American Airlines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, EMS and Customer Service I bet that you never would see the above words used together. This story is about ownership and problem solving and that is what we do every day in EMS. This story is about the adventure with American Airlines and Royal Caribbean and their customer service […]

 David Page, MS, NRP, is the director of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at UCLA and field paramedic with Allina EMS in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. He is my guest this week on Medic2Medic Podcast. Besides being a Paramedic and educator, he has a monthly research review column in JEMS. David is the editor in […]

On October 10, 2016 this small podcast reached 10,000 downloads. This is an unbelievable (believable) achievement for me and the podcast. A big thank you to my listeners and a special thanks to my guests. During the first year of the podcast listeners heard from providers telling their stories about how they got into this great […]

Back in April, Medic2Medic Podcast Blog published a post tiltled Cancer Invades Cary Area EMS. (http://medic2medicpodcast.fireemsblogs.com/2016/04/07/cancer-invades-cary-area-ems/).  I am proud to say here is a follow up to the blog plus a podcast. Today marks the one year anniversary of Cary Area EMS’s Division Chief Tammy Patton learning her diagnosis of breast cancer. Tammy is doing well and […]

Ballistic vests have been a hot topic in EMS over the past 6 months or so.  Body Cameras is also a hot topic in the law enforcement community. In the law enforcement arena the subject of body cameras is debated on an everyday basis. Just recently the release of the body/dash camera was scrutinized when […]

Last September I decided to start a new adventure called Medic2Medic Podcast.  The first year is completed. l have learned a great deal about people, podcasting and interviewing to name a few of the things.  I have also met some really cool people in the EMS world and got a chance to learn about their humble beginnings […]

One of the most difficult topics this podcast has discussed. The suicide problem that is occurring within the EMS profession. This week  I talk with the founder of the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) Jeff Dill. FBHA is dedicated to educating EMS, Police and Fire on suicide awareness. It is the only known organization that […]

How do you define leadership?  This is a great question. I do like this definition: Leaderships is dependent on the actions one takes rather than the position one holds. I recently completed a leadership program at Walt Disney World called Disney’s Approach To Leadership Excellence (I highly recommend the course), this is where I read […]

The podcast hits a milestone this week with number 50. It is been an exciting adventure for me so far.  I started with downloading free software on my iPad and started recording, no editing, a Facebook Page and asking people I knew to be a guest. I am not sure what the next 50 will […]

I never thought when I started the podcast in September it would reach 50 episodes. Yes it was one of the goals I had set. The podcast will air number 50 later on this week. The guest did not know it would be number 50, and there is no mention of it being number 50. […]