Pj Medcast

Happy New Year That Others May Live

I have heard some honest discussions from Operators who prioritized Career over Fatherhood. You can do both, it just has to be a conscious effort. Marcus is doing research and creating a practice to coach men how to be better Dads. This is a phenomenal idea, parenting does not always come naturally, and having a coach may be just the answer. In this 2 part discussion Marcus addresses: 1. Creating a Dad-Identity- seeing yourself as a Dad; understanding the importance of the role. 2. Consistency- discipline, routines, keeping promises. 3. Importance of play. 4. Not perfect, PRESENT-putting Dad time on the schedule; focusing attention on them; listening. Holiday season is an important time to reflect on family, and what we can re commit ourselves to. I hope this is meaningful during this time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.    

This is a real and meaningful discussion by a Doc with significant Role 1 and Role 2 experience, as well as many years training PJs in ST and RQ. The value of this podcasts for PJs, Medics and Corpsmen is exceptional. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

Doc Givens is an Army Emergency Medicine Doc with fellowships in Toxicology and Sports Medicine. Also deployed as an EM Doc and has served as a Med Director for operational units.  She recently become the Executive Director of CHAMP- the Center for Health and Military Performance at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda. This is the human performance arm of our nation's military med school, and center of policy for many mil performance programs. in this episode we discuss what is known and unknown in recovery from training. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

I learned a lot from Winn and think you will too- TOML

Winn is one of the DODs most experienced operational medical educators. Hear lessons learned, thoughts on optimizing training and learning and more in this wide ranging and insightful discussion from one of our SF Brothers. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

CSAR response to poly trauma patient four injured extremities in shock. Key point- Iliac crest IO is an option for whole blood transfusion in a poly trauma patient without peripheral access. This is the first documented case in the mil prehospital setting. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE  

Comm with pjmedcourse@gmail.com to sign up and get more info for operationally focused paramedic recerts, with an emphasis on experiential training including labs taught by trauma surgeons, PFC training, TCCC scenarios, and real world lessons learned.

Dr Lim from SKRATCH LABS talks about overtraining. This is an insidious syndrome from doing too much and not recovering enough. It is complex, can take 2-4 weeks to recover from, and is all too common. Avoiding overtraining along with reducing injuries from training is one of the reasons we need coaches, very few people can coach themselves when training hard and operating harder! THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

This is one of the most insightful and thoughtful discussions I have  had the privilege to be part of. It includes perspectives from the ST side of the house that give perspective and consideration for future directions. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

A NY PJ discusses the local response.

This is an exceptional discussion from  the FDNY EMS Med Director on scene, roving CCPs, loss of C2, the human toll in the middle of it all, losing his senior enlisted, and getting knocked out by the blast wave from the second collapse, regrouping and finding work. One of the many heroes, thousands of them from 11 SEP 2001. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

Steve retired as an FDNY Captain and was a responder for 3 months on the pile. Steve talks about first hearing about the attack and scrambling to get to his firehose ,and then get to the site. Everything from the emotions, discussion of response the massive structural collapse, and looking for work. I am proud to introduce you to my friend and retired FDNY Captain. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE

The 106th Rescue Wing is on Long Island. Many of our Guardsmen are NYC Firefighters and Police Officers. In this series we will hear from New Yorkers who responded to the attacks here in New York. All of this on the backdrop of the news of the last few weeks. From our FDNY, NYPD, EMS first responders, and our citizens who perished in the attack,  to our Marines we recently lost, I hope we will honor and remember all Americans and partner forces who have made sacrifices during GWOT. THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE