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An article came across our radar recently about how Emt's deserve nothing and should be grateful for the opportunity (basically.) So we are isolating five points from the article and will be discussing it amongst Charles McFall, Douglas Spencer, and Tom Kamplain. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

EMSU: What Does Oversight Look Like? Charles and Douglas have been discussing recent events and the idea of an oversight committee keeps coming up. Tom has said it many times also. So today we are playing a mind game of what a committee would look like, what it would do, and where we hope it would take EMS and Fire. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

I have seen a theme in our current world of people rushing to get through, get things done, or trying to find the easy way. So on today's EMS Underground Douglas and I will be talking about the value of actually putting the work in. From education of ourselves and others to running our calls, we see the range of easy way to put in the effort. Come tell us why the work should be done vs its fine to be quick and easy. Youtube.com/GeorgiainstituteofEMS Facebook.com/GeorgiainstituteofEMS --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Today I wanted to take some crossover topics like hazmat, incident command, and even scene safety and explore the differences between how EMS and Fire operate. Douglas Spencer is joining in again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Douglas Spencer joins me today again as we have a discussion on prepping educational presentations. That leads to a discussion of the National Registry and how it is viewed. We get onto the topic of volunteer firefighters, mandates, and other disagreements, but a late question brought everything full circle. I start talking about always practicing your IV's as you go down the road and Douglas' statement about critical thinking brings home a point that we all should be teaching.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

EMS Underground: Volunteering in the age of COVID. I have Douglas Spencer on today to talk to me about volunteer work and how COVID has changed the face of EMS and Fire. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

I received this question from a viewer/listener. "Amr giving EMT's and medics an opportunity to buy body armor. Does that mean they are going to have to go into unsafe situations? If that's the case why not arm the staff? What about staged calls, when officer's don't clear the scene? Finally, untrained new police officer's do they have enough training to make EMT's and medics feel safe doing their job? And how stations are handling this along with COVID?" I am doing my best to answer all of this today on EMS Underground. Email me: Charles@gaiems.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/911studios Live recordings: Facebook.com/georgiainstituteofems Video recordings: Youtube.com/georgiainstituteofems --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

It took me a while to learn how to ride with anyone for 24 hours. Nowadays 12 hours is the standard and yet we still have difficulty getting along. Personalities are what they are and I will be going through some stereotypes and situations to help you to be able to ride with just about anyone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

I found two current stories about paramedics that I want to read and discuss today. I have merely read the headlines so we are going to process the stories together. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

I am tired today and am not sure what even to talk about. So we will talk about random distractions and use some memes to find something to amuse us. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/uom7CtFD2-I --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Today's Topic Tuesday is about scene safety. I thought with everything going on in the world maybe we should understand what scene safety really is. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

On today's underground I will be calling BS on motivation. Mainly the sayings and graphics that I am seeing when I look for EMS Motivation. I am aiming to break some bad mindsets and hopefully replace it with a healthier way to think and be. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Its EMS week this week and today is safety day. So the topic for this Tuesday is safety and COVID-19 updates from DPH. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

During a Topic Tuesday I was harping on using your words and explaining everything to patients. A person in the chat said but sometimes the words we use are scary. So today I decided to talk about how we use our words and what it reveals about ourselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

On today's Topic Tuesday I will be talking about getting refusals. I believe there is a lack of understanding throughout our field on the importance of documentation and what a refusal really entails. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Today I am some of the funniest EMS stories I can find on the web to inspire us to share our own. Type into the live chat. Or after the broadcast share your story here in comments or via email: charles@gaiems.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

In today's episode I take some talking points from the chat room. We start talking about what essential is and then dive into the abuse of employees vs times are tough. This leads to a discussion of gratitude and being appreciated. Being appreciated is different than feeling appreciated. Bouncing back and forth from talking and chatting live I end up discussing PPE. I use Chic-Fil-A drive through as an example of how improper use of PPE can have the intended effect of calming people down. And sometimes all we need is to achieve a goal instead of actually protecting anything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

This is simply a drive by check up on my people in the field. I am giving words of encouragement, checking on how the world looks from the dash of the ambulance, and trying to bring some reality into talking about covid-19. I also end with Essential vs non-essential and how we need to stop complaining and look at the positives that we have in our lives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

The world is changing minute to minute right now. I want to hear from you what you are seeing in the streets, what you think will happen next, and bring some sensibility to the rhetoric of the Carona Virus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support

Just doing a pre-con-ed check in with everyone. I talk about the importance of good rain gear and great boots on a nasty weather day like today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/emsunderground/support