The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the "Tech to Protect Challenge," a national open innovation contest designed to help emergency responders accomplish their mission to serve and protect our communities nationwide.  Craig Connelly explains more about the program's goals. In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

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Tech to Protect: A Public Safety Open Innovation Contest

Jen Chap performed T-CPR on her husband Rick and saved his life.  Now, Rick and Jen devote themselves to public education around sudden cardiac arrest.  What needs to be done to motivate bystander action and save thousands more lives? In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

How to Improve Rates of Bystander CPR

Pediatric cardiac arrests are among the most difficult challenges we face in EMS. EMS Medical Director and PEM Physician Peter Antevy argues that pre-arrival planning and learning how to speak to parents on scene will make this job more manageable.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

Peter Antevy on Managing Pediatric Codes

Nausea is one of the most common symptoms experienced by our patients, and EMS providers know that there is not always an effective treatment.  How about offering patients a whiff of an alcohol prep?  David Wampler and David Miramontes discuss their research.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo Virtual is Sept. 14-18! 

Sniff This: Alcohol Preps to Treat Nausea

Have you ever wanted to speak at an EMS conference?  Listen as Chris Montera speaks with Sean Kivlehan, MD, and Kevin Collopy, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, about EMS World Expo's Stand and Deliver program for new speakers.  In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. EMS World Expo is coming in September! 

Speaking at EMS Conferences

Priority Ambulance's Dennis Rowe has more than 40 years in the EMS industry.  Host Rob Lawrence dives in with Dennis for best practices in recruiting, retaining and educating our EMS workforce. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020!

A 42-Year Veteran: Dennis Rowe on Retaining and Recruiting Employees

Difficult airways challenge many EMS providers.  David Olvera thinks that using the "HEAVEN" mnemonic to evaluate the patient's size, anatomy and neck mobility, among others, can be helpful in predicting difficulties.  Read Olvera's article here.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Difficult Airways with David Olvera

Kris Kaull takes a brutally honest look at the past 25 years in public safety and his own failures of epic proportion.  Kris will dig into why we eat our young and how to mentor the next generation.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Kris Kaull: Failures in EMS

What happens when the provider becomes the patient? Stephanie Louka, an EM physician at Virginia Commonwealth University, answers that question in this episode. OB emergencies are high stakes and high stress, and don't always present with vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain. Listen as Dr. Louka describes her own experience with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome as well as other OB emergencies. In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

A Physician Experiences HELLP Syndrome

John Montes, Emergency Services Specialist with the NFPA discusses NFPA 3000, a standard which details the framework for responding to an active shooter event.  The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) creates objective standards for all types of first responders: police, EMS, fire, EM, and more.  Give your feedback on the NFPA website.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

NFPA 3000: Active Shooter Standards with John Montes

How did EMS in North Carolina handle Hurricanes Florence & Dorian in 2019? Deputy Director of EMS for Brunswick Co. Lyle Johnston and Onslow County EMS's David Grovdahl helped coordinate a disaster response that lasted more than 10 days.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!  

Hurricane Florence: So. Much. Water.

Mike McCabe of McCabe Ambulance Service in Bayonne, NJ calls on all first responder agencies to train and integrate their systems for large-scale incidents, specifically the need to create, implement and understand the Rescue Task Force (RTF) concept. Mike also discusses his participation in the reality show "Live Rescue."  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

RTF: Getting First Responders On the Same Page to Save Lives

ResponderHelp.com is a new resource that compiles a variety of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and that can help EMS systems learn best practices for creating and writing SOPs that will best serve the system.  Join Justin Eberly as he describes the risks and liabilities that can happen in EMS.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Best Practices for Creating and Writing SOPs

How should EMS involve itself in injury and illness prevention? Ask Paramedic Paul Maxwell of San Diego, Calif.  He discusses the Nicholas Rosecrans Award and this year’s winner, Colerain Township EMS, who created an opioid response program.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

EMS Strives to Prevent Overdoses, Not Just React

EMS researcher Jenna Tuttle shares her original research on the impact of age in the management of the pediatric airway.  In the latest installment of the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. Follow EMS World on Twitter and Facebook, and Instagram.  EMS World Expo will be held Sept. 14-18, 2020 in Las Vegas!

Little Kids, Little Tubes: Pediatric Airway Management

Here we give you a window to the speakers, attendees and exhibitors of EMS World Expo. Don't miss the 2019 Expo in New Orleans, Oct. 14-18!

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