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
S2:E20 - "I messed up… Now what? – A discussion with Emily Bergquist about best practices for EMS providers after making a mistake." Recorded January 11, 2021
In this episode we talk about something that is a little bit uncomfortable for most people. It’s something that we all do, but we don’t like to talk about, because it might make us feel ashamed, or guilt. Or maybe we don’t want to talk about it because we don’t want to damage our reputation or a fragile ego. I’m talking about making a mistake. Every single person that will ever listen to this podcast has made or will make a mistake at some point in their life and all of their careers. This is especially true for EMS providers, because the imperfect world of emergency services is inherently fraught with the potential for error. Being an EMS provider means taking care of people that are sick and or injured in an environment that is in a constant state of unknown, and/or change. That’s not exactly a set of conditions that lends itself to mistake free system. Remember, mistakes happen and you’re only human. What matters is what we do after we make a mistake.
Today, we welcome back Emily Bergquist MSA, EMT-P, EMS-IC, (email: BergquistE@michigan.gov) the Medical Control Authority Coordinator for the State of Michigan Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness. She is the one at the State EMS office that works on all of the protocols and provides support to assure that the multitude of Michigan’s EMS systems function the way that they’re supposed to. In addition, Emily spends quite a bit of time investigating situations where an EMS provider, crew and/or an agency has made a mistake. Emily is here to give us her professional advice regarding the best practices an EMS provider should take after making a mistake either on or off duty.
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