*** April is Autism Awareness Month *** In today's episode, we will speak Karin Pettinger/Virginia Beach EMS about the possible challenges for treating patients on the Autism Spectrum. She is an instruction supervisor and certified paramedic who is also the mother of two children who are on the autism spectrum.
Apr 13, 2021
25 min
In today's episode, we are going to be learning more about the important role the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System or HRMMRS plays in the Tidewater EMS Council. HRMMRS supports and enhances Hampton Roads public safety, hospitals, public health and emergency management response capabilities to manage mass casualty incidents. HRMMRS allows the region as a whole to collaborate and coordinate the support needed as one large unit rather than individual agencies trying to figure it out on their own. Joining us to talk more about the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System are David Long the Executive Director of the Tidewater EMS Council and Stephanie Hackett the HRMMRS program coordinator.
Mar 24, 2021
21 min
Joining the podcast today is Amy Green, Medically Vulnerable Population Coordinator with the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition to discuss the role that EVHC plays with long term care facilities. EVHC helps care for our community before, during and after an emergency and is there to help prepare, support and follow up with healthcare providers and organizations in our region. #TEMS
Mar 9, 2021
15 min
Project Nitrous is the focus in Episode 4/Opioid Use Disorders Series - today's conversation wraps up the series with information about this new program to help prevent opioid addiction which will begin soon in Portsmouth, VA. Guest: Dr Donald Byars, Operational Medical Director of Portsmouth Fire/EMS Emergency Medicine.
Feb 23, 2021
17 min
Today we are continuing our special series talking about a growing problem not just in our community but around the country, opioid addiction. According to 2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 128 people in the United States die everyday after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that affects public health. We are on the third part of our four part series and our guest today is Dr. Ben Fickenscher, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, who is working to try and help people who suffer with Opioid Use Disorder through the PROUD (Prevention and Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder) Program.
Feb 9, 2021
28 min
Opioid Use Disorders series continues with a new episode in which our guest shares an inside perspective on what it is like to be addicted to opioids and what helped her. Don't miss the information provided in this special series!
Jan 26, 2021
20 min
Today's episode is the first in the new Opioid Use Disorder series and features a conversation with Paul Brasler, Behavioral Health Addiction Specialist with Va's Dept of Medical Assistance Services. Please listen to this insightful conversation and share this important information.
Jan 12, 2021
23 min
In this episode: a conversation about the role that EVHC plays with dialysis centers in our region - special guest: Glenda James, Director of Operations/Fresenius Kidney Care and EVHC Board Member.
Dec 22, 2020
16 min
On today's episode of TEMS Time are three men who each have ascended to significant leadership roles in our region... and all three of them started working with the Chesapeake Fire Department on the same day... July 18th, 1994. Joining us are Deputy Chief Thomas Green, Virginia Beach Dept of EMS, James Reynolds (J.R.), Chief Medical Officer, Chesapeake Fire Dept, and David Long, Executive Director, TEMS, with special comments from Chief Ed Elliott, Chesapeake Fire Department.
Dec 8, 2020
45 min
Joining us in this episode to talk more about the collaborative role that the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition plays in our community is Donna Marchant-Roof, a TEMS Board member who also serves on the EVHC Board. Donna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Managing Director of Healthcare at Atlantic Shores Retirement Community in Virginia Beach. EVHC includes acute care hospitals, public health, veterans affairs facilities, military treatment facilities, long term care facilities as well as other healthcare providers and organizations. Today we are specifically looking into the role that EVHC plays with long term care facilities.
Nov 24, 2020
15 min
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