In the current state of affairs and the decreasing number of OB/GYN specialists in our communities, EMS will endure long transports of high-risk OB to tertiary care facilities.  As a prehospital clinician, you will be the one caring for these sick OB patient(s).  Are you ready?  To help you prepare, the But Why EMS podcast team discusses high-risk OB pathologies with our content expert, Dr. Karin Fox, OB/GYN, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and EMS Physician at Texas Children's Hospital.

“What do I do with my hands?” Have you ever been in an awkward conversation trying to keep it going…but run out of things to say? Talking to a patient with psychiatric issues is similar. And you want to know something? That’s normal and it does feel weird. But that doesn’t mean we should let it drive our care. In this episode, we have our content expert, Dr. Jessica Gold, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University.

If you're in the world of EMS, you've heard of the movie, "Bringing Out the Dead." It's a classic movie where two paramedics played by Ving Rhames and Nicholas Cage go through their day working in EMS.  There is a famous scene in the middle of a party where both medics are dispatched to save a life.  In this episode, we explore a case that may have captured this scene IRL. In this episode, we have special guests from the Chicago Fire Department teach us about lessons learned from their "I Be Banging" experience.

Listen to our hosts Gina and John recount a baby delivery that isn't like our typical simulation cases.

Treating patients with end-of-life variables is difficult for all areas of medicine. EMS is no exception. Today the But Why EMS Podcast crew clarifies the world of end-of-life care.

While summertime is a time of swimming pools, road trips, and backyard parties, for clinicians it also means it's trauma season. For the past 10 years, EMS systems and trauma hospitals have used Tranexamic Acid (TXA) for adult traumas to slow the bleed. But what about using TXA for children with traumatic injuries? Does it provide the same benefit? In this episode, we'll focus on the medication Tranexamic Acid (TXA) with our special guest: Jennifer Flint, MD: Internal Medicine | Pediatrics | Pediatric Critical Care, Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Mercy Kansas City

As EMS week comes to a close, NAEMSP, the PEC podcast, and the But Why EMS podcast would like to highlight a NAEMSP member who has Risen to the Challenge of the war in Ukraine. Dr. Kasia Hampton @kasiahamptonmd and her medical student daughter, Livia Van Humbeeck @doclivia have been helping their home country, Poland, and their neighbor Ukraine during this horrendous time in history. We talk to Dr. Hampton and Livia about their initial experiences and their continued plans to aid Ukraine.

Safely and effectively managing pain in our pediatric patients is a primary responsibility for our EMS clinicians. Medical directors must be able to identify gaps in pediatric pain management and provide the necessary QA/QI to close those gaps. In this episode we focus on exactly that, with several experts in EMS joining us to offer their knowledge and critical appraisal of the evidence in order to identify and close the gaps in the management of pain in children.

When a tornado strikes and causes a mass casualty incident (MCI), how does the team integrate itself into a larger team of first responders doing a variety of different jobs? How does the team arrive on scene when flight is impossible? And upon successfully saving one life, how does the team reconcile that success with the multiple other lives lost? These questions and a harrowing story await in this edition of the podcast. We are joined by: Amy Boultinghouse, RN, Chase Niewoehner, RN, Kasia Hampton, MD, and Rebecca Tracy, DO.

The But Why EMS Podcast team brings to you a great conversation with Kim McKenna PhD, RN, EMT-P about everything about getting rid of the term "Diesel Bolus," the Lights and Sirens Monograph, NAEMSP's joint position statement on Lights and Sirens, and how to educate and unlearn what we've learned!

But Why EMS Podcast team is proud to bring you our recurring guest, Dr. Peter Antevy, Pediatric Emergency Physician & EMS Physician, who will talk about issues with the 2020 PALS guidelines.

Happy 2022 But Why EMS listeners. Welcome to part two of our podcast series on Peds Respiratory Distress! Ready for this episode? In part 2, we cover the spectrum of pediatric airway care with: Tara Copper MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Joseph Finney MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician and EMS Fellow.