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:34 Season 1 Finale - The Fight Isn't Over - August 13, 2020
In this episode, we wrap up season one by providing you with a reminder that the fight is not over, not even close. The world must remain diligent and EMS must maintain a high degree of operational and PPE discipline on duty and recognize the impact of social distancing off duty.
The real trick will be to avoid COVID fatigue in the healthcare world as a topic of discussion, training and operations even though it has pretty much overshadowed everything in our life for almost 6 months and counting. Getting numb to a topic, especially under the circumstances, even for a short time, provides an opportunity for something bad to happen, and we need to do everything we can to avoid that.
So, even though the pandemic isn’t over, and even though the first season of the EMS on AIR podcast is ending, we will be shifting our focus from COVID-19 as our primary topic to an in-depth look at the world of stroke and how EMS has been rapidly expanding their knowledge and skills to benefit stroke patients. The goal is to keep our listeners motivated with leading edge topics and experts and we think stroke is primed to remain a huge focus on the national stage.
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