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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.
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.
MTLI: Past, Present, and Future. This is a special podcast where I have the pleasure to welcome ten individuals who have been involved with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute, or MTLI, over the years. We are doing this show as part of the 25th Anniversary of the genesis of MTLI and the week before classes begin that will produce the 24th graduating class of Certified Medical Transport Executives or CMTEs.The speakers introduce themselves and will talk about each of the subject areas in the following order. There is also a special group session at the end.The speakers are:Bill Koegler - Oglebay Foundation HistoryDawn Mancuso - Idea for MTLI from the Campground AssociationDenise Landis - Start of MTLI and Initial RegentsCraig Yale - Initial Classes and Features that have Remained ConsistentConnie Eastlee - Graduate ProgramEd Marasco - Politics, Change, and TransitionTom Allenstein - Curriculum Changes and InnovationJared Sherman - Capstone ProgramTom Liebman - Adapting to Changing Air Medical Industry, COVID-19, and MTLI FutureCameron Curtis - AAMS PerspectivePlease watch the Video version of this podcast, as you get to not only hear, but see some of the individuals that built this school and who carry on the tradition today.
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.
An interview of Edward Marasco, the Vice President of Business Development for Quick Med Claims, which provides revenue cycle management and consulting services for medical transport organizations nationwide. Previously, he was a Regional Vice President of Hospital Based Services with Air Methods Corporation after the acquisition of CJ Systems. At CJ System, Ed served as the Vice President for Air Medical Services. He also served thirteen years at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in various administrative positions.Mr. Marasco received his BS degree in Secondary Education from the University of Pittsburgh and an MPM degree from the H.J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.In the podcast, we talk about the No Surprises Act.
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.
An interview of Mark Mennie, an International Commercial Photographer who has specialized in photographing Air Medical and Critical Care Transport, including Medical Evacuation Environments. Mr. Mennie is a Canadian citizen, and has been doing work in the United States since 2001.Mark has done work for the Association of Air Medical Services, the Air Medical Transport Conference, the EMS Memorial Service, the Air Medical Memorial Service, several conferences, and fifty air medical programs from around the world. He has a number of awards and has served on the board of several organizations.
An interview of Eileen Frazier, the Executive Director of the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, or CAMTS. Ms. Frazier has a wealth of experience in air medical transport, including being the Chief Flight Nurse at University MedEvac at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania and serving on a number of boards and committees. She has written several articles and is now writing a new book with the working title of Helicopters and Medicine. Eileen was the recipient of the Jim Charlson Award, given to those that make a significant contribution to air medical Safety, in 1991 and the Marriot-Carlson Award, given for outstanding contributions to the air medical transport community, in 2000. Both of the awards are sponsored by the Association of Air Medical Services.
An Interview of Craig Yale, the President of the Yale Group, LLC. Mr. Yale has over 45 years of experience in the development and management of not-for-profit, for profit private, and public corporate services that have included emergency ground and air medical programs. Craig is a paramedic and has his bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in finance from Regis University.Mr. Yale has held a number of positions in air medical transport including Flight for Life in Colorado Springs, Rocky Mountain Helicopters and the formation of LifeNet, Air Methods Corporation, HeliStar in Istanbul, Turkey, and as the President of the Yale Group.Craig has been on the board of the Association of Air Medical Services and currently serves on the board of the MedEvac Foundation International, the Association of Professional Flight Chaplin's, and is a Regent and Instructor with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute. Craig was awarded the Marriott Carlson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
MedFlight Radio takes to the road for this podcast as we find ourselves at Ohio State University Medical Center East Campus with Dr Michael Sutherland (Trauma Medical Director at Ohio State Medical Center-East) talking trauma. Dr Ashley Larrimore, MedFlight’s own medical director joins in as we get into some tough and controversial material. We waste no time and jump right into talk on handling trauma patients and even traumatic cardiac arrest. How to differentiate a medical cardiac arrest patient from a traumatic one ? Where does salt water fit into fluid resuscitation? Is plasma better than red blood cells? CPR or not in a trauma arrest? Epinephrine for traumatic PEA Arrest—yes/no, Pelvic binder, should I place it or not? These are just some of the tough questions we get into during this podcast. Not one you want to miss…
An Interview of Robert Tester, the Senior Director of the LIFE FORCE Air Medical Service at Erlanger Health System. Robbie has been with LIFE FORCE since 1998 when he started as a Flight Paramedic. He has held several positions at the program including Program Manager, Administrator, Vice President, and now Senior Director at Erlanger. His current position includes not only LIFE FORCE but system-wide Emergency Management and the Regional Operations Center.Along with being a paramedic, Robbie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration from Georgia State College and will be completing his Masters in Business Administration from Western Governors University in Tennessee this year. He is involved with a number of associations and committees and currently is a board member of the Association of Critical Care Transport.
An Interview of Michael Benton, the Founder, Managing Director, and Principal Consultant with VyClimb Consulting, LLC. Mike started VyClimb Consulting, LLC in 2015 and had previously worked at Air Methods and Med-Trans Corporation as an Air Medical Line Pilot, National Relief Pilot, Aviation Compliance Manager, Check Airman, and Regional Aviation Manager. He served in the United States Army from 1993 to 2008 as a Standardization Instructor Pilot, and Instrument Flight Examiner.Mike’s consulting has taken him world-wide on a number of projects. He holds a Bachelor’s and Masters from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an MBA from Colorado State University.
Episode 36 - An Interview of Roxanne Shanks, the CEO of LifeFlight Eagle and Executive Director of the Association of Critical Care Transport in Kansas City, Missouri. Roxanne has been in her role at LifeFlight Eagle since 2012 and as the Executive Director of ACCT since 2014. She has also been a partner with Fitch & Associates since 2019.Prior to LifeFlight Eagle and ACCT, Roxanne was a Service Leader with Mosaic Health in St. Joseph, Missouri. She holds an MBA from Andrew Jackson University and a BA in Chemistry from St. Louis University.
Episode 35 - An Interview of Tom Allenstein, the President & CEO of MedFlight of Ohio and MedCare Ambulance headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Tom has been the CEO since 2015 and served as the Chief Clinical Officer & Chief Operating Officer of MedFlight from 2004. He also became President & CEO of MedCare Ambulaance in 2020, an ALS / BLS ambulance program that had been a joint-venture. Prior to MedFlight and MedCare, Tom had been with Mayo Medical Transport in Rochester, Minnesota starting as a Transport Nurse in 1989 and then Transportation Nurse Manager in 1997.Tom is a past board member of the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) and is currently a Regent with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute, a site reviewer with the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Services, and the President of the Central Ohio Trauma Systems board. He is the recipient of the AAMS Marriott - Carlson Award in November 2002.
Josh Anderson talk about his experience with customer service and customer experience, the best technology investment he has ever made, and the hardest part about being a CIO. Join the Press 1 For Nick community on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/press-1-for-nick #customerexperience #customerservice #press1fornick
The COVID-19 global pandemic has completely changed how we're living our lives. While some organizations were prepared for the dramatic shifts in the needs of the market and their workforce, many were not. The ripple effects that will be felt by these events are impossible to predict and technology leaders are grappling with problems they cannot even define. We brought together Paul Green, CIO of Angel MedFlight, a medical emergency aviation company, and Bask Iyer, CIO and CDTO of VMware to discuss their perspectives on the effects that the crisis is having on business from a technology leadership as well as a human perspective.
Episode 34 - An Interview of Michael Christianson, the Senior Executive Director of Sanford Air Transportation headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I talk to Mike about the history of Sanford AirMed including previous programs, how their program is organized for both their clinical and aviation services, aircraft and bases, the corporate aviation division, COVID-19, and the Maverick Air Center FBO.Mike has been the directing the program since 2008. He started as a Fixed Wing Pilot, Chief Flight Instructor, and Check Airman. Previous to Sanford, Mike was a pilot with Great Lakes Aviation / United Express. He is a graduate of the University of South Dakota in psychology and sociology for his undergraduate degree and in administrative studies for his masters.
An Interview of Andrea Robertson, the CEO of STARS in Canada. I talk to Andrea about the history of STARS, their program services, air medical services in Canada, and COVID-19. Andrea has been the President & CEO of STARS since March 2012. She served as the Chief Operating Officer from June 2011. Before joining STARS Andrea held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Alberta Health Services.Andrea is a board member of the Calgary Airport Authority and the CP Railway. In 2014 she was awarded and recognized as one of the Top Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network. Andrea has degrees from the University of Calgary and Central Michigan University. She also holds an Executive Fellowship from Wharton.
An Interview of Maura Hughes, the CEO of Boston MedFlight. In the podcast we talk about the history of Boston MedFlight as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium air medical program, the development of the FAA Part 135 Certificate, the type of aircraft they fly, their critical care ground ambulances, their team configuration, the impact of COVID-19, their philanthropy program, and their memberships in ACCT, AAMS and AMOA.Boston MedFlight is in their 35th year of operation and they recently passed the 80,000 patient transport milestone. Maura has been the CEO since 2016 and served as the CFO before that from 1998.
An Interview of Mr. Brian Shaw, the President of the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride. Brian talks about the history of the ride and the special plans for the 20th Anniversary rides in 2020, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Brian's full-time work is with the Emergency Medical Service Institute as the Deputy Director and they oversea EMS Operations for the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 16 counties. This includes 300 licensed EMS Agencies. He served as a part-time flight paramedic with STAT Medevac from 1995 to 2008 and is a graduate of Youngstown State University in Allied Health and Criminal Justice. Mr. Shaw's office is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
An interview of Mr. Jonathan Bundt regarding Post Traumatic Stress with COVID-19 and George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police.Jonathan is an Organizational Consultant and Trainer with his own company called Masa Consulting since 1993. Jonathan has degrees in Child Psychology and Jewish Studies, Counseling and Psychotherapy, and course work in Human Resource Development and Counseling Psychology. He has been an Employee Assistance Program Counselor; Stress Team Member with the American Red Cross; Psychology Consultant at the Alfred Adler Graduate School; a Behavior Scientist Consultant with the Minneapolis Police Department SWAT Team; and a private practice Psychotherapist.Mr. Bundt will be speaking at the Air Medical Transport Conference in November 2020. His topic will be "Building organizational strength from within: Operationalizing comprehensive support systems and utilizing mental health professionals".
COVID-19 and what a number of air medical programs are doing during this very challenging pandemic. The purpose of the podcast is for programs to learn from each other. Fifteen programs were reached out to and interviews with five of them were completed on Monday, March 23, 2020. This was due to many individuals being in the thick of the epidemic and not being able to take the time when they needed to be focused at their programs. An infectious disease specialist was also interviewed to provide some background on COVID-19.
Guests: Paul Green, CIO of Angel MedFlight and Bask Iyer, CIO and CDTO of VMwareBask Iyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/baskiyerCIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchangeYadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon [Subscribe to the Podcast]On Apple Podcast: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcastsFor more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio
MedFlight takes to the road and heads out to Kettering, Ohio for a trauma podcast with a few of the experts at Kettering Medical Center. We start out the podcast with a great case review where it took the trauma expertise of Kettering MC to manage, treat and ultimately have a great outcome of a severely injured patient. You will be surprised when you hear all of the great things that Kettering Medical Center is doing from a trauma standpoint. You will quickly determine from this podcast that they are the real deal when it comes to trauma care. We finish it up with the current literature on fluid resuscitation in trauma patients. Come listen and find out what is going on in the Southwest part of Ohio trauma-wise.
Calling all Nurses interested in MedFlight ---if you are a nurse and interested in critical care transport here at MedFlight, this is the podcast for you. Who would not enjoy caring for critical care patients in a back of a helicopter or MICU? Join Sally Betz, Brandon Carter, Jason Pierce and I (Steve Borghese) as we lay the foundation needed to be a serious candidate for a job here at MedFlight. We will learn from our panel their career background on how they got into critical care transport and their opinions on what they recommend doing to prepare yourself for a career in critical care transport. We also will give you some insight on our hiring and interview process. This is a must hear podcast if you have any interest at all in critical care transport.
Episode 25 - An Interview of Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an Emergency Physician, Researcher, and EMS Author
Episode 12 - News and Information, Hospital Wing Crash, an Interview of David Kearns, the Coordinator of the CONCERN Network. I also check in with Tim Pickering, Vice President of the Association of Air Medical Services, regarding the AAMS Spring Conference in the First Response section
Episode 27 - An interview of Rex Alexander, a consultant specializing in safety training related to the air medical and helicopter industry and President of the National EMS Pilots Association
Episode 26 - An Interview of Dr. Mike Abernethy, the Chief Flight Physician with the University of Wisconsin Med Flight Program and an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Episode 24 - Voices of the Past Presidents of the Association of Air Medical Services on The Critical Issues, Challenges, and Accomplishments during their Terms as Part of the AAMS 30th Anniversary Celebration
Episode 7 - News and Information, an interview of Tom Judge, Jason Schwebach, and Lisa Tofil, the President, Vice President, and Executive Director of the new Association of Critical Care Transport, formerly the Patient First Air-Ambulance Alliance, and the initial report on the Southwest Medevac crash
Episode 8 - News and Information, Southwest Med Evac Crash, Rex Alexander on NEMSPA's New Helipad Safety Sign Program in First Response, and an Interview of Drs. Howard Werman and Cathy Jaynes, the Medical Director and Director of Research for the new Center For Medical Transport Research
Episode 9 - News and Information and an Interview of Mr. Howard Ragsdale, President, and Mr. Christopher Eastlee, Managing Director, of the Air Medical Operators Association
Episode 10 - News and Information, David Kearns in First Response regarding the Alaris MedSystem III, and an Interview of Dr. Daniel Hankins, Medical Director of Mayo Clinic Medical Transport and current President of the Association of Air Medical Services and Dawn Mancuso, the Executive Director and CEO of AAMS
Episode 11 - News and Information, an Interview of Denise Landis, Chairperson, and Kris Nelson, Co-Director of the Graduate School, with the Medical Transport Leadership Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia. I also check in with Kathy Nichols, former flight nurse with West Michigan Air Care who recently returned from a medical mission to Haiti in the First Response section
Episode 16 - News and Information, Iceland Volcano Update, and an Interview of Dr. Kevin Hutton, Chairman of the MedEvac Foundation International
Episode 13 - News and Information, Hospital Wing Crash Update, and an Interview of Steven Sweeney, Board Chair of the Air Medical Memorial
Episode 21 - News and Information, CareFlite Crash Update, and an Interview of Tammy Chatman, who is the Professional Relations/Marketing Manager and Public Information Officer for the Flight For Life Transport System's McHenry, Illinois base who will be talking about Public Relations and Marketing
Episode 15 - News and Information, Iceland Volcano, and an Interview of Hayden Newton, Chairman of the Association of Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom
Episode 17 - News and Information and an Interview of Krista Haugen, Megan Hamilton, and Teresa Pearson who are the co-founders of the Survivor's Network for Air and Surface Medical Transport
Episode 18 - News and Information and an Interview of Dustin Duncan, Chairperson of the Family Grant Fund and Children’s Scholarship Program Committees for the MedEvac Foundation International
Episode 19 - News and Information and an Interview of Mike Biasatti, the Founder and Webmaster of EMS Flight Crew - a New Web Portal Serving the Air Medical Community
Episode 14 - News and Information and an Interview of Rollie Parrish, Founder and Webmaster of FlightWeb.com
Episode 23 - An Interview of Doctor David M. Lam, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who Talks about His 30 Years of Research on the History of Air Medicine. There are also Interviews of Dawn Mancuso and Jonathan Godfrey on the AMTC and Vision Zero in the First Response Section.
Episode 22 - News and Information, Air Medical Crashes, RoadID, and an Interview of Scott Kunkel, a paramedic, flight nurse, and an air medical executive who will be talking about Updates on New Developments in EMS and Their Impact on Air Medical Services
Episode 20 - News and Information, CareFlite Crash, and an Interview of Steve Johnson, Director of Government Affairs and Industry Relations for PHI Air Medical who will be talking about EMS and Air Medical Education
News and Information including Interview of Louis Lombardo, Auto Safety Researcher, former Physical Scientist with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a past board member of the MedEvac Foundation International
Episode 1 - News and Information including Interview of Joe Tye, First ASHBEAMS (AAMS) President and CEO of Values Coach
News and Information including Interview of Dr. Bill Gerard, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Medical Director LifeNet South Carolina and Richland County EMS, and the Founder & CEO of RSQ911 Solutions
News and Information, with Initial Reports on the Air Medical Response to the Haitian Earthquake, and an Interview of Mr. Colin Collins, an Advisor to the Board of Directors of Air Evac LifeTeam and Mr. Seth Myers, the current President and CEO
Episode 5 - News and Information including Haitian Air Ambulance Response, a "First Response" Interview of the Survival Flight Crew who transported two Patients from Haiti, and an interview of Mr. Jonathan Godfrey, a flight nurse, air medical crash survivor, and chair of the Vision Zero Initiative for the Association of Air Medical Services
Episode 6 - News and Information, a "First Response" Interview of Mr. Dave Hardin - Air Evac LifeTeam Director of Safety on his work with the Haitian Air Medical Response, and an interview of Mr. Lee Aase, Manager of Syndication and Social Media for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
The MedFlight Education Team heads over to Grant Medical Center (Columbus, Ohio) to discuss all things related to cardiac STEMI. We are proud to host on this MedFlight radio podcast Doctor Tejas Mehta, Cardiac Interventionists with 18 years of cardiac experience, and Kathy Taylor, STEMI Coordinator/Cardiac Outcomes Manager, at Grant Medical Center. Our discussion starts with a few great STEMI case reviews with images where processes and protocols worked like clockwork and the patients had great outcomes. The discussions leads us into the best practice for pre-hospital and MedFlight Personnel which includes 12 lead EKG (especially borderline ones which include Left BBB), MONA, vasopressor agent and cardiac assist devices. We then finish up with the latest and greatest preventive things we can all do to try to decrease our chances of ending up on the Cath lab table ourselves. Come listen and learn from our cardiac specialists at Grant Medical Center.
Calling all Paramedics ---if you are a paramedic and are interested in critical care transport here at MedFlight, this is the podcast for you. Who would not enjoy a helicopter or an MICU truck equipped to take ventilators, Balloon Pumps, and Impella Devices (just to name a few things) as your prime vehicle for transport? Jason Pierce and I from the MedFlight Education Department sit down with Steve Cook and Scott Gano and lay the foundation needed to be a serious candidate for a job here at MedFlight. From a fire department paramedic and a county run EMS Medic—we will learn their career background on how they got into critical care transport and their opinions on what they recommend doing to prepare yourself for a career in critical care medicine. We also will give you some insight on our hiring and interview process. This is a must hear podcast if you have any interest at all in critical care transport. You might even laugh a little as most of us in this podcast have been around for a while.
In this Case Study episode, Steve interviews crew members who transported an ECMO patient from Fairfield Medical Center to OSU. Hear about their experience with this complex patient, and what they learned.
Season 3 Episode 7: Paula Ebben, Liam Martin, and Jon Keller discuss Conan O'Brien's beef with a local wax museum, Keller's wide-ranging one-on-one with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy, sports and the law with UNH professor and SI.com writer Michael McCann, why Medflight needs your help to save lives, and Dreamland Wax Museum general manager Biannca Cardoso GUESTS: Maura Healy, Attorney General of Massachusetts Michael McCann, professor, UNH Maura Hughes, CEO, Boston Medflight Biannca Cardoso, general manager, Dreamland Wax Museum See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
https://www.youtube.com/user/WrightStateU Wright State University nursing students scream for help while injured patients lie motionless in an abandoned cement facility at Calamityville. These were scenes from a simulated explosion on the final day of a training program offered by Wright State University’s National Disaster Health Consortium (NDHC), an interprofessional program designed to standardize disaster preparedness, response and recovery training. The training took place Oct. 10-12 at Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville. Dozens of Wright State nursing students participated in the training along with professionals from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Kettering Health Network provided a visit from its MedFlight helicopter, allowing students to learn how to transport critical patients. “This is the type of emergency nursing that I’m interested in,” said Tyler Rowland, a senior nursing student at Wright State. “I have never seen another school that has this kind of program.” Participants received continuing education credit, a certificate from NDHC and Advanced Disaster Life Support certification. More information about the National Disaster Health Consortium, including registration details, is available at nursing.wright.edu or by calling 937-775-3572. More at http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2018/10/17/disaster-training/
Fredericktown EMS Chief Rick Lanuzza joins MedFlight Radio to talk about his experience using the Metro Alert App when a helicopter is needed at a remote scene. For our users, we go over some of the newest updates to the app. You can download the app from your device's app store by searching for "Metro Alert" and then choosing MedFlight from the drop down list. Thanks for listening and stay safe!!
In this episode we introduce you to a new member of the MedFlight family. Maggie Standley recently joined the HR department as an intern. Welcome Maggie!! Additionally, we are bringing you a discussion Amanda had with representatives of the Ohio EMS Chiefs Association. She was joined by: Chief Mike Schulling - Delaware County EMS Chief Rich Callebs - Athens County EMS Chief Anita Stechschulte - Putnam County EMS They discussed how EMS is unique in Ohio and the purpose of the OEMSCA. If you have questions about the organization please contact them at info@oemsca.org. Stay safe and thanks for listening!!!
Rod Crane joined us to announce some bittersweet news. We discussed some of the changes that he has seen take place in the healthcare and areomedical fields. He also talked about where he believes these fields will go in the future and some of the challenges that might be faced. Rod also had a message for those who work in healthcare, aeromedicine, and public safety. Thank you Rod for all of your hard work and support through the years. You will be missed and you are always welcome on MedFlight Radio!!!!!!
Liz Reeves and Anthony Fleming with Vanderbilt LifeFlight stopped by our booth at AMTC 2014. They talked about the 30 year anniversary of their program as well as available employment opportunities with Vanderbilt.
Dr John Pakeila from Akron General Medical Center stopped by the MedFlight Radio booth at ATMC 2014to talk about his lecture dealing with mechanism of injury.
In Episode 4 we discussed how TXA is used in the military and how is was introduced to EMS. We also discussed the MATTERs Trial and the Crash 2 Study. For this episode Dr. Evans joined us at MedFlight for a company inservice. He spoke about the pharmacology of TXA as well as evidence based practice. If you have never heard of TXA, it may be helpful to go back and listen to MedFlight Radio Episode 4 and then listen to this episode. Here is another great article about the use of TXA in EMS. As always thank you for listening and we hope to see many of you at AMTC.
In this episode we were joined by Chief Operating Officer Tom Allenstein, Regional Director Mike Perkins, and Flight Medic Mike Smith to have a candid discussion about the recent decision to relocate MedFlight 3 from Wellston, Ohio to Pomeroy, Ohio. The decision was not easy for the leadership team at MedFlight, and has been met with some concern from crew members as well as those that live in the Wellston area. We hope this epsiode gives some insight into how the decision was made and that MedFlight's commitment to Wellston and the surrounding communities remains strong. Please let us know your thoughts on this or any other episode. You can leave comments at www.MedFlightRadio.com or send us an email at medflightradio@medflight.com. Thank you so much for listening!!
On November 8, 2009 Rob Kopp received a phone call that no parent ever expects. His son, Nick, had been involved in a motorcycle accident and was critically injured. Nick was onboard a MedFlight helicopter enroute to the trauma center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. In this episode you will hear how a highly trained critical care team cared for Nick, his family rallied around him, and about the challenges Nick would face on his long road to recovery. We thank the Kopp Family for sitting down with us and sharing their story. Please visit medflightradio.com for pictures and other show notes from this episode.
In this episode you will hear the continuation of the interview with CEO and President Rod Crane. We finished up talking about the inception of MedFlight and then reviewed where we are today. We discussed the location of our bases, our partnership with MedCare, and some of our philosophies regarding safety. Finally, we will let you know what to expect in episode 3! We are very appreciative of all of the support we have received from all of our listeners! Thank you so much! Please don't stop sending emails and comments our way. Remember this is a listener driven show and we want to hear your thoughts and ideas. Additionally, please pass the word about MedFlight Radio to your friends, co workers, and anyone else you think may enjoy the show. Send emails to: medflightradio@medflight.com
In this episode we will introduce ourselves to you as well as our vision for MedFlight Radio. You will also get to hear from our CEO/President Rod Crane. He will talk to us about how two aeromedical companies in Columbus, Oh merged in 1993 to form what we know today as MedFlight. He will also provide our listeners a good foundation of what MedFlight looks like today. Let us know what you think of MedFlight Radio by sending an email to medflightradio@medflight.com. Thanks for listening and stay safe!!!
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