List of EMS Tips, Tricks, and Meds

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.

1. Load these free episodes on your favorite mp3 player, burn them to a CD, or just listen to them on your computer.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 Solutions.

MedicCast EMS Podcast Episode Tips and Meds Index

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Abdominal Assessment — Episode 32

ACE Inhibitors — Episode 28, Episode 110

ACLS Review (part one) — Episode 91

ACLS Review (part two — tachycardias) — Episode 95

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)– Episode 116

Adenosine — Episode 4, Episode 95, Episode 138

Airbags — Episode 9

Airway (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 55

Airway (NREMT – ALS Dual Lumen Airway) — Episode 72

Albuterol — Episode 21, Episode 115

Allergies/Anaphylaxis — Episode 21

Amiodarone — Episode 7, Episode 91

Ammonia Inhalant Capsules — Episode 63

Anemia — Episode 92

Angina — Episode 8

Antibiotics — Episode 32

Antidepressants — Episode 27

Antifreeze Poisonings– Episode 151

Antipsychotics — Episode 81

ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) — Episode 90

Aspirin — Episode 35

Asthma Review — Episode 142

Atrial Fibrillation — Episode 27

Atropine — Episode 33, Episode 119

Atrovent (Ipratropium) — Episode 21, Episode 137

Autistic Patients — Episode 71

Avandia (Diabetes Med) — Episode 44, Episode 76

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Behavioral Patients (Dr. Fran Interview) — Episode 17, May ‘07 MedicCast Live

Benzodiazepines — Episode 82

Beta Blockers — Episode 16

Bleeding Control (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 63

Bradycardia– Episode 119

Bringing a New EMS Product to the Market– Episode 103

Burn Care — Episode 62

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Cafeine and Energy Drink– Episode 102

Calcium Channel Blockers –Episode 18, Episode 116

Calcium Chloride — Episode 34

Captopril (ACE inhibitor) — Episode 39

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning — Episode 44

Cardiac Arrest Prevention and Awareness — Episode 137

Cardizem (diltiazem) — Episode 53

Charcoal — Episode 10, Episode 68

Child Abuse — Episode 74

Child and Adolescent Drug Abuse Prevention — Episode 134

Childbirth — Episode 15

Closed Head Injuries– Episode 161

Club Drugs — Episode 7, Episode 108

Cold Weather Emergencies — Episode 53, Episode 144

Cold Medications — Episode 43

Collegiate EMS– Episode 159

Common Antidotes interview segment with Lisa Booze — Episode 139

Common Prescription Drugs of Abuse — Episode 134

Compression CPR– Episode 114

Communications With Other Medical Personal — Episode 125

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) — Episode 141

COPD — Episode 50

Corticosteroids — Episode 40

Coumadin — Episode 77

CPR Leadership/Running a Code — Episode 20

Cranial Nerve Review– Episode 104

Cricoid Pressure — Episode 31

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Defroster Blanket Warmer — Episode 1

Dementia vs Delirium — Episode 40

Depolarizing vs Non-Depolarizing RSI Meds — Episode 145

Dermal Exposures– Episode 163

Dextromethorphan OD– Episode 117

Dextrose 50% — Episode 45, Episode 112

Diabetes Review — Episode 76

Digoxin/Digitalis — Episode 26, Episode 106

Diphenhydramine — Episode 20

Disaster Planning — Episode 4, Episode 124

Documentation — Episode 12

Dopamine — Episode 47

Drowning — Episode 23, Episode 129

Drug Induced Seizures– Episode 155

Duty to Act — Episode 29

Dynamic Cardiology (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 79

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Emergency Vehicle Operator Course — Episode 24

EMS Humor (part 1)– Episode 155

EMS Humor (part 2)– Episode 156

EMS Neonatal Resuscitation — Episode 150

EMS Pharmacology– Episode 128

EMS Radio Consults– Episode 164

Endotracheal Intubation — Episode 1

Epinephrine 1:1000 — Episode 21, Episode 128, Episode 127

Epi Pen — Episode 52

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Fentanyl — Episode 15

Food Poisoning (E. coli) — Episode 33

Football Injuries — Episode 30

Fosamax (alendronate) — Episode 83

Future of EMS Providers in the U.S.– Episode 102

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General Patient Assessment– Episode 108

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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Haldol (haloperidol) — Episode 62

Hallucinogenic Plants– Episode 158

Heat Related Emergencies — Episode 19, Episode 75

Holiday Toxicology Hazards and Myths with Lisa Booze — Episode 147

Houshold Cleaner Poisonings — Episode 123

How to get Podcasts — Episode 35

Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) — Episode 37

Hypertension– Episode 110

Hypoxia and Hypoxemia– Episode 107

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In Flight Emergencies — Episode 56

Influenza & Vaccine — Episode 54

Insurance/Legal Issues (liability, malpractice) — Episode 60

Insecticide Poisonings– Episode 131

Insulin — Episode 94

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

Iron Toxicity — Episode 92

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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Lasix (Furosemide) — Episode 141

Lidocaine — Episode 6, Episode 99

Lithium — Episode 96

Long Bone Immobilization (NREMT – BLS) — Episode 80

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Magnesium Sulfate — Episode 50

Mass Gathering Medical Coverage — Episode 140

Mechanism of Injury– Episode 130

Medic Alert Foundation Interview — Episode 22

Medical Ethics- Patient Consent Issues– Episode 101

Medication Safety — Episode 34

Medical Terminology– Episode 133

Medication Safety and the Five Rights (Rs) — Episode 146

Methadone — Episode 78

Methamphetamine Clandestine Labs — Episode 51

Methamphetamines — Episode 51

Methanol — Episode 75

Metric System Math Review– Episode 157

Micronase (Diabetes Meds) — Episode 44

Morphine Sulfate — Episode 14, Episode 136

MRSA and Drug Resistant Bacteria — Episode 41

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Naloxone (Narcan) — Episode 12 , Episode 72

Needle Decompression — Episode 121

Newborn Resuscitation — Episode 16

NIMS – National Incident Management System (Russotti interview) — Episode 46

Nitroglycerin — Episode 56

Nitrous Oxide — Episode 59

NREMT Practical Prep — Episode 45

NREMT BLS Medical Assessment– Episode 100

NSAIDS — Episode 57

Nubain (Nalbuphine) — Episode 125

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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

Oxyphone Interview– Episode 115

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Padding the Voids– Episode 126

Pain Management — Episode 14 , Episode 59

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

PDE (phosphodiesterase) Inhibitors — Episode 73, (Also Episode 74 for Tracleer)

Pediatric Airway and Intubation — Episode 67

Pediatric Assessment Triangle — Episode 3

Pediatric Cough and Cold Meds — Episode 143

Pediatric Procedures — Episode 66

Pediatric Sports Injuries (Dr. Mike of the Pediacast interview) — Episode 86

Pharmacology Review– Episode 101

Phenergan (promethazine) — Episode 65

Pneumococcal Vaccine — Episode 61

Poisonings and Poison Control– Episode 106

Poison Control Interview– Episode 109

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

Predictions for EMS in 2009– Episode 152

Pulmonary Embolism — Episode 9, Episode 77, Episode 120

Pulmonary Hypertension — Episode 73

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Resources for Drug Abuse Information– Episode 117

Respiratory Anatomy Review — Episode 145

Renal Failure — Episode 89

Romazicon (flumazenil) — Episode 69

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

Schizophrenia — Episode 81

Seizures — Episode 82, Episode 154

Sepsis — Episode 47

Sickle Cell Anemia — Episode 25

S. I. D. S. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) — Episode 78

Snake Bites– Episode 112

Sodium Bicarbonate — Episode 30, Episode 129

Spinal Immobilization — Episode 38 , NREMT BLS/ALS — Episode 68

Spinal Muscular Atrophy– Episode 163

START Triage Review — Episode 136

Static Cardiology (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 79

Statins– Episode 100

Status Asthmaticus — Episode 65

Stethoscopes — Episode 6

Stress in EMS Careers — MedicCast Live / Episode 88

Stroke Center Protocols — Episode 57, MedicCast Live on Strokes

Suicidal Patients — Episode 94

Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) — Episode 138

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Tachycardias (ACLS Review) — Episode 95

Talk, the Forgotten Protocol — Episode 10

Terbutaline Sulfate– Episode 133

Tension Pneumothorax — Episode 121

Tetanus Vaccine — Episode 124

Thimerosal (vaccine preservative) — Episode 71

Thrombolytics — Episode 3

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)

Treatment Planning (ADPIE) — Episode 43

Triage Decision Making (MedicCast Live Episode) — Episode 84

Tuberculosis — Episode 69

Tylenol — Episode 24

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Unresponsive Patients — Episode 58

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Valium — Episode 66

Veinlite EMS Review — Episode 52

Ventilation Management (NREMT – ALS) — Episode 39

Ventricular Tachycardia- Tombstones– Episodes 99

Verapamil — Episode 55

Vital Signs Review– Episode 153

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Wilderness EMS — MedicCast Live and Episode 93

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