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. 

Mike Shoulders explains how flipping the traditional roles of teacher and student can help improve EMS education. 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. 

Licensed Social Worker Lauren Young of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue discusses the future of EMS and MIH. As community healthcare providers, EMS should lean on what we do best: thinking outside the box.  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. 

For complicated childbirths, many EMS providers have been taught only one treatment: diesel bolus. In this episode, Josh Borkosky explains that training is especially important in these low frequency/ high acuity events.  Practice like you play and providers will be better prepared to handle high-risk pregnancies.  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.

There's never a good time to have a cardiac arrest, but when is the best time?  In this episode, Jenna Tuttle gives some insight on cardiac arrest survival rates in daytime vs. night-time scene responses.  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. 

Paramedic and physician Gustavo Flores talks Trauma Team Activation, Stroke/STEMI Team Activation and... Sepsis? Acute sepsis patients need proactive and aggressive treatment. 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. 

Researcher Emma Hand discusses her abstract regarding how the type of cellular phone provider may affect patient outcome in an EMS service area, especially in regards to cardiac arrest. 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. 

Pilots Dick Blanchet and Christopher Tremblay discuss crew resource management- from aviation to EMS: what can we learn from how airlines implement Crew Resource Management? 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. 

All EMS providers have experienced fatigue on the job.  Curtis Olson shares tips on how to stay awake during the night shift.  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. 

Justin Saunders' research involves a predictive model to compare expected rates of ROSC with actual success rates so EMS services can better understand what they're doing right (and wrong) during cardiac arrest calls. Saunders is one of numerous students from Western Carolina University's paramedic bachelor's degree program invited to present at this year's EMS World Expo. EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

Longtime EMS professional Damon Franklin discusses one of the newest products found in the EMS World Expo exhibit hall: his CPR Pillow (CPRP).  One of the best things about EMS World Expo is seeing new products and meeting their creators. 

Nate Andrews is a paramedic student whose research project in PEA cardiac arrest garnered him an invite to speak at EMS World Expo 2017. Innovative young minds are imperative for the growth of EMS.  EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

Not only are dispatchers a valuable part of the EMS team, but increasingly they are essential to good patient outcomes. Here, Isabel Gardet shares the benefit of telephone CPR instructions to patient outcomes.

Sigurd Blix is an EMT and medical student from Norway who researched the need for more training in wound packing and penetrating trauma. The size and scope of Expo, he says, has him excited to do more research and come back. EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

Code Green is an EMS mental health campaign intended to help providers get therapy and help for the stress that comes with being in EMS. EMS World Expo, they say, is a great place to get the word out. For more information please go to www.codegreencampaign.org.

Kevin Collopy delivered lectures on five different topics at the 2017 EMS World Expo. Here he addresses a subject he's passionate about: drifting from safety standards. He also weighs in on EMS World Expo and the impact it has on education within his service.

Erik Gaull has been attending EMS World Expo for almost three decades. What keeps him coming back? The education, the exhibits, and—perhaps most important—his friends are all here.

Rogers EMS Consulting's Shawn Rogers, who spent 13 years as state EMS director in Oklahoma, explains how a rapid response model can help save lives in rural parts of the country.

David Wampler, PhD, speaks on the efficacy of long backboards as a spinal immobilization and transport device. His research found that patients secured on a stretcher mattress without a long spine board had less cervical spine motion than those secured to a long spine board. EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

British Columbia paramedic Nahum Ip's dedication to the field of EMS and international work with orphanages earned him a scholarship to attend EMS World Expo. 

Experience matters when it comes to obtaining ROSC in cardiac arrest patients. Jenna Tuttle presented research at EMS World Expo on the effect of a provider's case volume on the likelihood of obtaining ROSC in cardiac arrest patients. EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo. 

Mari Freeman, FF/PM, won a scholarship to attend EMS World Expo.  Here she discusses her work ethic. In the latest installments of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2017 EMS World Expo in Las Vegas.

Michael Dailey is a paramedic and emergency physician from Albany, NY. He's a self-styled paramedic stuck in a doctor's body.  Are we allowing data control our approach to intubation or does our ego get in the way?  Dr. Dailey is excited about the future of research-based medicine pushing EMS forward and optimizing patient outcomes. 

Clinical Challenge participants Megan Weiczenski and Andrew Grandin from Mercer County EMS came to EMS World Expo to compete. They have had great success in these types of clinical competitions and made it to the finals here at EMS World Expo Las Vegas 2017.

Jeff Jarvis, MD, Medical Director for Williamson County EMS in Texas, conducted research on prehospital airways and explains that while intubating our patients we can sometimes let our ego get in the way of patient outcomes.  EMS World is partnering with UCLA’s Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) to bring original science and research to readers of EMS World and attendees of EMS World Expo.