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The JEMS Report
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Healing, Service Dogs, and Advocacy in EMS
First responders frequently carry unseen psychological burdens that build up long after the sirens fade. In this episode of the EMS Improv podcast, Eric Chase…
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A Veteran FDNY Firefighter's Journey Through Washington Heights
Step back in time to the gritty, high-stakes era of 1980s and 1990s New York City with retired FDNY firefighter Tony Bonfiglio. In this episode, Bonfiglio…
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Cardiac Arrest Recognition: What 145 Real World Videos Reveal About CPR
What does cardiac arrest actually look like, and why do bystanders often fail to recognize it? A study of 145 recorded out-of-hospital cardiac arrests reveals…
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When Clinical Red Flags and Custody Collide
Paramedics Mike Brown and Adam LaChappelle unpack a troubling EMS and law enforcement response in Monroe County, Tennessee, involving an elderly retired…
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From Firehouse Shifts to Frontline Optics: Building a Brand for First Responders
Mike Ettenberg spent over five years working as a firefighter and paramedic for the city of Coronado before pivoting into full-time entrepreneurship. Faced…
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Building a Legacy Beyond the Badge: Jim Scano on Firehouse Shirt Club, Leadership & Service
What does it look like to build a legacy beyond the firehouse? In this episode of Just A Little Salt, host Cody Spaulding (The Salty Paramedic) sits down with…
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How to Build a Transport Service from the Ground Up
Mark Flauter has a conversation with Chief Brandon Hill from Hays County (TX) Emergency Services District 9 about the challenges of starting a new EMS…
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From Overdose Survivor to EMS Leader
Liz Harney joins Just a Little Salt to share her journey from overdose survivor to EMS educator, program director and quality leader for Baptist Health. We…
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How to Save Trapped Trauma Patients
Dr. Tim Nutbeam challenges long-held EMS dogmas surrounding vehicle extrication and post-collision trauma care. Drawing from the landmark EXIT project, Dr…
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Predicting Time‑Critical Interventions and Smarter Dispatch
JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown speaks with Aaron Weedman, PhD, technical lead for machine learning in emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh…
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Military-Inspired Multi-T Dressing Moves Toward Civilian EMS Use
Jim McGuire, founder and CEO of Entrotech Incorporated, sat down with JEMS Product Pod Host Mike Brown to discuss the origin and tactical advantages of the…
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Why Ebola Is Considered a Low Risk in the U.S.
Infection control consultant Katherine West explains why current Bundibugyo Ebola activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is considered low…
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EMS as a Public Good
Mark Flauter hosts Dan Gerard and Walter Adler for a frank, policy-focused discussion on recognizing EMS as an essential public good. They unpack the EMS Bill…
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AI-Powered Ultrasound Is Reshaping Prehospital Care and Diagnostics
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly transforming emergency medical services, stepping up as the modern equivalent of the 12-lead ECG for today's…
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FDA Clears Ezplaz. Here’s What EMS Needs to Know.
FDA has cleared Ezplaz, a shelf‑stable freeze‑dried plasma product, opening new possibilities for prehospital transfusion. In this episode Dr. Matt Levy and…
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Driving Pressure, PEEP, and the ICEBERG Study
This episode breaks down the ICEBERG Study and why driving pressure may provide a clearer measure of ventilator stress and patient outcomes than plateau…
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How Memphis (TN) Fixed Recruitment
Lt. Stephen Zachar, lead recruiter for the Memphis Fire Department, explains how the department rebuilt recruitment and retention by hiring EMS licensed…
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Firehouse Culture, Leadership, and Rookies
Three members of the Cool Fireman Podcast join the Salty Paramedic on Just a Little Salt for a wide-ranging conversation about firehouse culture, leadership…
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Bringing Barcode Safety and AI to the Frontlines of EMS
EMS has long been technologically underserved compared to hospital systems, forcing medics to perform high-stress mental math in the field. On the JEMS…
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Challenges Faced in Rural Alaska
Tracey Loscar, deputy director-EMS for Matanuska-Susitna Borough (AK) joins the Not A-Fib Podcast. We discuss the challenges of working in Alaska. Some of…
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Managing Ventilation in DKA & Metabolic Acidosis
Mike Brown and Jesse Carroll from Hamilton Medical break down ventilatory management for the DKA patient and other metabolic-acidosis presentations in the…
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Pediatric CPAP in EMS
In this episode we walk through how noninvasive ventilation for pediatric respiratory distress moved from an idea to standard practice in central Ohio. Guests…
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Air Medical Advocacy, Safety, and Workforce
Jana Williams, president and CEO of the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), joins Mike Brown to discuss the evolving role of air medical and critical…
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The Economics of EMS
Matt Zavadsky from PWW Advisory Group (PWW|AG) joins the podcast to discuss the economics of EMS. We discuss the current economic landscape of EMS and how it…
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Rethinking Extrication
Dr. Tim Nutbeam, a consultant and professor of emergency and prehospital medicine at a major trauma center in Plymouth, UK, explains evidence that should…
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Understanding Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Mike Brown sits down with Dr. Sarah Fabiano and Mike Ellis as they distill pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis into a clear prehospital approach. Using a “sour…
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Pierce Foundation & Mental Wellness Summits for First Responders
Paramedic Brad Lawson joins Just a Little Salt to talk about founding the PIERCE Foundation and PIERCE Provisions, running mental wellness summits and a new…
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Peer Support, PTSD Care and Resilience
Melody Mesmer tells the story behind Foundation 1023, a peer driven nonprofit born after a string of 2015 line of duty tragedies. Melody explains how 1023…
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Surviving a Near‑Fatal ER Stabbing
Mark Flauter sits down with registered nurse Tammy Scott to share her powerful and deeply personal story of survival and advocacy. In April 2022, Tammy was…
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Building a National EMS Memorial
On EMS Remembrance Day, we speak with Jana Williams, Tony O’Brien, and James Robinson of the National EMS Memorial Foundation about honoring fallen EMS…
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Prehospital Blood, POCUS, MIH, AI, and Body Cams
Join the JEMS Podcast as we celebrate EMS Week 2026 with Dr. C. Ryan Keay and Chief Christopher Wray. They cover the frontline issues shaping modern…
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CPR, Stop the Bleed and Community Action
Mike Brown hosts this JEMS Podcast Save a Life Day special during EMS Week 2026, joined by Chief Rom Duckworth and Dr. Shira Schlesinger. We celebrate EMS…
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Pediatric Readiness in EMS
Mike Brown talks with Dr. Kathleen Adelgais and Dr. Manish Shah during EMS Week 2026’s EMS for Children Day for a conversation about where pediatric readiness…
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Lights & Sirens, Ambulance Theft, Assault Prevention
Mike Brown hosts an EMS Week Safety Day conversation with Dr. Douglas Kupas, president of the National Association of EMS Physicians, on practical strategies…
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EMS Week 2026: Education Day
On today’s EMS Week Education Day episode, Mike Brown speaks with Dr. Navin Ariyaprakai and Michael Kaduce about how national partnerships, accreditation, and…
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The Future of Prehospital Care: Improving Outcomes Together
In this special 2026 EMS Week episode of the JEMS podcast, Mike Brown hosts Gamunu “Gam” Wijetunge from NHTSA’s Office of EMS and Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, an…
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Prehospital POCUS Is Transforming EMS Care
Dr. Jonathan Warren discusses practical uses, evidence, and implementation challenges for prehospital ultrasound. We cover lung ultrasound for acute heart…
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Practical Lessons Learned About Ventilation and Cardiac Arrest
At FDIC International 2026, our panel of EMS providers and critical‑care physicians break down ventilation during cardiac arrest: what the science supports…
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From Paramedic to Physician
Dr. Brandon Morshedi, a paramedic turned emergency physician and EMS medical director, joins Eric Chase to map a practical path toward EMS 3.0. He explains his…
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Rethinking Sleep and Resilience in the Fire Service
This episode of the Not a-Fib Podcast features Dr. Sarah Jahnke, someone who spent over a decade researching the health of first responders. The conversation…
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Hands-Free Hemorrhage Control
JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown interviews Hannah Herbst, founder and CEO of Golden Hour Medical, about a compact, automatic tourniquet designed to guide…
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Building Resilience for First Responders
Dr. Alexandra Jabr, a longtime paramedic-turned-educator and founder of Emergency Resilience, tells the story how therapy reshaped her life and purpose. She…
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From Non‑Transport Care to AI‑Enabled Territorial Medicine
JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown speaks with Dr. Simon Grosjean about shifting EMS from “prehospital transport” toward “territorial medicine.” They unpack…
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Humility and Hazmat at the Firehouse Table
Firefighter Jake Ryks joins the Just a Little Salt podcast to dismantle the "hero" archetype often taught in fire science programs. He reflects on his early…
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Rethinking Calcium Use in Trauma Resuscitation
JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown sits down with Dr. Stacy Shackelford, a coauthor of a new JAMA Network Open paper, to unpack findings about calcium…
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Humanizing Paramedicine
Paramedic, educator and consultant John Todaro joins Eric Chase to trace a 49-year career at the intersection of prehospital care, nursing, and public health…
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Building Resilience in Emergency Managers
Jennifer Pearsall joins the Not a-Fib Podcast to share insights from her Naval Postgraduate School thesis on the strengths that can emerge in emergency…
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Inside the First Responder Wellness Debate
In this episode of Just a Little Salt, Cody Spaulding talks with Jon Vought, a firefighter and the owner of Rescue 1 CBD, to break down what CBD actually is…
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Pushing the Clinical Edge in Respiratory Care
Respiratory crises in the field rarely fit textbook categories. JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown talks with Hamilton Medical’s Jesse Carroll to separate Type…
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Get Resus Ready
JEMS Development Editor Mike Brown sits down with Jonathan Epstein, who leads the American Red Cross healthcare product management team, to unpack the Red…
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Trevor Williams on Service, Culture, and Building a Tool That Took Off
Trevor Williams didn’t take a typical path into the fire service. He grew up overseas, living in places like Zaire during the Rwandan genocide and later Haiti…
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Real-World Wisdom for Medics and Nurses
Flight nurse and creator Nurse Gwenny joins the show to talk frankly about what it really takes to thrive in emergency care when the textbook ends and the hard…
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Updated HIV Post‑Exposure Guidance for Healthcare Providers
Infection control consultant Katherine West breaks down the latest HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines published in mid-2025. Highlighting key…
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Leadership Lessons from EMS Frontlines
Host Chief Shane Wheeler and Assistant Chief Jon Detweiler dive into the complexities of team conflict and the essential role of trust in leadership. Drawing…
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Navigating Stress, Communication, and Healing in Relationships
In this episode of Just a Little Salt, licensed counselor Kimberly Ingram dives deep into the unique challenges first responders face in their relationships…
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Building Accountability and Strengthening Fire Service Culture
Matt Aalto shares insights on cultivating a resilient fire department culture through clear expectations and genuine accountability. Drawing from decades of…
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Leadership, Lessons Learned, Wellness, Mental Health, and Saying I Am Sorry
Eric Chase sits down with John Graham, a respected EMS leader with 27 years of experience, to explore the challenges of mental health in emergency medical…
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Balancing Realism, Stress, and Resilience in EMS Simulation Training
Mike Brown, William Belk and Mike Doss dive into the challenges and evolving practices of simulation-based training. They explore the idea of designing…
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FDNY Chief John Esposito on Leadership, Legacy, and Life at the Firehouse
FDNY Chief John Esposito shares insights from his 34-year career, revealing what sets a commissioner apart from a chief, and the realities of managing one of…
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Exploring the Future of EMS Reimbursement
Steve Tafoya takes a dive deep into a new bill aimed at transforming treatment-in-place capabilities and establishing Medicare reimbursement models tailored…