But Why EMS Podcast
But Why EMS Podcast
Hawnwan Moy
Our mission is to provide education to the EMS practitioner who is always asking "but, why" using physician-level expert commentary, queries from paramedics, and some good old fashioned humor. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute providing medical advice or professional services. All information is meant for use by healthcare workers and not the general public.
Episode 37: Artificial Intelligence and EMS
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! This episode is brought to you by Eolas Medical.  General Devices is the one-stop app for healthcare professionals.  The Eolas platform is a mobile-first file-sharing and communications platform designed specifically for frontline clinical staff. It's built for clinicians, by clinicians and our mission is to connect healthcare professionals with the information they need at the bedside super-fast and super-easily Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here whether you like it or not.  On the one hand, AI evokes nefarious images of Skynet from the Terminator movies.  On the other hand, our conversation with United Kingdom cardiologist, self-proclaimed tech nerd, and Chief Scientific Officer with Eolas Medical reassures us that AI is not as threatening as Hollywood would have us believe.   In this upcoming episode, the But Why EMS podcast hosts interview Robert Brisk MD Chief Scientific Officer with Eolas Medical Click here to download it today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
Mar 6, 2024
1 hr 7 min
Episode 36:  There is no job too small
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners!  Disaster medicine is a unique field of prehospital medicine.  Planning for a possible disaster is one thing, but preparation goes out the window when it happens in real life.  In this episode we interview Dr. Joshua Stilley FAEMS Chief of Division of EMS at the University of Missouri Medical Director of Chariton County EMS about lessons learned at a train derailment disaster. Click here to download it today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher    
Aug 31, 2023
46 min
Ep. 35: What's in the Box?!?!?
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   Hello But Why EMS podcast listeners!  Have you ever seen the quarterback of a professional football game review videos of the last play in real-time?   The act of reviewing your actions with the intent of figuring out what you can improve upon is the key to improvement.  What if we can do that with our intubations?  In this episode, we talk with Dr. Brian Miller as he shares his experience and lessons learned when his EMS system recorded intubation attempts. Dr. Brian Miller  Emergency Physician/EMS Physician Associate Assistant Medical Director for MedStar Mobile Healthcare Deputy Medical Director of Dallas Fire Rescue Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at UTSW Click here to download it today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher  
Jul 31, 2023
42 min
Episode 34: What we have here is a failure to communicate...
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! This episode is brought to you by General Devices.  General Devices is a health tech company specializing in communication solutions that help EMS and hospitals deliver simply seamless patient care. Don't you love having dropped calls when signing out a patient?  Isn't it fun repeating your sign-out over and over?  How about explaining your EKG findings over the phone? Welcome to communication in EMS :).  On top of everything else, communication between the prehospital and in-hospital world is complicated by technical glitches and multiple healthcare clinicians.   In this upcoming episode, the But Why EMS podcast hosts interview Kayla Jacquez FF-P Paramedic & Regional Manager for General Devices Click here to download it today! Click here for the Prehospital Emergency Care Journal Manuscript: "Impact of a Standardized EMS Handoff Tool on Inpatient Medical Record Documentation at a Level 1 Trauma Center" Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher    
Jun 30, 2023
1 hr 13 min
Episode 34: What we have here is a failure to communicate...
This episode is brought to you by General Devices.  General Devices is a health tech company specializing in communication solutions that help EMS and hospitals deliver simply seamless patient care. Don't you love having dropped calls when signing out a patient?  Isn't it fun repeating your sign-out over and over?  How about explaining your EKG findings over the phone? Welcome to communication in EMS :).  On top of everything else, communication between the prehospital and in-hospital world is complicated by technical glitches and multiple healthcare clinicians.   In this upcoming episode, the But Why EMS podcast hosts talk with a fellow paramedic and Regional Manager for General Devices, Kayla Jacquez, talk about prehospital communication with hospitals and what we can do about it.  Brought to you by General Devices, the creators of e-Bridge, a communication platform for prehospital and in-hospital clinicians, get ready for Episode 34 of the But Why EMS podcast to be released THIS Friday 6/30/23 at NOON.   Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
Jun 28, 2023
1 min
Ep. 33 Working in the Crossroads of medicine
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real time, Happy EMS Week you prehospital studs!!! We've all heard of the law EMTALA or otherwise known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.  But how does this law affect what we do in the world of EMS?  We know it's usually hospitals who are liable…not EMS systems...right!?!?!?  Maybe not!  Little do you know, that EMS systems can be liable.  Why do you ask?  Well in this episode of the But Why EMS podcast, the team explores what EMTALA is and how it affects your everyday practice of Prehospital Medicine.  We're joined by our special guest.  Hashim Zaidi MD (Right) @hashimzMD Medical Director and Emergency Physician in Houston Texas Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
May 26, 2023
51 min
Ep. 32: The Better Angels of our Nature: Trauma Informed Consent
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time,   While we in EMS LOVE new shiny toys or flashy treatments that were only used in the hospital, some patient treatments require us to take a step back and see our patients as more than just that traumatic accident.  Enter Trauma Informed Care, which is a way to treat our patients not only with their immediate medical needs but a way to prevent the long-lasting effects of trauma.  This requires us to take a step back and see trauma in all its forms and treat our patients by the better angels of our nature.  To understand this further, the But Why EMS team interviews:     Dr. Lekshmi Kumar Emergency Medicine, EMS Physician, and Medical Director of Grady EMS    Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher  
Apr 28, 2023
51 min
Ep. 31 Servant Leadership in MIH
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real time, Hello, But Why EMS Podcast listeners!  What do Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have in common?  They're both NOT servant leaders.  What are servant leaders you ask? And what does this have to do with EMS?  Well check out this episode of the But Why EMS podcast to hear Dr. Phil and Gina talk with MIH guests: Dr. Melissa Kroll Jennifer Rieker, Paramedic, Community Paramedic Jane Reilly BA, NRP, FP-C, CP  Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito NRP John Reagan NRP Paul Schuler NRP Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
Mar 31, 2023
1 hr 8 min
Episode 30: Ego is the Enemy
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, Happy New Year But Why EMS Podcast listeners!  And with a new year comes the promise to become a better you personally and professionally.  So let's start with changing our mindset when it comes to education.  In this episode, we have our But Why crew, Gina, Paul Schuler, and I talking with our special guest:   Elizabeth Kendrick NREMTP about how amazing paramedics can be as healthcare clinicians, but how paramedics get in their own way when it comes to improving themselves.    Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito EMT-P John Reagan EMT-P Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
Feb 27, 2023
59 min
Ep. 29: Finding water in the Desert
For paramedics, click HERE for CAPCE credit! Brought to you by Urgent Admin which is an intuitive one-touch solution that connects in-field clinicians and medical directors in real-time, In the current state of affairs and the decreasing number of OB/GYN specialists in our communities, EMS will endure long transports of high-risk OB to tertiary care facilities.  As a prehospital clinician, you will be the one caring for these sick OB patient(s).  Are you ready?  To help you prepare, the But Why EMS podcast team discusses high-risk OB pathologies with our content expert Dr. Karin Fox, OB/GYN, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and EMS Physician at Texas Children's Hospital   Click here to check it out today! Thank you for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD  Gina Pellerito EMT-P John Reagan EMT-P Please subscribe and review our podcasts on: Apple Amazon Google Podcast Stitcher
Dec 26, 2022
58 min
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