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
S2E31 - "The value of "knowing" your EMS system – A discussion with Emily Bergquist, MSA, Paramedic-I/C and Joe Ferrell about EMS and data." Recorded January 25, 2021
In this episode, we introduce you to Joe Ferrell, Senior Program Manager, Customer Technical Solutions, Biospatial, Inc. We also welcome back Emily Bergquist, the Medical Control Authority Coordinator for the State of Michigan EMS Office. As a part of her job, Emily gathers, measures and evaluates a LOT of EMS data with the use of Biospatial.
Biospatial, Inc. combines EMS electronic patient care reports from a growing network of thousands of EMS providers with other electronic healthcare data sources using proprietary artificial intelligence to support State and local EMS systems. Essentially, Biospatial makes EMS data easy to access, organize and make decisions. They’re a fantastic organization that has been working with many States across the country, including Michigan, to help us leverage our EMS electronic patient care record, or ePCR, data to support our quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives. For more information, visit www.biospatial.io.
Joe and Emily are here to lend their professional expertise and share their thoughts about the value of well-organized, accessible and usable EMS run volume data. During our discussion, we will:
- Describe the value of, “knowing,” your EMS agency and/or system by way of reliable ePCR data.
- List and describe various issues that obstruct the progress of EMS data entry and analysis.
- Describe various resources that are available to assist EMS agencies and systems collect, measure and evaluate their EMS ePCR run data.
This is a great conversation if you’re new or interested in EMS quality improvement programs. Believe it or not, “knowing,” your EMS ePCR data is way more interesting and valuable than you could ever imagine, and Joe and Emily are here to help me express the why and how. This is the first of MANY conversations that I intend on having about EMS quality improvement processes and I promise to do my best to show you the value, provide you access to excellent resources and entertain you at the same time. You can find Joe and Emily’s email address in the episode description.
Joe Ferrell
Senior Program Manager
Customer Technical Solutions
Biospatial, Inc.
joe.ferrell@biospatial.io
Emily Bergquist MSA, Paramedic I/C
Medical Control Authority Coordinator
State of Michigan EMS Office
BergquistE@michigan.gov
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