List of EMT and Paramedic Tips and Meds
This page includes an alphabetical list of each week’s offering and a link to each week’s shownotes entry. EMTs and paramedics will be able to use this as a resource to find specific tips and episodes from the past.
How to Use These EMS Study Aids and Tools
EMS students will find valuable information on these pages as well including the podcast files that will enable them to find the study aids they will need to help them succeed in EMT or paramedic school. The goal of course is to prepare everyone for the NREMT exam.
I recommend that you divide and conquer when approaching your studying. Select a single topic, body system, or type of emergency. For instance choose respiratory emergencies as a study topic. Go down the list below and select your tools from the list. You might select some of the linked episodes like ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), asthma, oxygen administration, needle decompression, allergies and anaphylaxis.
- Load these free episodes on your favorite mp3 player, burn them to a CD, or just listen to them on your computer.
- Listen to the episode segments on the respiratory topics (fast forward to the part you want). You can do this on the road, while you are doing chores, and during your other down times.
- When you have dedicated study time, review your textbook and study notes. While you are doing this, integrate the tips and information from the audio files in with the info from your text and notes.
- Go back and listen to the study tips again while you are driving to work, on the way to class or other “down times.” While doing this, integrate your text and study notes into the mix of information now in place in your memory.
Other Study Aids for EMTs and Paramedic Students
This method works for most people who need to study using these tools. If you are having trouble using the free paramedic and EMT study tools below, you may need to search for some of the tools you can purchase to help you reach your goal of becoming an EMT or Paramedic and have success in your school or certificate program.
The MedicCast Extra offers additional study resources for the EMS students out there who are interested in gaining an edge over their classmates in studying or for those EMT and paramedic students who are looking for help when they are floundering in school and in danger of not succeeding. The paramedic and emergency medical technician study aids found at the MedicCast Extra include:
EMS study audio files on medical tips and tricks
EMS video flash cards for EMTs and Paramedics
Medication reviews
ACLS study guides
NREMT Exam preparation tools
NREMT Skills study tools
For additional NREMT study Aids check out the excellent Audio-Visual NREMT Skills Videos at EMS SEO.
MedicCast EMS Podcast Episode Tips and Meds Index
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Abdominal Assessment — Episode 32
Abdominal Pain, Anatomy - Episode 173
Abdominal Pain, Assessment - Episode 173
Acetaminophen - Episode 233
ACE Inhibitors — Episode 28, Episode 110, Episode 238
ACLS Review (part one) — Episode 91
ACLS Review (part two — tachycardias) — Episode 95, Episode 200
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)– Episode 116, Episode 242
Adenosine — Episode 4, Episode 95, Episode 138
AED - Episode 209
Adrenergic modifiers - Episode 238
Airbags — Episode 9
Airway Anatomy - Episode 186
Airway Equipment - Episode 263, Episode 265
Airway (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 55, Episode 186, Episode 263
Airway (NREMT – ALS Dual Lumen Airway) — Episode 72, Episode 265
Airway, pediatric - Episode 235
Albuterol — Episode 21, Episode 115
Allergies/Anaphylaxis — Episode 21, Episode 228
Amiodarone — Episode 7, Episode 91
Ammonia Inhalant Capsules — Episode 63
Anemia — Episode 92
Angina — Episode 8
Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers - Episode 238
Antibiotics — Episode 32
Anticholinergic Toxidrome- Episode 229
Antidepressants — Episode 27
Antidepressant OD - Episode 174, Episode 237
Antifreeze Poisonings– Episode 151
Antihypertensives - Episode 238
Antipsychotics — Episode 81, Episode 246
ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) — Episode 90
Army Medics Interview- Episode 215, Episode 288
Arrhythmia - Episode 218, Episode 221
Aspirin — Episode 35
Assessment Tips - Episode 254, Episode 255
Asthma Review — Episode 142, Episode 227
Atrial Fibrillation — Episode 27, Episode 218
Atrial Flutter - Episode 221
Atrio-Ventricular Blocks, Differentiating- Episode 203
Atropine — Episode 33, Episode 119
Atrovent (Ipratropium) — Episode 21, Episode 137
Auscultation - Episode 192
Autistic Patients — Episode 71
Avandia (Diabetes Med) — Episode 44, Episode 76
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Bariatric Care- Episode 204
Bariatric Equalizing Abdominal Restraint (BEAR) - Episode 260, Episode 282
Bariatric Patient - Episode 188, Episode 204, Episode 282
Behavioral Patients (Dr. Fran Interview) — Episode 17, May ’07 MedicCast Live, Assessment of Episode 234
Behavioral Emergencies - Episode 234
Benzodiazepines — Episode 82
Beta Blockers — Episode 16, Episode 220, Episode 238
Bleeding Control (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 63, Episode 165
Blood Clot - Episode 194, Episode 195
Bone Infusion - Episode 171, Episode 240
Bradycardia– Episode 119
Bringing a New EMS Product to the Market– Episode 103
Bronchodilators - Episode 256
Buprenorphine OD - Episode 197
Burn Care — Episode 62, Episode 175
Burns, Electrical - Episode 175
Burns, Lightning- Episode 175
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Caffeine and Energy Drink– Episode 102, Episode 263
Caffeine OD - Episode 263
Calcium Channel Blockers –Episode 18, Episode 116, Episode 220 (OD), Episode 238
Calcium Chloride — Episode 34
Capnography - Episode 278, Episode 279
Captopril (ACE inhibitor) — Episode 39
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning — Episode 44, Episode 190
Cardiac Arrest Prevention and Awareness — Episode 137
Cardiac Arrest Management - Episode 200, Episode 209, NREMT Episode 266, Episode 267
Cardiac Arrest Survival - Episode 259
Cardiac Skills (NREMT) - Episode 266, Episode 267
Cardizem (diltiazem) — Episode 53
Charcoal — Episode 10, Episode 68
Child Abuse — Episode 74
Child and Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention — Episode 134
Childbirth — Episode 15
Cholinergic Toxidrome - Episode 229
Ciguatera Poisoning - Episode 170
Ciguatoxin - Episode 170
Clinicals - Episode 241
Closed Head Injuries– Episode 161
Club Drugs — Episode 7, Episode 108
Code Management - Episode 200
Cold Weather Emergencies — Episode 53, Episode 144
Cold Medications — Episode 43
Collegiate EMS– Episode 159
Combat Medicine - Episode 215
CombiCarrier II - Episode 245
Common Antidotes interview segment with Lisa Booze — Episode 139
Common Prescription Drugs of Abuse — Episode 134
Compression CPR– Episode 114
Communication - Respiratory Management and Episode 172
Communications With Other Medical Personal — Episode 125
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) - Episode 264
Community Paramedicine Interview- Episode 230
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) — Episode 141
Contaminants, Street Drugs - Episode 201
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - Episode 177
COPD — Episode 50
Corticosteroids — Episode 40
Coumadin — Episode 77
CPAP - Episode 177
CPR Dashboard - Episode 283
CPR Leadership/Running a Code — Episode 20
CPR, Improving Outcomes - Episode 181, Episode 259, Episode 281
Cranial Nerve Review– Episode 104
Cricoid Pressure — Episode 31
Culture of Safety - Episode 273, Episode 274, Episode 275, Episode 276
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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) - Episode 194
Defroster Blanket Warmer — Episode 1
Dementia vs Delirium — Episode 40
Depolarizing vs Non-Depolarizing RSI Meds — Episode 145
Dermal Exposures– Episode 163
Designer Drugs - Episode 214
Dextromethorphan OD– Episode 117
Dextrose 50% — Episode 45, Episode 112
Diabetes Review — Episode 76
Digoxin/Digitalis — Episode 26, Episode 106
Diphenhydramine — Episode 20
Disabled Patient - Episode 188
Disaster Planning — Episode 4, Episode 124
Diuretics - Episode 238
DNR - Episode 198
Documentation — Episode 12, Episode 269, Episode 270, Episode 271
Dopamine — Episode 47
Drowning — Episode 23, Episode 129, Episode 222
Drug Induced Seizures– Episode 155
Drug Extenders - Episode 201, Episode 214
Duty to Act — Episode 29
Dynamic Cardiology (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 79
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ECG, 12-Lead - Episode 211, episode 242
Education, EMS- Episode 184, Episode 199, Episode 212, Episode 241
Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update - Episode 243
Emergency Vehicle Operator Course — Episode 24
EMS Expo 2009 - Episode 191, Episode 193, Episode 199
EMS Expo 2010- Episode 239, Episode 241, episode 242, Episode 244, Episode 245
EMS Expo 2011 - Episode 281, Episode 282, Episode 283, Episode 284
EMS on the Hill - Episode 224
EMS Humor (part 1)– Episode 155
EMS Humor (part 2)– Episode 156
EMSled - Episode 244
EMS Neonatal Resuscitation — Episode 150
EMS Pharmacology– Episode 128
EMS Predictions - Episode 202
EMS Professional Organizations - Episode 210
EMS Radio Consults– Episode 164
EMS Today 2010 - Episode 209, Episode 211, Episode 212
EMS Today 2011 - Episode 258, Episode 259, Episode 260, Episode 261
Endotracheal Intubation — Episode 1
Epinephrine, BLS - Episode 216
Epinephrine 1:1000 — Episode 21, Episode 128, Episode 127
Epi Pen — Episode 52, Episode 216
EpiPen, Accidental Injection - Episode 272
Extrapyramidal Symptoms - Episode 249
Extravasation - Episode 169
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Fall Injury - Episode 205
Fentanyl — Episode 15
Ferno EZ Glide Stair chair - Episode 283
Fish Poisoning - Episode 170
Food Poisoning (E. coli) — Episode 33
Football Injuries — Episode 30
Fosamax (alendronate) — Episode 83
Fumes - Episode 190, Episode 268
Future of EMS Providers in the U.S.– Episode 102
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General Patient Assessment– Episode 108
Geriatric Patient - Episode 188
Geriatric Polypharmacy Considerations– Episode 132
Geriatric Trauma– Episode 132
Glasco Coma Score– Episode 98
Glucagon — Episode 23, Episode 130
Glucophage (Diabetes Meds) — Episode 44
Glucose (Oral) — Episode 29, Episode 87
Government Lobbying — Episode 70
Gynecological Emergencies — Episode 61
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HAIs - Episode 251, Episode 285
Haldol (haloperidol) — Episode 62
Hallucinogenic Plants– Episode 158
Hand Hygiene - Episode 213, Episode 251, Episode 285
Head Injury - Episode 236
Healthcare Associated Infections - Episode 251, Episode 285
Heat Cramps- Episode 217
Heat Exhaustion - Episode 217
Heat Related Emergencies — Episode 19, Episode 75, Episode 217
Heat Stroke - Episode 217
Holiday Toxicology Hazards and Myths with Lisa Booze — Episode 147
Hospital Associated Infections - Episode 251, Episode 285
Hospital Preparedness - Episode 280
Houshold Cleaner Poisonings — Episode 123
How to get Podcasts — Episode 35
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) — Episode 37
Hyperglycemia - Episode 253
Hypertension– Episode 110
Hyperthermia - Episode 217
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia– Episode 107
H1N1- Episode 166, Episode 183
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Imaging - Episode 178
Immobilization, Spinal - Episode 179
Infiltration, IV - Episode 169
In Flight Emergencies — Episode 56
Infection Control - Episode 213
Influenza & Vaccine — Episode 54, Episode 183
Inhalants - Episode 268
Initial Assessment - Episode 254, Episode 255
Insurance/Legal Issues (liability, malpractice) — Episode 60
Insecticide Poisonings– Episode 131
Insulin — Episode 94
International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP) - Episode 230, Episode 232
Interview From EMS Today Exp– Episode 162
Interview Segment on Computer Based Testing for NREMT– Episode 11
Interview with Author David Elliott — Episode 146
Interview With John Bignell of EMS Live– Episode 113
Interview With Erk from NSW, Australia– Episode 111
Interview with the Burn Doc– Episode 105
Intracranial Pressure– Episode 104
Intraosseous Access - Episode 171, Interview Episode 240
IntuBrite - Episode 283
IPCR (Patient Reporting app) - Episode 283
Ipecac Syrup - Episode 185
Iron Toxicity — Episode 92, Episode 225
ISR Matrix- Episode 219
IV Complications - Episode 169
IV Fluids — Episode 19, Episode 89
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Januvia (NIDDM DPP4 med) — Episode 38
Joint Immobilization (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 80
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K2 - Episode 214
Katrina Lawsuit - Episode 280
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Lasix (Furosemide) — Episode 141
Lead Poisoning - Episode 225
Learning Style - Episode 184
Lidocaine — Episode 6, Episode 99
Lifepak - Episode 167, Episode 168
Lithium — Episode 96
Long Bone Immobilization (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 80
LyfeTymer LED Compression Metronome - Episode 168
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Magnesium Sulfate — Episode 50
Mass Gathering Medical Coverage — Episode 140
Mechanism of Injury– Episode 130, (MVA) Episode 182
Medic Alert Foundation Interview — Episode 22, Episode 198
Medical Ethics- Patient Consent Issues– Episode 101
Medication Math - Episode 176
Medication Safety — Episode 34
Medical Terminology– Episode 133
Mental health Medications - Episode 246
Medication Safety and the Five Rights (Rs) — Episode 146
Methadone — Episode 78
Methamphetamine Clandestine Labs — Episode 51
Methamphetamines — Episode 51
Methanol — Episode 75
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Episode 213
Metric System Math Review– Episode 157
Micronase (Diabetes Meds) — Episode 44
Military Medics - Episode 215, Episode 288
Minor Traumatic Brain Injury - Episode 236
Morphine Sulfate — Episode 14, Episode 136
Motor Vehicle Accident - Episode 182
Moulage - Episode 193
MRSA and Drug Resistant Bacteria — Episode 41
Mutual Aid TV - Episode 231
MyClyns Spray - Episode 167, Episode 168
Myocardial Infarction, false positive - Episode 196
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NAEMSE -Episode 210
NAEMT - Episode 210
Naloxone (Narcan) — Episode 12 , Episode 72
Narrative Writing - Episode 269, Episode 270, Episode 271
NCEMSF - Episode 210
Near- Drowning - Episode 222
Needle Decompression — Episode 121
NEMSMA - Episode 210
Newborn Resuscitation — Episode 16
NIMS – National Incident Management System (Russotti interview) —Episode 46
Nitroglycerin — Episode 56
Nitrous Oxide — Episode 59
Non-Standard Patients - Episode 188, Episode 204, Episode 206, Episode 282
NREMT Practical Prep — Episode 45
NREMT BLS Medical Assessment– Episode 100
NSAIDS — Episode 57
Nubain (Nalbuphine) — Episode 125
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Obese Patient - Episode 188, Care of Episode 204, Episode 282
Opioid Toxidrome - Episode 229
Oral Hyoglycemics– Episode 120
Organophosphate Poisoning — Episode 26
Orthostatic Vital Signs– Episode 160
Overdose — Episode 13
Oxycontin (oxycodone) — Episode 58
Oxygen — Episode 41, Episode 107
Oxygen Wrench- Episode 168
Oxyphone Interview– Episode 115, Episode 164
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Padding the Voids– Episode 126
Pain Management — Episode 14 , Episode 59, Episode 286, Episode 287, Episode 289
Pain, Physiology of - Episode 286, Episode 287
Part 1 EMS Critical Incident Stress Management– Episode 148
Part 2 of a Discussion on EMS Critical Incident Stress Management– Episode 149
Patient Assessment — Episode 11
Patient History — Episode 2
Patient Refusal — Episode 37
Patient Safety — Episode 5, Episode 146, Episode 275
PDE (phosphodiesterase) Inhibitors — Episode 73, (Also Episode 74 for Tracleer)
Pediatric Airway and Intubation — Episode 67, Episode 235
Pediatric Assessment Triangle — Episode 3
Pediatric Cough and Cold Meds — Episode 143
Pediatric Patient - Episode 188, Episode 206
Pediatric Poisoning - Episode 225
Pediatric Procedures — Episode 66
Pediatric Sports Injuries (Dr. Mike of the Pediacast interview) — Episode 86
Pharmacology Review– Episode 101, Episode 176
Phenergan (promethazine) — Episode 65
Phlebitis - Episode 169
Pneumococcal Vaccine — Episode 61
Poison Control Interview– Episode 109, Episode 207
Poisonings and Poison Control– Episode 106
Poisoning Myths - Episode 185, Episode 250
Poison Prevention Programs - Episode 207
Poisonous Gases - Episode 190, Episode 268
Politics and EMS — Episode 28
Polyheme Blood Substitute — Episode 5
Pool Safety — Episode 18 — Pool Safety PSA
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) — Episode 83
Precepting: Roles and Responsibilities — June ’07 MedicCast Live Episode, EMS Expo 2010 Episode 241
Predictions for EMS in 2009– Episode 152
Provider Performance in CPR - Episode 259
Provider Safety - Episode 273, Episode 274, Episode 275, Episode 276
Psychological Patient, Assessment of - Episode 234
Pulmonary Embolism — Episode 9, Episode 77, Episode 120, Episode 195
Pulmonary Hypertension — Episode 73
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Radio Consults- Episode 164
Reactive Airway Disease - Episode 227
Regional EMS National Quality Forum- Episode 277
Renal Failure — Episode 89
Resources for Drug Abuse Information– Episode 117
Respiratory Anatomy Review — Episode 145
Respiratory Management - Episode 172, Episode 177
Rip Shears - Episode 244
Risk Assessment, Falls - Episode 205
Romazicon (flumazenil) — Episode 69
ROSC - Episode 281
Routes of Medication Administration– Episode 127
Rule of Outcomes (disaster management with Rick Russotti) — Episode 85
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Safe Lifting — Episode 64
Safety (EMS Close Calls) — Episode 42
Safety (Scene Safety) — Episode 96
Scene Survey - Episode 254, Episode 255
Schizophrenia — Episode 81
Segway - Episode 193
Shock Management - Episode 165
Seizures — Episode 82, Episode 154
Self- Defense - Episode 219
Sepsis — Episode 47
Sickle Cell Anemia — Episode 25
S. I. D. S. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) — Episode 78
Snake Bites– Episode 112
Snow Storm Response - Episode 208
Sodium Bicarbonate — Episode 30, Episode 129
Spinal Immobilization — Episode 38 , NREMT BLS/ALS — Episode 68, Episode 179
Spinal Muscular Atrophy– Episode 163
START Triage Review — Episode 136
Static Cardiology (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 79
Statins– Episode 100
Status Asthmaticus — Episode 65
ST Elevations - Episode 196
STEMI Imitators - Episode 196
Stethoscopes — Episode 6
Stethoscope Techniques - Episode 192
Stimulant Toxidrome - Episode 229
Street Drugs - Episode 201
Stress in EMS Careers — MedicCast Live / Episode 88
Stress Hyperglycemia - Episode 253
Stroke Assessment/Management - Episode 252, Episode 253
Stroke Center Protocols — Episode 57, MedicCast Live on Strokes
Study Skills - Episode 184
Study Tools - Episode 199
Stylite - Episode 245
Submersion Injuries - Episode 222
Subutex - Episode 197
Sudden Cardiac Arrest - Episode 209, Episode 283
Suicidal Patients — Episode 94
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) — Episode 138
Swine Flu - Episode 166, Episode 183
Sympathomimetic Toxidrome - Episode 229
Synthetic Marijuana - Episode 214
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Tachycardias (ACLS Review) — Episode 95
Talk, the Forgotten Protocol — Episode 10
Tardive Dyskinesia - Episode 249
Terbutaline Sulfate– Episode 133
Tension Pneumothorax — Episode 121
Tetanus Vaccine — Episode 124
Therapeutic Hypothermia - Episode 209
Thimerosal (vaccine preservative) — Episode 71
Thrombolytics — Episode 3
TK1 O2 Wrench- Episode 168
TK3 O2 Wrench - Episode 260
Tourniquet - Episode 165
Toxic Gases - Episode 190, Episode 268
Toxidromes/ Toxic Syndromes - Episode 229
Tracleer (bosentan) — Episode 74
Traction Splinting (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 87
Transfer of Care — Question Link, Part I (Tatiana, RN interview)
Transfer of Care — Part II (Peter Canning interview)
Trauma, Kinematics of - Episode 180, Episode 182
Trauma, TV Show- Episode 187
Treatment Planning (ADPIE) — Episode 43
Triage Decision Making (MedicCast Live Episode) — Episode 84
Truphatek, visual intubation - Episode 193
Tuberculosis — Episode 69
Turley Backboard - Episode 167, Episode 168
Tylenol — Episode 24, Episode 233
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Ultrasound - Episode 178, Episode 189
Unresponsive Patients — Episode 58
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Valium — Episode 66
Veinlite EMS Review — Episode 52, Episode 245
Ventilation Management (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 39
Ventricular Tachycardia- Tombstones– Episodes 99
Ventricular Fibrillation - Episode 181
Verapamil — Episode 55
Violence, Work related - Episode 219
Vital Signs Review– Episode 153
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Wilderness EMS — MedicCast Live and Episode 93
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X-Collar - Episode 193
