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September 24, 2006 @ 10:35 pm
Welcome to Episode 34
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——————————— News: Emergency Vehicle MVA Death a Crime Medication Errors Cause Preemie Deaths ——————————— Tip and Trick of the Week: Medication Safety Medication Safety Alert (pdf download)
High Alert Medication List (pdf download) ———————————————- Med of the Week: Calcium Chloride ———————————– Thanks for Supporting the MedicCast! If you want to get a show update email, send me an EMAIL with “Update” in the subject line. Check out the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network for EMS news ———————————————— “Streetlight Flicker” by Winter Circle Or you can click on the link below to go right to iTunes to check out their music! @ 4:36 pm
If they wanted to unite the blogging and podcasting world against them, they couldn’t have picked a better way to do it! This past Friday, Apple issued a cease and desist order to one of the podcasting sites based on their use of the word “Pod” in their site’s title. Apple has supported podcasting openly on their iTunes site and ostensibly allow others to call their recorded media “Podcasts” but then turn around and do this!?! Todd Cochrane writes about is on his Geek News Central blog. Todd’s right, Podcast stands for “Portable on Demand” Broadcast. If you have a blog, spread the word and post about this. The more media attention this issue gets, the more likely Apple will back down in embarrassment! Here’s some viewpoints in other blogs: Michael Geoghagen wrote about it. Dave Winer wrote about it, too! Thanks for listening to my rant! Jamie September 21, 2006 @ 1:21 pm
 The hospitals in the state of Delaware have all taken the initiative in the trend to model good health practices for patients. They have banned smoking from their property entirely. This means that patients, employees, and visitors will not be allowed to smoke anywhere on the property. Not in their cars, not anywhere. One sign posted on the property at Christiana Hospital says it all. “Smoking and Health Don’t Mix.” As members of the healthcare community, these facilities have said that they should be promoting a healthy lifestyle in everyway. Smoking shouldn’t be passively condoned by allowing smoking on the grounds. What do you do in and around your workplace? As medical providers on the front lines of medicine, we need to offer an example to our patients. Especially since we see the quality of life that lifelong smokers have later in life.
Nobody wants this. Stop smoking or at least smoke where you can’t be seen by patients. Make sure you cover up “Cigarette Breath” and try to avoid the smell on your uniform and clothing. Let’s all be professionals in every sense of the word. I report on this and other EMS news in the most recent episode of the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network. Jamie Davis September 17, 2006 @ 11:29 pm
Welcome to Episode 33
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——————————— News: WTC Worker Funding Accelerated ——————————— Tip and Trick of the Week: Diagnosing Food Poisoning U.S.D.A. Food Safety Education ———————————————- Med of the Week: Atropine ———————————– Thanks for Supporting the MedicCast! If you want to get a show update email, send me an EMAIL with “Update” in the subject line. Check out the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network for EMS news ———————————————— “Not Responsible” by Laura Clapp Visit Laura’s Site Here — Let her know you heard it on the MedicCast Or you can click on the link below to go right to iTunes to check out her music!
September 15, 2006 @ 4:33 pm
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a technology that could be used by your doctor to give medicine over the phone. Imagine a tiny chip with packets of medicine attached to a release mechanism like a rip cord. The doctor monitors some aspect of your body’s chemistry or responds to your phoned in symptom. The doc pushes a button at her house and a radio signal tells the chip to open up one or more of the nano packets, releasing the medicine into your bloodstream. That’s what the researchers hope to use their invention for. The technique uses similar technology as that used in silicone chip manufacture to created tiny, separately commanded areas on the “Bio Chip” making it easy to load each section up with almost any combination of treatments. Way cool! Check back for more cool medical news this weekend on the MedicCast Episode 33. Jamie September 14, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
In a recent study on reports on sudden cardiac death, researchers at the University of Berlin found that the patients reported symptoms about 2 hours before the onset of cardiac arrest. Also, 2/3 of them have a significant history of heart disease that puts them at higher risk for cardiac arrest. This is important because it underlines the need to educate patients at risk for acute coronary syndrome and cardiac arrest. By focusing on educating patients and their families on how to recognize symptoms, learning bystander CPR, and how to contact local EMS systems, many cases of sudden cardiac death may be prevented. The numbers back this up. The study found that 72% of cardiac arrests happened at home and 67% were witnessed by a bystander. Chest pain, shortness of breath, and other common symptoms were reported in 323 of the 406 reviewed cases. Also, while only 57 of the cases received bystander CPR, 13 of them or 23% survived to hospital discharge. Compared this to the 4% survival rate for those that didn’t receive CPR before rescuers arrived. What’s this mean for us?
Remember that education and prevention will save more lives than we ever will. I report on this and other EMS news in the most recent episode of the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network. Jamie Davis September 10, 2006 @ 11:10 pm
Welcome to Episode 32
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———————————— Link of the Week — Nursing Studio Podcast ——————————— News: White House Vows 9/11 Worker Aid Officials Informed 9/11 of Air Quality Surviving 9/11: One Man’s Mission Non-City Responders Still Struggling ——————————— Tip and Trick of the Week: Abdominal Assessment ———————————————- Med of the Week: Antibiotics ———————————– Don’t forget to support the mediccast! Thank you for listening in. If you want to get a show update email, send me an EMAIL with “Update” in the subject line Check out the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network for EMS news ————————————————
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Welcome to Episode 31
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———————————— Link of the Week — Free Stuff from Dept of Homeland Security News: Real Value of U.S. Health System Morphine Taken Off Sacramento Units Georgia Med Director Seeks Trauma Upgrade ——————————— Tip and Trick of the Week: Cricoid Pressure ———————————————- Peter Canning Interview Don’t forget to support the mediccast! Thank you for listening in. If you want to get a show update email, send me an EMAIL with “Update” in the subject line Check out the MedicCast News at the Podcaster News Network for EMS news Let the band know that you heard it here on the MedicCast! Until next time, Scene safety, BSI! September 1, 2006 @ 6:02 pm
Researchers in the Netherlands invesitagated travel related venous thrombosis and found that not only did the length of the trip affect the occurance of this condition but also the presence of a particular gene, the type of travel, as well as the size, body shape, and age of the patient. The researchers found that people taller than 1.9 meters or less than 1.6 meters tall were at higher risk of developing a thrombus following a 4 hour trip. Women taking oral contraceptives were at a twenty times higher risk when traveling by air. However, all types of travel and not just air travel showed increased risk pointing to inactivity of long-term travel to be a fault.
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When in the field and dealing with a patient experiencing shortness of breath or other sudden onset of symptoms, make sure a good history is taken and ask if the patient has been on a long trip during the last 8 weeks. Perhaps you’ll stumble onto a developing pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis.