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EMS World Podcasts
Want to stay up-to-date on the world of EMS? EMS World Podcasts, hosted by Chief Mike McCabe of Bayonne, NJ, brings you article readalouds, interviews with EMS thought leaders and innovators, and the latest in patient care. Check out our website at www.emsworld.com, subscribe to our magazine and e-newsletters, and register for the 2025 EMS World Expo, the world’s largest EMS-dedicated conference, Oct. 20-24 in Indianapolis. Follow us @emsworldOFCL on X, Facebook, and Instagram.
Episodes
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Suboxone: The Missing Link in Breaking Opioid Addiction?
Opioid overdose calls in EMS seem unrelenting. Naloxone can help in resuscitation efforts but it won’t lessen the opioid epidemic without being paired with…
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Peter Antevy on the Top EMS Research of 2022
The year 2022 saw significant research updates that should be refining your EMS protocols—working cardiac arrests on scene, whole blood in the field…
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Live From Expo 2022: Rob Lawrence on Public Relations in EMS
Politics, social media and public relations all quietly play a crucial role in EMS. When it comes to cultivating your public image, if you’re not at the table…
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Crippling Long-Term Effect of a National Ambulance Shortage
“It’s a supply chain issue.” You hear it everywhere, in all sectors of service, and EMS is no exception. We are in the midst of an ambulance procurement crisis…
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Live From Expo 2022: Leading from the Front: Southern Florida’s Whole Blood Program
Podcast host Mike McCabe caught up with EMS all-stars from all areas and specialties on the exhibit hall floor during EMS World Expo 2022 in Orlando. We bring…
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’One for the Road’—A New Series from Hartwell and EMS World
A new video series titled “One for the Road” will soon begin rolling out on EMS World’s website. Sponsored by Hartwell, these short educational videos will…
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An Industry in Peril—Where Does EMS Go From Here?
"It's not rock bottom, but we're on the ropes," warns Dan Gerard, MS, RN, NRP, president of the International Association of EMS Chiefs, about the current…
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‘We Are Literally Killing Ourselves’: The Mental Stressors of EMS Work
Emotional well-being and the damaging effects of cumulative mental stressors on first responders are coming into focus now more than ever, given recent events…
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FirstNet Part 2: Comms of the Future
What does the future of FirstNet hold? Imagine intriguing advances like high-powered extended-range equipment and the integration of LTE and LMR. FirstNet's…
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An EMS Approach to Community Risk Reduction
What is community risk reduction, how can EMS providers become involved in it, and what should they understand about education to do so? These are big…
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The Extra Mile: Lenco Gets Lifesaving Care Where It’s Needed
Responders who have answered large-scale acts of violence may be familiar with Lenco's BearCat tactical armored vehicle for military and law enforcement…
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A Cleaner Patient Compartment
Deadly fires helped lead to fire codes. Drug tampering led to sealed bottles. What new safeguards will the long tail of COVID-19 bring? One possible answer is…
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A User’s Guide to FirstNet
American emergency services are now closer than ever to full communications interoperability thanks to FirstNet, the nationwide broadband wireless network…
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Telehealth and Telemedicine: What the Future Will Hold
It's been more than 15 years since General Devices' initial demonstration of streaming live video from the back of an ambulance to EMS physicians at the…
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EMS and the PD: Optimize the Interface
With EMS facing personnel shortages, units going out of service, and climbing response times, the ability of our law enforcement partners to absorb key…
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Interoperability: The Struggle Is Real
Interoperability: Everyone says they want it, yet true interconnectedness among agencies and providers remains elusive. What's really preventing it? In this…
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Helping Hands for the Heart
Bystanders often play a key role in successful outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and among our jobs is raising their awareness and reducing their…
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Inside the Bronx High-Rise Fire
The January 9 high-rise fire at the Twin Parks North West Site 4 apartment complex in the Bronx killed 17 people, including eight children, and produced 32…
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’These Things We Do, That Others May Live’
As a former Air Force special operations pararescueman who completed a fellowship as an EMS physician and is about to embark on a second board certification in…
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Event Medicine: Plan for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Concerts and mass gatherings are reemerging, but in light of recent tragedies, the planning process for these events has evolved. In this episode Andrew…
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Live From the Expo Floor #12: Improving Provider Safety
Safety in EMS encompasses threats both familiar (needlesticks, lifting injuries) and new (COVID, increasing assaults). Together they're making things really…
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Critical Comms in Times of Trouble: The Verizon Response Team, Part 2
It's easy to take your wireless communications for granted. But when disaster strikes, your comms may fail when you need them most. In the second part of this…
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Critical Comms in Times of Trouble: The Verizon Response Team, Part 1
It's easy to take your wireless communications for granted. But when disaster strikes, your comms may fail when you need them most. In Part 1 of this special…
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Live From the Expo Floor #11: Better Pay
EMS salaries: We all know they're too low. Why is that, and, more important, how can we improve them? In the 11th episode of our "Live From the Expo Floor"…
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Live From the Expo Floor #10: Online vs. In-Person Education
Virtual learning has taken over our lives—and not all of it's good. If it's here to stay, how can we improve it? In the 10th episode of our "Live From the Expo…
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Live From the Expo Floor #9: Tradition vs. Progress
Tradition has always been important in the emergency services, but sustaining EMS into the future requires progression away from models of the past. In the…
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Live From the Expo Floor #8: The Future of Critical Care Transport
What is critical care transport? It depends on whom you ask. In the eighth installment of our "Live From the Expo Floor" podcast series from EMS World Expo…
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Live From the Expo Floor #7: Neuroprotective CPR
With a combination of EMS therapies that includes active compression-decompression CPR, use of an impedance threshold device, and controlled sequential…
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Live From the Expo Floor #6: Prehospital Blood
It's a concept with a long military history that's been forgotten in modern prehospital care: whole blood for trauma patients at the point of injury--and for…
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Live From the Expo Floor #5: Effective Simulation
Why is the practice of simulation in healthcare education so clumsy? Perhaps too much focus on the manikins and simulators rather than the complete student…
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Live From the Expo Floor #4: Paramedicine Beyond EMS
Where is paramedicine going, and what's next? The growing unsustainability of modern EMS systems has leaders looking at new approaches. In this fourth…
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Live From the Expo Floor #3: Paramedic Practitioners
What is a paramedic practitioner, how does it differ from a regular or even advanced-practice paramedic, and how could it benefit emergency care systems? In…
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Live From the Expo Floor #2: Improve Your Assessment
On a busy shift, it can be easy to rush your assessment, get sloppy, and miss key components. In this second installment of our "Live From the Expo Floor"…
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Live From the Expo Floor #1: ALS/BLS Integration
ALS and BLS: They might not overtly feud, but there are times where the relationship doesn't function as smoothly as it could. In this first installment of our…
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Is It Time for Body Armor in EMS?
Fewer cops, more crime, and an increasingly dangerous environment for EMS providers—it's a changed world out there, and being one of the "good guys" won't…
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Special Episode: 9/11:20 Years Later
It’s hard to believe it's been 20 years since 9/11. Mike McCabe sits down with Josh Hartman, senior vice president at HMP Global, for a candid, unscripted—and…
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Communications Interoperability Since 9/11
One of the worst days in American history, September 11, 2001 revealed some important gaps in our capabilities to respond to major incidents. One of biggest of…
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Island EMS: Working in Paradise
Being skilled and self-sufficient is the name of the game when providing EMS and rescue services to an island location 20 minutes off the mainland. Join host…
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Scene Safety: Changing the Culture Inside the Ambulance
Scene safety: Why do we continue to struggle? Providers may spend more time inside ambulances than outside of them. Have we been ignoring the realities of…
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FDNY's New Model for EDPs
Psychiatric emergencies are on the rise, and how we approach these calls for service continues to evolve. In this episode EMS World Podcasts host Mike McCabe…
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Dispatch vs. Field Crews
EMS crews and those who dispatch them carry out two of the most high-intensity jobs around—it's only natural there will be moments of tension between the two…
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EMS World Expo: In Person Again!
Let's get together, live and in person! EMS World Expo is returning to a live format for its 2021 event, Oct. 4–8 in Atlanta, with lots of new and exciting…
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Return of the Active Shooters
As we emerge from a year of COVID, the active-shooter threat has returned in a big way—and tactical EMS expert Michael Wright fears things might get worse. In…
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Higher Education Options for EMS
The need for higher learning to drive our professional recognition and respect continues to grow, but given their hectic schedules, it can be difficult for EMS…
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Infusion Pumps for EMS
EMS providers often have uneasy relationships with their infusion pumps. How can they be better? In the latest EMS World podcast, host Mike McCabe speaks with…
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MIH: An Unexpected Weapon Against COVID
Massachusetts' South Shore Hospital launched its mobile integrated healthcare program in early 2020—just in time for the COVID-19 pandemic to arrive. But the…
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Nightwatch Returns to New Orleans
A&E's first responder favorite, Nightwatch, is back in the Big Easy for a new season that premieres March 25. In this special EMS World podcast, New Orleans…
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The Road to Safer Transports
The back of a moving ambulance remains a dangerous place to make your living. But as awareness of the risks grows, progressive departments and manufacturers…
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Death Communication: The Forgotten Skill
Eventually we face the reality that there is absolutely nothing optional about coping with death. EMS providers will never overcome being uncomfortable with…
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COVID-19 and Ambulance Decontamination: The Need for Better Safety Measures in EMS
The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized safety protocols in prehospital care and opened many eyes to the importance of keeping patients and crews safe from…
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Ambulance Safety Features That Prevent Crashes: The New Technology
The new safety measures built into ambulances will positively affect patients, providers and the environment. Listen as Host Mike McCabe interviews safety…
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NJ EMS Task Force: All Hazards Response
Michael Bascom, president of the New Jersey EMS Task Force, explains the history, formation and responsibilities of his state's Task Force. Host Mike McCabe…
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The "Grandmother" of Street Medics: Ann Hirschman
Ann Hirschman is a founding member of the group of healthcare providers known as street medics. She has a rich history of helping patients in various protests…
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The Coronavirus Vaccine: Myths, Questions & Truths with Ken Scheppke
The COVID-19 vaccine is here and EMS is on the frontlines of receiving and administering it. Host Mike McCabe interviews Florida's State EMS Medical Director…
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Answering 911 Calls from Home: How Alexandria Did It
When the idea of taking 911 calls from home was proposed in 2019, Alexandria Department of Emergency and Customer Communications Supervisor Sally Price said…