assaulted on duty, San Diego Fire Rescue Engineer Ben Vernon has become a champion for mental health for First Responders. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Ketamine is a popular medication these days for EMS providers to use in psychiatric emergencies. In this episode, Samuel Kordik delves into the use of ketamine to sedate psychiatric patients. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.  Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas! 

Good EMS education probably means spending money.  Danish paramedic Morten Lindkvist explains how best to improve EMS education models. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2018 EMS World Expo in Nashville.