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  • EMS One-Stop

    From combat medic to physician: Meet the 2026 NAEMT Paramedic of the Year

    2026-09-18 | 25 mins.
    In this episode of EMS One-Stop, host Rob Lawrence sits down with Oscar Monterrosa, the 2026 NAEMT Paramedic of the Year, whose career has taken him from Army combat medic to street paramedic, medical student and now an emergency medicine-internal medicine resident at Hennepin County Medical Center. Yet despite the white coat and demands of residency, Monterrosa continues to work on the ambulance, including in rural Minnesota, and remains closely connected to the profession that shaped his approach to medicine.

    The conversation also returns to one of the defining moments of Monterrosa’s career: the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas. Working an overtime special-event shift, Monterrosa was already inside the medical tent when gunfire began and casualties started arriving. He describes slipping into “work mode,” drawing on his experience as an Army combat medic in Iraq as he and others triaged and treated patients while the shooting was still underway.

    Beyond that extraordinary night, the discussion explores rural EMS, critical care and ECMO, education, mentorship and the long road from paramedic to physician. Monterrosa’s message to other EMS clinicians considering further education is straightforward: the road may be difficult and it may take longer than expected, but it is possible.

    Key quotes from Oscar Monterrosa

    “We have that critical call or whatever, somebody that's crashing right in front of you and you just kind of get into work mode.”

    “Even though there's still gunfire going on, you try to be as safe as you can and take cover, but ultimately all that is really out of your control.”

    “A lot of these experiences in the cornfields has been very rewarding, just seeing this different culture, like meeting a lot of different people.”

    “It just takes hard work and just not giving up.” “I was an undergrad for 9 years because I was working full time on the streets.”

    Additional resources

    National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)

    NAEMT National EMS Awards of Excellence

    Hennepin Healthcare

    Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: October 1 / Las Vegas mass shooting – After-Action Report

    Episode timeline

    00:52 – Rob introduces the 2026 NAEMT Paramedic of the Year

    01:34 – Oscar 101: paramedic and emergency medicine-internal medicine resident

    02:05 – Oscar hears what his colleagues wrote about him in his award nomination

    04:04 – His reaction to being named National Paramedic of the Year

    05:00 – The journey into EMS, military medicine and becoming a paramedic

    07:20 – From the desert Southwest to rural Minnesota EMS

    09:00 – The realities of rural 911 response and long interfacility transports

    10:15 – Critical access hospitals and managing high-acuity patients

    12:30 – The conversation turns to October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas

    13:17 – What began as a routine special-event EMS shift

    13:55 – Reports of gunfire and the first shooting victims reaching the medical tent

    14:24 – What happens mentally when a mass-casualty incident suddenly unfolds

    15:00 – Combat medic training, triage and functioning while gunfire continues

    17:00 – Reflections on the Las Vegas response and its lasting impact

    18:00 – From paramedic to physician: why Oscar continued his education

    19:30 – Rural critical care, cardiac arrest and mobile ECMO

    21:00 – Remaining connected to EMS while completing medical residency

    23:00 – Advice for paramedics considering college or medical school

    23:42 – Nine years as an undergraduate while working full time on the streets

    24:00 – Perseverance, education and why the path is still achievable

    Closing – Looking ahead, mentorship and what being NAEMT Paramedic of the Year means to Oscar

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  • EMS One-Stop

    What ‘never forget’ means 25 years later

    2026-09-10 | 1h 14 mins.
    FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito recounts FDNY’s devastating losses, the decisions that saved thousands of lives and why honoring 9/11 means preparing the next generation to meet the moment

    Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito joins podcast hosts Jim Dudley, Rob Lawrence and Aaron Zamzow of Police1’s Policing Matters, EMS1's EMS One-Stop and FireRescue1’s Better Every Shift for a deeply personal conversation about 9/11, its enduring impact and the lessons that continue to shape fire, EMS and law enforcement. Esposito was a newly promoted FDNY lieutenant on Sept. 11, 2001. He recalls returning to the city after the towers fell, the collapse of command and communications, the desperate effort to account for missing members, and the realization that FDNY had suffered unimaginable losses.

    The discussion moves beyond remembrance to examine what emergency services learned: stronger accountability, controlling self-deployment, incident management teams, interoperable communications, interagency cooperation, intelligence sharing and peer support. Esposito also reflects on the continuing toll of World Trade Center-related illness and explains why “never forget” must mean more than remembering 343 names. For him, it means remembering the decisions responders made, the conditions they faced and the thousands of lives their actions helped save. His challenge to today’s generation is simple: know your job, keep learning, take care of your people and ask whether you are prepared to “measure up” to those who came before.

    Key quotes from FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito

    “Never forget is not just their names and who they were, how they lived their lives, and most importantly, the decisions that they made that day and the actions that they took.”

    “They're like, ‘No, we think we lost everybody.’ And that was when it started to sink in that no, this is gonna be as bad as it could be.”

    “If we never showed up and we had no losses that day, the loss of civilians is in the tens of thousands.”

    “This is your legacy. This is our legacy, this is what we do, and these are the people that did this before us.”

    “I believe that some of them knew that they were not going to make it home that night. And they still did their job.”

    “September twelfth came, the doors of the firehouse went up, people got on fire trucks, and they went out and did their job.”

    “It was like an all-star team that we lost. Some of the best people to ever do this job we lost that day.”

    “I see my job here and our job in this building and headquarters is to take care of the people that take care of the city.”

    “We have no idea. We're in a firehouse or an ambulance one second and in five minutes we could be in the worst situation we've ever been in.”

    “It's our job to make sure that the people in the field are prepared and when they need something, it's our job to get it for them.”

    Episode timeline

    00:27 – Introduction: EMS1, FireRescue1 and Police1 come together to reflect on 25 years since September 11

    02:28 – Introduction: FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito

    03:23 – Chief Esposito recalls Sept. 11, 2001 as a newly promoted lieutenant with a day off and plans to study for the captain’s exam

    04:28 – Chief Esposito details arriving in lower Manhattan and finding command structures and communications devastated

    05:04 – The desperate process of identifying who was alive, missing or lost

    07:00 – Chief Esposito describes his initial response and why he never imagined the towers could collapse

    09:00 – “We think we lost everybody.” When the magnitude of FDNY's losses began to become clear

    09:30 – Accountability and self-deployment emerge as major lessons from 9/11

    10:00 – How FDNY now wants off-duty members to report to firehouses and EMS stations rather than directly to an incident

    10:30 – Modern digital accountability, riding lists and identifiable radio transmissions compared with 2001's paper systems

    12:00 – The human factor: firefighters desperate to get aboard apparatus headed toward the World Trade Center

    12:30 – Leadership decisions that removed extra firefighters from overloaded apparatus ultimately saved lives

    14:00 – The continuing human toll: FDNY's memorial walls and deaths from World Trade Center-related illness

    16:30 – How FDNY will commemorate the 25th anniversary

    17:30 – Why September 11 remembrance is intensely personal for individual firefighters and families

    21:00 – Chief Esposito discusses the emotional effect September 11 continues to have on him

    22:00 – “Never forget” means remembering actions and decisions, not merely names

    24:00 – The actions of responders helped prevent civilian deaths potentially reaching into the tens of thousands

    25:00 – Managing the overwhelming desire of responders to help during catastrophic incidents

    27:30 – How outside incident management teams helped FDNY solve problems after 9/11

    28:30 – FDNY repaying the assistance it received through deployments around the United States

    30:00 – How today's incident command and dispatch systems control resources and prevent uncontrolled response

    31:42 – Sponsor message

    32:30 – Improved interagency collaboration between FDNY, NYPD and other agencies

    36:00 – Peer support, firehouse culture and challenging the stereotype that firefighters do not talk about emotional distress

    38:30 – How FDNY's peer-support system works after difficult incidents

    42:30 – September 11 demonstrated why the fire service needs to be part of the intelligence community

    44:00 – FDNY members are trained to recognize suspicious activity during routine fire and EMS responses

    46:00 – How information spotted by firefighters may become the missing piece in a larger investigation

    48:30 – What Chief Esposito wants responders who were not alive on 9/11 to understand

    49:00 – “This is our legacy.” Measuring today's performance against those who came before

    52:00 – Know your job and do your job — while recognizing that not every emergency fits an SOP

    52:30 – A recent Bronx explosion illustrates the need to adapt principles to situations for which no exact procedure exists

    53:30 – Applying the overarching principles of life safety and rescue when the situation is unprecedented

    54:30 – What does “never forget” mean 25 years later?

    55:30 – September 12: despite catastrophic losses, FDNY opened its firehouses and continued protecting New York City

    56:30 – Chief Esposito describes those killed as “an all-star team” and some of the best ever to do the job

    58:00 – Aaron Zamzow reflects on the responsibility to “measure up”

    59:30 – The nationwide impact of 9/11 and seeing FDNY remembered on apparatus thousands of miles from New York

    1:01:30 – Jim Dudley reflects on intelligence, prevention and acting on warning signs

    1:03:30 – Chief Esposito discusses the difficulty of measuring successful prevention

    1:05:00 – Warning signs, intelligence and lessons shared with other historic disasters

    1:06:00 – Rob Lawrence reflects on September 12 and the emergency services reality that tomorrow brings another shift

    1:07:00 – “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember.”

    1:08:00 – Esposito discusses how 9/11 affected his career and leadership journey

    1:09:00 – Leadership, doing the right thing and measuring decisions against the memory of colleagues lost

    1:10:00 – “Take care of the people that take care of the city.”

    1:11:30 – Emergency responders never know when the next call will become the worst situation they have ever faced

    1:12:00 – The responsibility to ensure frontline personnel are prepared and supported

    1:12:30 – Closing message: “Keep learning and keep moving forward.”

    About our sponsor

    This crossover episode of the Policing Matters, Better Every Shift and EMS One-Stop podcasts is sponsored by FirstNet — the only wireless network built with and for first responders.

    Twenty-five years ago, first responders faced an emergency unlike any other. They stepped forward to protect and care for others, demonstrating extraordinary courage and resolve. This September 11th, we remember and honor those who answered the call. The example they set endures through the values that continue to inspire the profession today.

    Learn more about FirstNet, Built with AT&T, at www.firstnet.com.

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  • EMS One-Stop

    Data versus Darwin with Todd Stout

    2026-09-04 | 37 mins.
    AI may feel like the newest revolution in EMS, but the industry's relationship with data has been evolving for decades. In this episode of EMS One-Stop, Rob Lawrence sits down with FirstWatch founder Todd Stout, whose 28 years working with EMS data gives him a particularly long view of where the industry has been and where it is heading.

    Todd traces the journey from an era when monthly reports printed on green-bar paper were considered normal, to today's world of real-time dashboards, cloud-based systems and enormous volumes of operational and clinical information. The challenge has changed: EMS no longer suffers primarily from a lack of data; leaders now need technology that can identify what matters, separate signal from noise and turn information into decisions.

    That makes AI extraordinarily promising — and potentially dangerous. Todd explains why he is more excited about the next 3-5 years than at any point in his career, while simultaneously being more concerned about the next 8-10 months. Rob and Todd discuss unreliable AI outputs, data security, HIPAA and privacy, the risks associated with startups and what EMS leaders should ask before entrusting vendors with organizational or patient data. They also examine the urgent need for EMS agencies to establish AI policies and train their workforce on responsible use.

    Todd concludes with a preview of FirstWatch's next generation of AI-enabled tools and a broader message for EMS leaders: the organizations that thrive through this technology shift will not necessarily be those with the newest technology, but those capable of adapting, learning and using it responsibly.

    Additional resources:

    EMS1 Leadership Institute: 2026 Spotlight on AI in EMS: On-demand: Smart tools, strategic choices: EMS puts AI into action

    Why EMS must measure the human side of care: What patients remember

    No rulebook is coming: EMS must take control of AI now: Why EMS must govern AI locally as adoption accelerates

    Hyper-turbulent times: EMS economics and AI guardrails with Matt Zavadsky and Dr. Shannon Gollnick: Why EMS needs AI guardrails and Medicare reform today

    Memorable quotes

    "I'm more excited about the next 3-5 years than I've ever been, I am also more scared about the next 8-10 months for our industry than I've ever been because it's so messy." — Todd Stout

    "Nobody gets into EMS to be excellent data enterers." — Todd Stout

    "AI well formed — with the proper bumpers, guidelines, rules around it — is astonishingly good at processing through lots of data." — Todd Stout

    "If you're not paying for the thing that you're using, you are the product." — Todd Stout

    "AI to many people seems like magic. And it's the opposite of magic almost. It's a lot of work and plumbing to get it right." — Todd Stout

    Episode timeline

    00:27 – Rob introduces the episode and the evolution of EMS data, information and AI

    01:54 – Twenty-eight years of FirstWatch: from Stout Solutions to today's real-time data environment

    03:57 – Looking back at EMS's early adoption of real-time operational data

    05:18 – Why immediate data can improve individual performance and expose problems with systems and protocols

    06:24 – The "ah, buts:" gut instinct versus what the data actually shows

    07:19 – Dirty data, disconnected systems and why organizations sometimes don't believe their own numbers

    09:45 – EMS has moved from too little information to information overload

    10:31 – How AI can sift through enormous amounts of data and identify what leaders actually need to know

    11:22 – The accuracy problem: AI can produce impressive outputs while struggling with surprisingly basic tasks

    12:39 – Todd explains why he is simultaneously excited and concerned about the immediate future of AI in EMS

    14:35 – How EMS leaders can become better, more discerning customers of AI technology

    15:10 – Established technology partners versus innovative AI startups

    17:00 – What happens to your organization's data if an AI vendor fails or goes out of business?

    17:41 – HIPAA, privacy, cybersecurity and employee data obligations

    18:11 – Sponsor break

    19:26 – Part two: protecting patient and organizational information when using AI

    20:18 – AI training models, data sharing and why leaders need to understand vendors' default settings

    22:44 – The pace of change: today's AI expertise can become outdated within weeks

    23:08 – Preparing for the wave of "AI everything" appearing in EMS exhibit halls

    23:45 – Questions EMS leaders should ask prospective AI vendors

    25:20 – Why AI isn't magic — and why implementation requires significant work behind the scenes

    27:08 – The case for every EMS organization having an AI policy now

    27:41 – Todd warns that employees are almost certainly already using AI, sometimes without understanding the privacy implications

    28:21 – Why AI education should resemble cybersecurity education: policy, training, suspicion and continual reinforcement

    30:13 – Preview of FirstWatch Collaborate and the company's next generation of technology

    31:02 – FirstWatch 2.0, AI-enabled mobile tools and workload management

    31:55 – Reflect: incorporating patient satisfaction alongside operational and clinical performance

    33:34 – Why rapid patient feedback can be more meaningful to crews than retrospective monthly scores

    35:19 – Todd's closing message: EMS is good at adapting and improvising, and technology can make the job easier

    36:22 – Rob's takeaway: adapt, innovate, become a discerning AI customer and establish an organizational AI policy

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  • EMS One-Stop

    Liz Harney on the human side of EMS

    2026-09-01 | 55 mins.
    This week on EMS One-Stop, I sit down with Liz Harney, almost a year after I first walked into a classroom at EMS World Expo looking for another session to report on and found what I later described as “the keynote I didn’t know I needed.”

    Liz’s presentation was built around a part of EMS education we routinely acknowledge but rarely give equal billing: the affective domain — empathy, communication, professionalism, self-awareness and the ability to connect with another human being in what may be the worst moment of their life.

    But the real power came from Liz herself. Before she was a paramedic, educator and EMS leader, she was the patient. At the lowest point of a decade-long struggle with addiction, one paramedic looked beyond the overdose, the circumstances and the judgement, and treated her as a person who still mattered.

    Liz credits that interaction not simply with helping save her clinically, but with changing the trajectory of her life. She recovered, entered EMS and ultimately became the kind of paramedic she had encountered that day.

    It is a remarkable journey from patient to paramedic, and in this conversation, Liz explains why that experience now sits at the heart of everything she teaches about the human side of EMS.

    | MORE: Liz Harney — the affective domain is the heart of EMS, so why aren’t we teaching it?

    Our discussion also catches up with where Liz’s thinking has evolved since. In her recent EMS1 article, “Shiny Happy People,” she takes that same belief in people and applies it to EMS leadership, challenging professionals that is exceptionally good at identifying everything that might go wrong not to let that instinct extinguish every new idea before it gets moving.

    Together, we connect those themes: the provider who changed one patient’s life, the importance of deliberately teaching the affective domain, turning cynics into champions, recognizing burnout through QA and QI, and creating leadership teams with enough optimism and emotional intelligence (EI) to make change happen.

    At a time when EMS is increasingly consumed by another form of intelligence (AI), the conversation comes back to a proposition I think matters more and more: if we are going to get good at AI, we first need to get much better at EI.

    Additional resources:

    Liz Harney: Shiny happy people. The leadership power of optimism

    Rob Lawrence: The affective domain is the heart of EMS — so why aren’t we teaching it?

    Inside EMS: Tactical empathy: The leadership tool you’re not using enough

    Colby Davis: Can emotional intelligence be taught?

    Shannon L. Gollnick: The paradox of progress — emotional intelligence as the differentiator in an AI-augmented workforce

    Key quotes

    “It truly was a paramedic that not only saved me in a clinical sense, but she saved me in a human sense.” — Liz Harney

    “Everybody has a story and they’re all a little the same, but they’re all very different at the same time.” — Liz Harney

    “It’s our role as educators and program directors to be able to ensure that we are instilling, improving the affective domain, just as we are the cognitive and the psychomotor.” — Liz Harney

    “You created from the cynic, turned them into the champion, and then the champion then took that back to their own service.” — Rob Lawrence

    “I am the dreamer, probably because I have forged myself out of the depths of hell.” — Liz Harney

    “Look at me, anything is possible. Like there is never a ‘no’ in my language.” — Liz Harney

    “In order to build, in order to make change, in order to move the needle, you have to have folks that are strong in EI to make that happen.” — Liz Harney

    “There’s always room for improvement.” — Liz Harney

    “I may not be able to teach everyone to care, but I absolutely think you can teach people what caring looks like in practice.” — Liz Harney

    “No one’s ever complained about the gauge of needle that we used, but they’ve certainly complained that the medic was mean.” — Rob Lawrence

    “People underestimate the power of storytelling, but I’m here to tell you that is what creates the change into someone, that changes their perspective.” — Liz Harney

    Episode timeline

    00:00 — Harney on surviving addiction, being written off and the potential EMS providers have to influence another person’s future

    01:02 — Rob welcomes listeners to EMS One-Stop and introduces Liz Harney

    02:14 — How Rob first encountered Harney at EMS World Expo and why he describes her presentation as “the keynote I didn’t know I needed”

    02:40 — Liz Harney 101: critical care paramedicine, organizational leadership, Baptist Health, Kentucky EMS workforce initiatives and Paramedic Pathways

    04:10 — Harney reflects on the rapid growth of her speaking platform and why sharing her story remains difficult but necessary

    05:32 — The human side of EMS: affect, emotional intelligence and why clinical competence alone is not enough

    08:10 — AI versus EI: why Lawrence argues that increasingly intelligent technology makes human emotional intelligence even more important

    09:00 — From patient to paramedic: Harney recounts the interaction with the paramedic who changed the direction of her life

    18:33 — Revealing her past to colleagues and students, and how that story changes attitudes toward people experiencing addiction

    22:08 — Why simply telling EMS students to care does not work — and how Harney began using clinical rotations and direct patient interaction to build the affective domain

    23:18 — “Everybody has a story:” students hear directly from people in addiction recovery

    25:23 — The cynic-to-champion story: a student’s dismissive attitude toward patients with addiction is transformed through one clinical rotation

    31:00 — Educating not simply for cognitive and psychomotor competence, but for the clinician the student is becoming

    32:15 — Harney moves from education into leadership and begins seeing the same issues around decision-making tables

    33:19 — The case for optimism: Harney describes herself as a dreamer and explains how persistent negativity can kill innovation

    34:04 — Lawrence’s rule: “If we do what we always did, we’ll get what we always got”

    36:27 — Why potential barriers matter — but introducing every possible objection too early can destroy an idea before it develops

    38:02 — “Shiny, happy people:” the discussion turns to Harney’s article on optimism, innovation and assembling teams capable of making change

    39:02 — Harney describes Kentucky’s EMS workforce committee and what happened when a group of optimistic problem-solvers started building ideas without immediately saying “no”

    41:00 — Choosing the right people for decision-making groups: why names, titles and tenure should not outweigh emotional intelligence

    41:59 — Harney defines EI: self-awareness, self-regulation, communication and empathy

    45:00 — “You can teach people what caring looks like in practice.”

    45:15 — Lawrence asks whether EMS can genuinely change the affect and attitudes of a generation of clinicians

    46:39 — Protecting the workforce: recognizing behavioral changes, cumulative exposure and the early warning signs of burnout

    47:41 — QA/QI as more than clinical oversight: documentation can expose frustration and changes in provider behavior

    48:07 — The leadership question: “What can I do for you?”

    49:27 — The power of storytelling to challenge judgment and change perspectives

    49:49 — Harney returns to her own experience: addiction, being cast off and ultimately demonstrating that recovery and transformation are possible

    51:10 — Harney’s closing message: “You don’t have to understand someone’s life to understand your responsibility to them.”

    52:41 — Turning QA/QI from a fault-finding function into a mechanism for recognizing providers, celebrating success and checking on people carrying heavy cognitive and emotional loads

    54:10 — Lawrence recommends seeing Harney speak: “You will come away emotional but enlightened.”

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  • EMS One-Stop

    EMS One-Stop: The EMS research every clinician should be reading

    2026-08-21 | 36 mins.
    EMS research has grown rapidly, but finding the studies that truly matter to everyday clinical practice remains a challenge. In this edition of EMS One-Stop, Rob Lawrence is joined by Dr. Christopher Richards, EMS and emergency physician at the University of Cincinnati; and Dr. Christian Martin-Gill, chief of the Division of EMS at the University of Pittsburgh and former president of the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium, to discuss the recently published EMS research reading list and the effort to identify the most important evidence EMS clinicians and medical directors should know about.

    The discussion explores how the reading list was created; why a significant gap remains between publication and implementation; and how EMS can better translate research into education, protocols and patient care.

    Richards and Martin-Gill explain the mix of evidence-based guidelines, position statements, systematic reviews and original research included in the project, while highlighting major gaps in behavioral emergencies, pediatrics, obstetrics, workforce wellness and EMS operations.

    The message is clear: EMS practitioners should not wait for new research to appear in their protocols. They should read it, discuss it, question current practice and, where evidence is lacking, consider contributing to research that closes the gap.

    Additional resources:

    Richards CT, Cash RE, Crowe RP, et al. 2026. “Developing an emergency medical services research reading list for emergency medical services practitioners.” Prehospital Emergency Care, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2026.2693158

    EMS1 Research Center. A central access point for critical research that can help drive operational and policy changes

    Understanding research and its impact on patient care. David Page, MS; Hezedean Smith, DM; and Ayanna Walker, MD, share best practices for evaluating and interpreting prehospital research 

    Key quotes

    “With EMS research, there's always something missing. There's always more that we can do.” — Dr. Christian Martin-Gill

    “What we're seeing here, particularly over the last decade, is these organizations working less as silos and moving more towards working together when it makes sense to do that.” — Dr. Christian Martin-Gill

    “We didn't go in actually feeling like we needed to identify 10 primary research or professional statements that complemented the guidelines that were already identified through the systematic review. But there was just a natural break point there.” — Dr. Christopher Richards

    “There are a number of position statements that are published by national and international organizations that are key scientific literature out there that people need to be paying attention to.” — Dr. Christian Martin-Gill

    “Still there is research lacking in what the EMS clinicians themselves experience as part of the workforce — safety on scene, wellness, these sort of questions.” — Dr. Christopher Richards

    “The behavioral emergency space I think is really important right now.” — Dr. Christian Martin-Gill

    Episode timeline

    01:09 – Rob introduces the episode and welcomes Drs. Christopher Richards and Christian Martin-Gill

    02:16 – Dr. Richards introduces his EMS, emergency medicine and research background

    03:18 – Dr. Martin-Gill discusses his role at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC and the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium

    04:15 – Why does EMS need a dedicated research reading list?

    07:11 – Where can EMS practitioners currently go to identify the research that really matters?

    09:13 – Moving research into protocols, practice and clinical care

    11:15 – Can the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium help align the many organizations producing EMS clinical guidance?

    13:41 – Breaking down the different categories of publications on the reading list

    14:47 – Evidence-based guidelines included in the broader reading list

    15:49 – Position statements covering hemorrhage, restraint, air medical utilization and workforce issues

    16:26 – Systematic reviews addressing airway management and prehospital evidence-based guidelines

    16:51 – Four original research papers, including refractory VF, pain disparities, evidence integration and midazolam use

    18:58 – How the research reading list was actually developed

    19:32 – The open call for EMS research submissions

    20:10 – The project is ongoing, with submissions continuing for the next iteration

    20:42 – Expert panel review, scoring and the natural cutoff that produced the final 10

    23:18 – What important EMS research is still missing?

    24:37 – Gaps in airway, pediatric and behavioral emergency evidence

    26:08 – Dr. Richards highlights workforce, safety, wellness and operational research gaps

    28:18 – Which areas should future EMS researchers investigate?

    28:31 – Martin-Gill highlights behavioral, obstetric and pediatric emergencies as priorities

    30:12 – Richards explains how everyday frustrations in EMS can become important research questions

    32:12 – Final thoughts on the paper and the breadth of the reading list

    33:37 – Martin-Gill discusses access to research and why highlighting important publications matters

    35:05 – Turning reading into discussion, protocol review and further research

    35:58 – Rob closes with a challenge to read, question, discuss and contribute to EMS research

    Enjoying the show? Email editor@ems1.com to share feedback.
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About EMS One-Stop
Explore the forefront of EMS leadership with Rob Lawrence on the ”EMS One-Stop” Podcast. Tackling critical issues like staffing, service delivery and operational challenges, each episode delves into the latest in patient care enhancement, EMS technology advancements; and emerging trends like AI, telehealth, quality improvement and alternate destinations with industry experts.Rob Lawrence brings to the table his extensive expertise from decades of service spanning the American Ambulance Association, AIMHI, Richmond Ambulance Authority, Pro EMS, Prodigy EMS Education and the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust.Stay informed with the latest EMS industry news, organizational updates and inspiring agency success stories. Tune in to the ”EMS One-Stop” Podcast for a deep dive into the challenges and triumphs of EMS leadership in today’s dynamic prehospital care landscape.
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