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:E36 - "FAST-ED in North Carolina - A discussion with Jon Studnek, PhD, NRP, and Patricia Dowbiggin, MPH, EMT-P about stroke, EMS and data driven decisions." Recorded May 7, 2021
Right now, stroke systems of care are being developed and/or fortified all over the world in order to connect the latest advancements in hospital stroke care directly to stroke victims through collaborative, data driven strategic planning and execution with EMS. In today’s episode, we welcome two new guests to discuss stroke, FAST-ED and data driven decisions. Jonathan R. Studnek PhD NRP, Deputy Director of Operations, Mecklenburg EMS Agency, and Patricia Dowbiggin, MPH EMT-P, Process Improvement Advisor, Mecklenburg EMS Agency, have been invited to the EMS on AIR podcast to discuss their stroke study and successful implementation of the FAST-ED stroke severity scale into their EMS agency, so that we can all gain knowledge from their lessons learned.
During this episode, our guests help us appreciate what is at stake for stroke patients. Then, they’ll describe why it’s important for EMS to evolve their ability to appreciate, recognize and respond to stroke patients. Finally, our guests discuss the importance of data driven decisions and publishing research for the field of knowledge.
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Contact the episode host or guests:
Geoff Lassers, AAS, Paramedic I/C
Creator, host and producer, EMS on AIR Podcast
Firefighter/Paramedic, West Bloomfield Fire Department
EMS System Manager, Oakland County Medical Control Authority
Director of Education, American CME
Qi@ocmca.org
Steve McGraw, D.O.
Co-Host and Co-Medical Director, EMS on AIR Podcast
EMS Medical Director, Oakland County Medical Control Authority
steven.mcgraw@ascension.org
Jonathan R. Studnek PhD NRP
Deputy Director of Operations, Mecklenburg EMS Agency
jonst@MEDIC911.com
Patricia Dowbiggin, MPH EMT-P
Process Improvement Advisor, Mecklenburg EMS Agency
Patriciad@MEDIC911.com