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Episode 33-When EMS Fails


This episode deals with a call where the system and clinicians failed a patient. What makes it different is that a police body camera recorded the encounter, and was released to the public.

There's a lot to unpack here. We talk about the providers' failure to care for their patient, and we discuss how it possibly got to this point.

There is a lot of shared blame here. We want to present this as a way to stimulate discussion and self-examination, and maybe we can avoid these types of things in the future.

The video from www.ems1.com:

https://www.ems1.com/suspension/articles/393632048-Video-Man-struck-killed-by-car-after-EMTs-mocked-released-him/



Episode 32: One Medic, or Two?

The gang looks at the idea of ALS crew configuration. Is a two paramedic system better for patient care? Is one medic with an EMT better? Does more equate to better, and how do we measure it?

We look at the benefits and downsides, look at some of the (sparse) evidence, and talk about some of the things that may help us figure it out!

OPALS Study for OHCA:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa040325

Classic Journal Review: The OPALS Study

This includes an excellent breakdown by our friends at www.rebelem.com!

OPALS study for trauma:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292763/

The Rapid Emergency Medicine Score and the potential for EMS:

https://www.jems.com/articles/2018/08/using-the-rapid-emergency-medicine-score-to-zero-in-on-ems-quality.html

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