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A Fire Medic Perspective: The top five things that Legal Counsel  wants Emergency Responders to know. Rom Duckworth and Allison Bloom discuss how we may not know what we need to know to stay on the right side of the law and sometimes what we THINK we know can get us into more trouble than what we don't. Our guest today is Allison J. Bloom of the Bloominghill Group, a consultant, coach, attorney and educator for emergency services that you may have heard present at EMS Today, EMS World and other national and regional conference events. Her articles on legal issues have appeared in numerous emergency services publications and she has worked with responders across the spectrum of public safety on the topics that affect our profession the most.    

A Fire Medic Perspective: Delivering Customer Service with Lights and Sirens. Rom Duckworth discusses how a culture of customer service can work in the real-world with retired Battalion Chief (and prolific author) Rob Avsec.

A Fire Medic Perspective: A Chief’s Challenges of Change with retired (but still incredibly active) Chief Dennis Rubin, formerly serving as Chief of Washington DC, Atalanta, GA, Norfolk, VA, and Dothan, AL Fire Departments.  

Rom Duckworth speaks with Dan Limmer about What we need to know about the EMS education transition from old standards to new ones, how to experience providers get up to speed, the difference between a refresher and the transition, and the keys to teaching critical thinking to students.

Rom Duckworth speaks with Dave Statter about first due videos, the outsider perspective of the fire service, the echo chamber effect, the videos he won’t show, and the answer to the question “When Has THAT Ever Happened in the Fire Service?”

In this episode we see “The National Fire Academy: Not Just Fire Anymore” as we talk with Michael Stern, EMS Training Specialist for the National Fire Academy.

Rom Duckworth sits down with an expert panel to ask, “The evolving relationship between EMS and their destination healthcare systems: Where are we going?”.

Rom Duckworth sits down with Author and Educator Richard Beebe to ask, “When providing initial and ongoing Fire, EMS and Emergency Services Education: how much (and what kind of) planning does it take to do it right?”

Rom Duckworth sits down with Fire / EMS advocate and Redding, CT Police Chief Doug Fuchs to discuss police, fire and EMS working together, local success and failures, how they’re representative of services across the country and how collaboration impacts safety and situational awareness.

EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: Top 5 Challenges - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . . Rom Duckworth sits down with Fire / EMS Educator and IAFF Rep Jerry Biggart to lay out the top 5 challenges facing us in 2013. . Jerry Biggart has been involved in the fire service since 1994, and is a career lieutenant and NREMT paramedic with the City of Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He is an EMS instructor/coordinator for the Milwaukee Fire Department, a fire/EMS instructor at technical colleges in southeastern Wisconsin, and a member of the Wisconsin EMS Advisory Board and chair of the EMS Education & Training Committee. Jerry is a District Field Service Representative in the IAFF's 5thDistrict, an Executive Board Member of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin overseeing education, training, and EMS, and has a Bachelor's Degree in Fire Department Management. . Our top 5 challenges? Staffing, Competition in EMS, Evidence Based Medicine, Safety and Service Beyond 911 For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast:   We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. - -

Rom Duckworth sits down with Fire / EMS Educator and IAFF Rep Jerry Biggart to lay out the top 5 challenges facing us in 2013.

Rom Duckworth talks with Brian Lilley and John Borel about Field Training Programs Done Right.

Rom Duckworth calls in live with the latest from the Fire-Based EMS Leadership Conference: Fire Rescue Med.

Rom Duckworth sits down with Capt. Jerry Myers to ask “Bloodborne Pathogens: What do we REALLY need to know?” We have to sit down every year, but what is new in 2013? Are we teaching what we are supposed to?

Join Rom Duckworth, Fire Engineering’s EMS Editor Mike McEvoy and FDIC Educator Rob Raheb live from FDIC, the Fire Department Instructors’ Conference in Indianapolis. We’ll be talking about the latest innovations and techniques being presented at the world’s largest Firefighter Training conference!

EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: Breaking Patients to Save Vehicles! - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . . Join Rom Duckworth and former firefighter, FDNY Paramedic and Emergency Response expert Robert Raheb as they discuss emergency vehicle operations and the role of simulation in fire and EMS apparatus driver education. . Robert Raheb has been in the EMS field for 31 years.  As a Firefighter in California, he became a paramedic working in NYC for 27 years and a NYS Instructor Coordinator for 21 years.  Introduced to simulation training in 2003, Rob Raheb was bit by the bug and “just got it”.  Realizing the benefits and potential training abilities this high-tech tool held, simulation training has added a new and exciting dimension to his vehicle training program and those benefits were obtained with a 38% reduction in intersection collisions within the first year and a steady decline every year since For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast:   We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. - -

  EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: Breaking Patients to Save Vehicles! - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . .   Rom Duckworth and rescue specialist Eric Rickenbach discuss the focus on "saving vehicles", circumstances where you may cut apart an undamaged vehicle to remove a patient, integrating patient care into rescue operations and training and much, much more. For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast:   We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. - -

  EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: C-Spine Weapon of Choice. - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . . Sit down with Jon Politis as he talks with Rom Duckworth about what lead us to the use of spinal torture devices and what the science has to say about it. Essential listening for anyone who wants to make a case for the removal of the long spine board as the weapon of choice for spinal stabilization. For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast:   We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. - -

  EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: Emergency Education "Mash-Ups". - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . . Join Rom Duckworth and Greg Friese as they discuss the use of web-content "Mash-Ups" to provide interesting and engaging continuing education programs for emergency responders without reinventing the wheel! . - For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast:   We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. - -

  EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: How can we overcome challenges in implementing CHANGE in Emergency Services? - A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests' weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective. . .   Join Rom Duckworth and guest IAFC EMS Section Chief Gary Ludwig as he shares his Fire Medic Perspective on the challenges of implementing change in emergency services. As always a great call and questions from the chat room keep us on our toes! For News, Interviews and Tips You Can Use subscribe to the RescueDigest Podcast: We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to rate us 5 stars on iTunes. - Find an Archive of all of our previous Podcasts HERE. -