EPM Talk

EPM Executive Editor Mark Plaster chats with Mike Silverman, EPM board member and Director's Corner author, continue their discussion of navigating ER politics specifically the dangers of physicians losing their licenses over spreading disinformation. 

EPM's legal expert and board member, Bill Sullivan, joins Mark Plaster and JD Landon to discuss his latest lawsuit with the Illinois to question its sanctions on Ivermectin and unprofessional conduct charges that in some cases are costing physicians their licenses.

Meet our newest EPM contributor, Jondavid Landon, MD., aka JD. Ultrasound trained, JD can help even an old dog like me learn some new tricks. Whatever your age or training, I suspect you can learn something.

What does a telecommunication company have to do with health and wellness? Mark Plaster chats with Dr. Anna Fitch Courie of FirstNet® to discuss how FirstNet deploys mobile communications to ensure connectivity for emergency response personnel in scenarios like earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes, as well as how the wireless network has set up a health and wellness program of American first responders and their families. To learn more about how FirstNet supports healthcare professionals, visit FirstNet.com/healthcare, and download their new ebook: Connecting Healthcare When and Where it Matters Most.

Coming from Ireland, you can't miss this great conversation with Bill Green, the inventor of the T-Ring and other helps to make laceration repairs as smooth, quick and painless (for you and the patient) as possible.

EPM Executive Editor Mark Plaster chats with Mike Silverman, EPM board member and Director's Corner author, about the need for exemplary communication as the director and the art of navigating ER politics.

Mark chats with Mark Langdorf and Andrew Phillips of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine of the journal's stance on the increasingly controversial discussion on resident physician training. Langdorf and Phillips explain the key differences of the training EM resident graduates receive compared to others in the medical field while some groups and hospitals interchangeably refer to both as providers.

It's almost time for your summertime staffing shortage.   Don't miss my conversation with Mike Silverman of Director's Corner fame on how to be ready for short staffing situations.

Don't miss this discussion of non-convulsive status epileptics with Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD.   It will open your eyes to a problem I suspect many, if not most EPs, are currently missing.   It is a point of care test that needs to be in every, yes EVERY emergency department.

Can two doctors from different sides of the political spectrum have a civil discussion?   Join Mike Silverman and Mark Plaster as they discuss, laugh, and cajole their way through an interesting exchange on a variety of topics important to emergency physicians.

Mark Plaster chats with Dr. Khan Siddiqui as he discusses his professional journey from implementing AI with Microsoft and creating grocery store blood pressure kiosks to his latest career as the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Hyperfine.   Dr. Siddiqui shares the details of Hyperfine's portable MRI device, which has the potential to be the next big medical device breakthrough.

You could save a life from catastrophic exsanguination with a simple, recently refined device.  Join Dr. Adam Power and Mark Plaster as they discuss Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA).  

When is the last time you saw a major upgrade of an old technology?   Join me as I speak with Andreas Frank, President of Frontline Care to discuss the huge advancements in the Welch Allen ophthalmoscope and otoscope.   You will be amazed.

The physician partners of USACS bought the business back from it’s equity investors in a move that strengthens the mega-group practice and set them up for even greater success.   Hear Dom Bagnoli, MD, chairman of the board discuss with me how this happened.  Fascinating.

Biologically men and women are definitely different when it comes to COVID, says Jeanette Wolfe, MD. But do you know how much? I didn’t. Hear some friendly banter and a lot of good info. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to EPM Talk.

Listen to the latest EPM Talk Podcast to hear Dr. Jay Mathews and Dr. Teresa Rawe share their institutional protocol to get the clot out with the Indigo® System for their Venous Thromboembolism Patients.

Personal protection in the ED as well as in the parking lot after a shift is essential. Joe Anderson, co-founder of Reflex Protect, describes the product as “silly string in a can” except that it has the kick of CS, tear gas.   Don’t miss this episode.

Mark Plaster chats with Mick Connors of Anytime Pediatrics about his physician career and the creation of his company that seeks to connect patients to accessible quality healthcare in a telemed environment.  Tune in and get some amazing insight on this very useful service that found even greater usage during the pandemic. 

In this installment of EPM Talk, Mark chats with Dr. Lisa Moreno, the president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), a group that represents the rank and file of Emergency Medicine particularly its support of workplace fairness.  Dr. Moreno explains due process and its importance for physicians pertaining to disciplinary actions.  Tune in for this fascinating and educational discussion.   

In this installment of of EPM Talk, Mark Plaster chats with Professor Oliver Mimoz, head of the emergency department at Hôpital Universitaire de Poitiers, France and the principal researcher of the CLEAN 3 trial. The study, which was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, revealed a vascular care solution helped to reduce IV failures and infections. 

Do you have an idea to make our practice safer?  Marc Levine MD did and he made a simple device.  Listen to Marc explain his product and how his idea came to market.

I love it when real ER docs make a product out of need.  Four providers in a small ER that serves a huge population tackled the problem of how to provide negative pressure in COVID potential patients with respiratory therapy needs.   The simple elegance of their products are a real eye opener.

CT for mild head injury?  Probably not.  But did you know that there are biomarkers for concussion?  I didn’t.   Join my discussion with Dr. Paul Jarvis of Abbott Labs for this educational discussion.  It could be a game changer.

Dr. Este O'Daniell  joins Mark Plaster to chat about syndromic infectious disease detection of meningitis/encephalitis. It could change the way you approach this deadly condition and spare some parents from stress at the thought of it impacting their children. 

I never thought I’d see it happen, but even EM has taken a big hit from Covid-19 resulting in lower ED volumes, revenues, and even layoffs.  This might be semi-permanent.  What can we do?     Listen in to my conversation with Charles "Chuck" Duva of DuvaSawko for a great way to weather the storm.  

Ever had a phone to both ears talking to two different parties about the same case trying to coordinate care?  I have and it’s maddening.   Listen in to this conversation with Dr. James Woodson, founder of Pulsara, and learn about a new platform that connects everyone on the team in a smooth seamless manner.  It’s truly a breakthrough.    

Mark chats with Ben Bassin, Sridhar Kota and Nathan Haas, part of a team from the University of Michigan that has recently created a portable negative pressure procedural tent as well as isolation helmet to reduce the possibility of COVID-19 viral transmission to healthcare providers during aerosol generating procedures (AGPs). Get the scoop on the Aersolve Helmet in this episode of EPM Talk! For more information, visit: https://mcircc.umich.edu/wearable-negative-pressure https://mcircc.umich.edu/aerosolve-tent

Mark Plaster chats with Bill Lear, co-founder of the Hemigard Adhesive Retention Suture Device, which could be a game-changer in terms of smoothly protecting the skin from tearing and allowing sutures to be retained even longer.

As we become more and more dependent on cellular service for personal as well as professional use, we cannot afford to have holes in coverage.   Join Mark Plaster as he chats with Terri Wolcott of Wilson Electronics about the company's Fleet Signal Boosters for a discussion of how you can get coverage anywhere any time.   It could even save a life.

Emergency Medicine is experiencing fundamental change as the result of more women entering the specialty, particularly as it pertains to how we deal with pregnancy.   Don’t miss Dr Plaster’s interview with Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, a physician who discusses issues like maternal leave, salary and COVID-19. You’ll be surprised that it isn’t all about women.

In this week's installment of EPM Talk, Mark Plaster chats with Kevin Spencer of Ring Rescue, a company with a device that helps remove rings from swollen fingers.  Mark has a personal experience as at ACEP 2019, he had his wedding ring that he hadn't taken off for 40 years removed via the device.  Tune in to this fun discussion and then check out a demonstration of the ring removal here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PdBKs_Ll4&t=7s

“Ever wonder why more men have died of COVID 19 than women?   There are a lot more differences in how men and women respond to disease than you might expect.   Join me for another ‘He said, She said' EP Talk with Jeannette Wolfe, MD.  

Don’t wait for the CDC to tell you that the COVID tsunami is taking out your frontline providers. Manage the problem in real time with a truly innovative program from Beyond Lucid technology. Hear my rapid fire discussion with the CEO of Beyond Lucid, Jonathon Feit.

Mark Plaster chats with Chris Catani of Hardy Diagnostics to discuss the group's microbiology labs, which potentially could play a significant role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in for an enlightening discussion with one of the industry leaders in the field in this latest episode. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.

In the era of pandemics, knowing within two hours whether you have a college student with bacterial meningitis, or a more benign viral etiology could be hugely important to many people. Dr. Sean-Xavier Neath joins Mark Plaster for a discussion of syndromic infectious disease detection of meningitis/encephalitis. It could change the way you approach this deadly condition.

“If you are not familiar with this fast growing group you might think 'Sound Physicians’ is a group of ER doc rockers touring the US. But they are ‘sound physicians.’ Join me and Drs. Mike Presley (not related to Elvis) and Nathan Ruch as we talk about how this group combines in and out of hospital care, with telemedicine in the age of coronavirus.

Mark is joined by EPM board member Salim Rezaie to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on society, the success of physical distancing, impact on the economy, the importance of New York physicians and the likelihood of an even more dangerous second wave. Listen in to one of EPM Talk's more fascinating discussions about Coronavirus.

Mark shares one of his more recent encounters and frustrations in balancing a family's wishes as a relative prepares for treatment for COVID-19 against standard hospital procedures. It's a powerful glimpse of the emotional toil of a situation where there isn't a best possible outcome.

PPE, PPE, PPE. Take care of yourself and your co-workers. That’s the mantra of Amer Aldeen MD, CMO for USACS. You’ll enjoy this personal wide-ranging discussion of how COVID-19 has changed our perspectives on EM.

If you thought that all board prep courses are variations of the same you would be wrong. Dr. Andrew Phillips discusses how EM Coach uses artificial intelligence to help you build a strong and deep understanding of emergency medicine insuring that you will ace the exam. Join Mark as he catches up with one of EPM's regular columnists.

Jeannette Wolfe and Mark Plaster discuss the differences of men and women in the ED and how a "sports mentality" lead to some very distinct approaches on confrontation on the work force. Mark also challenges Jeannette's notion on a hospital's culture of safety best helps patients.

Cost effective, personal handheld ultrasound is no longer a thing of the future. Dr. John Martin will even show how the Butterfly Ultrasound device can give real time information for the management of coronavirus patients. It’s a real eye opener.

Mark Plaster is joined by his sons, Graham and Logan, for a special EPM Talk discussion on the Coronavirus pandemic and how it's impacting the tech EM field. The Plasters also consider the potential positive developments from COVID-19 once the smoke settles particularly remote delivery and telemedicine.  And is hording toilet paper really necessary during this health crisis? The Plasters discuss it all in this episode.  

"He said, she said" and "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus only confirm that men and women see the world differently, even in the world of EM. Join Drs. Jeannette Wolfe and Mark Plaster as they "compare and contrast" their views on a range of topics, professional and personal. On this episode, Jeannette and Mark share their EM origin stories and what attracted them to the medical field.

Emergency physician Tim Peck believes in looking at the problem from the ground up before proposing solutions. That’s why, when he wanted to solve the problem of unnecessary transfers from nursing homes to ERs, his first step was to move into a nursing home…for three months. The result was a company Call9. It’s a fascinating story that could change everything we do in medicine. Don’t miss it.

Mark chats with his good friend Bill Green, the inventor of the T-RING and why he came up with such a useful device for handling finger injuries. Learn more about the T-RING at http://www.thetring.com/

Mark talks with Steve Michalik, the associate director of marketing for Biofire. Bill Wise, VP of Emerging Markets for KARL STORZ where they chat about the leading endoscope manufacturer. Additionally, Mark catches up with Paul Orcutt from PhyCon to discuss billing and the challenge for physicians to be properly compensated.

We're continuing our series of interviews from ACEP 2019 in Denver as Mark Plaster catches up with representatives from Hyperfine to chat about their potentially groundbreaking portable MRI device. Mark also chats with Ben Mattingly, the founder of Wild Med Adventures about his latest trip and his company's goals. Finally, Mark meets up with his longtime friend Gen. Robert Sutur about the reserves and a special case involving a service dog.

Mark chats with Dr. Latha Ganti, the the Vice Chair for Research Academic Affairs & Faculty Development at Osceola Regional Medical Center in the Kissimmee, Florida area. Tune in for one of EPM Talk's most energetic and exciting discussions with a physician that's so passionate about research. Here's some more information about Dr. Ganti: As the daughter of the Assistant Secretary General for the United Nations, Dr. Ganti grew up in New York City, Geneva, Switzerland, Nairobi, Kenya, among other places and speaks seven languages. Her multicultural upbringing has helped her bond with her patients in a meaningful way, since the vast majority of them are primarily Spanish speaking. Dr. Ganti is focused on patient satisfaction and will take the time to print out and explain their results while educating families. Dr. Ganti has won over 18 national awards, including the EMRA Academic Excellence award, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Faculty Teaching award, the AMA’s William Beaumont Award, the first EMRA Mentorship Award and was also celebrated as one of the “Heroes in Emergency Medicine” by ACEP in honor of the organization’s 40th anniversary.

For our second round of ACEP 2019 interviews, Mark meets Yohance Harrison from Money Script Wealth Management, LLC to discuss financial strategies. Maher Elhihi, the director of marketing for Mindray North America shares some insight about the company's patient monitoring, anesthesia and ultrasound imaging devices. Steve Maron, the president and CEO of VEP Healthcare stops by discuss its culture supportive of their healthcare providers. Dan Kohn, the owner of On Call Medical Coats, talks about his process of creating colorful coats. Ben Abella, the Clinical Research Director of the Center for Resuscitation Science at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, talks about a potentially new groundbreaking drug.

EPM was in snowy Denver for the annual ACEP convention and Mark spoke with a variety of friends, peers and innovators at this year's event. Tune in for his first round of interviews including EPM's own Judith Tintinalli and Greg Henry; Rick Bukata and Andrew Phillips of EM Coach. This is just the first of a series of ACEP interviews and features so stay tuned.