EMS on AIR Podcast
EMS on AIR is an education and entertainment podcast designed to keep healthcare providers safe, informed, and prepared. The EMS on AIR Podcast was originally launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to communicate efficiently and directly with EMS personnel. Now, we’ve started branching out to all things healthcare but still tailored with the national EMS audience in mind. This podcast has begun to transform into a bridge between subject matter experts, the most recent data, and the EMS providers who make a difference every day in the field.
The EMS on AIR Podcast is hosted by Geoff Lassers and Dr. Robert Dunne.
Geoff Lassers began his career as a first responder in 2002. Since then, he has earned a depth of experience as a professional firefighter, paramedic, EMS instructor, and in the hospital as an ED tech. Geoff has been a professional firefighter/paramedic and EMS instructor with the West Bloomfield Fire Department since 2004. In 2020, the EMS on AIR Podcast was launched to provide up-to-date information to the local, state, and national EMS community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as express best practices. Since then, the EMS on AIR Podcast has expanded to all topics related to prehospital care.
Robert Dunne, M.D., FACEP, FAEMS, is an Emergency Medicine and EMS physician located in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Dunne is currently the EMS Medical Director of the Detroit Fire Department, as well as a professor of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University, and directs the School of Medicine’s pre-hospital programming, including Emergency Medical Services, Preparedness, EMS Research and more. He is also program director of the Emergency Medical Services fellowship. Additionally, Dr. Dunne is the elected medical director of the Detroit East Medical Control Authority, the local version of the state-designated entity that supervises all pre-hospital care in Detroit and eastern Wayne County.
EMS on AIR Podcast
E:30 What is MAAS? An interview with Angela Madden from the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services - July 8, 2020
In this episode, we sit down with Angela Madden, the Executive Director of MAAS, which is a resource and advocate for ambulance services in Michigan. Angela is here to discuss MAAS’ mission to continue to advocate for and advance the profession of EMS within the State of Michigan, as well as tell us about some cool stuff that they’ve helped get for the EMS community recently and not just for its member agencies. MAAS is one of many associations throughout the State of Michigan that aim to serve its members, as well as the rest of the non-member EMS community. Did you know that MAAS has been instrumental in getting every EMS provider in Michigan a $1,000 hazard pay bonus from the government? I had no clue the money was even available until Angela told me about. Don’t worry, we’ll let you know what your agency needs to do to ensure everyone who qualifies gets their check. MAAS has been working on some other cool stuff that we’ll get into in this episode and we’ll talk about what they are working on for the benefit of future EMS providers.
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