Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Phil Moy & John Wilmas

When our team is dispatched in the middle of the night to a hospital that almost never calls them requesting air transport for a case of an obstructed airway that doesn't, at first blush, seem like it warrants it, our team approaches with caution and curiosity. When they arrive, something doesn't add up and they first opt to phone the on-call doctor to explain the situation, and then dig deep into their bag of tricks - a la famous, resourceful TV character MacGyver - to improvise a unique solution. 
 
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We are joined by:

 

 
Robert Pringle, MD
 

 
Jamie Hogue, MSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, CFRN 
 

 
Greg Denz - NRP, FP-C, BS 

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As always thanks for listening and fly safe!
Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS

Any pediatric case comes with a higher degree of tension due to a variety of factors including compensatory responses to distress leading to a precarious "cliff" when those compensatory efforts cease. When our team is dispatched to a 5 year-old child struggling to breathe, yet still shows strong vital signs, how will the AMPED team respond? This episode discusses at great length understanding that even though we should strive for perfection in every action we take, sometimes "good" is good enough because recovery is a long road and there are skilled and caring teams awaiting us when we hand off our patients. 
 
Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit OnlineAscend.com to learn more. Listeners can purchase individual episode credits or subscribe to the Critical Care Review Bundle and gain access to all episode CE Credits. 
 
We are joined by:

 

 
Danica Mainridge RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN
 

 
Kevin Dominic NRP, FP-C

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Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS

By necessity, our teams are dispatched to most extreme, most rare, most complex, and sometimes most hopeless-seeming cases any patient could ever experience. It would be easy to look at certain cases - like say, a man whose legs are stuck in a concrete augur on a precarious platform with injuries that are intermingled and devastating - and assess that he's not going to make it. Our Air Methods team uses creativity, determination, skill and compassion to exhaust every possible method to help our patients achieve even the slimmest possibility of survival. This month's story is one such story of going the distance no matter what. 
 
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We are joined by:

 

 
Sarah Padesky RN, BSN, CCRN, CFRN
 

 
Caitlyn Binz RN


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Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS

When an infant patient faces seemingly insurmountable odds over the course of several hours, one of our clinicians suffers a mental health breakdown over the ensuing shifts, days and weeks. Thankfully her team recognized changes in her behavior and mood and offered abundant help. This episode covers not only the case involving the infant patient, but the aftermath and care for our clinicians. If you, or someone you work with, is struggling with your mental health, please reach out to Shatterproof, part of FHE Health on the web or at (833) 591-1536.
 
Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit OnlineAscend.com to learn more. Listeners can purchase individual episode credits or subscribe to the Critical Care Review Bundle and gain access to all episode CE Credits. 
 
We are joined by:

 

 
Christa Tribble RN
Flight Nurse Air Methods

 

 
Alex Menas
Outreach Coordinator for Shatterproof
 


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Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS

Our profession requires extensive and exhaustive training. Much of it can seem esoteric and possibly unnecessary at the time, but we train on all of these things for a reason. When our team comes upon a severely burned patient, they extent of the burns causes a melange of difficulties. Could an obscure, and rarely used, procedure ultimately help and provide the patient more time? The AMPED team discusses this little-used technique and we discuss the importance of remaining familiar with the abundance of techniques and treatments we learn during our training.
 
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We are joined by:

 

 
Chase Niewoehner RN, BSN, CFRN, CCRN-CMC, CES-A
 
Lindsey Greenfield

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As always thanks for listening and fly safe!
Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS

As first responders, the odds of patient survival are not always in our favor. But that does not stop us from working quickly to provide the highest level of care for the chances of defying those odds. In this episode, a 10 year-old boy wrecks on his bicycle, a fairly common occurrence and one that rarely requires air transport, yet when our team arrives on scene, his vitals crash in front of their very eyes. What's going on? And what actions do they take to save his life? An inspirational, harrowing and odds-defying episode of AMPED awaits you this holiday season.
 
Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit OnlineAscend.com to learn more. Listeners can purchase individual episode credits or subscribe to the Critical Care Review Bundle and gain access to all episode CE Credits. 
 
We are joined by:

 

 
Zachary Fica, MD

 

Amy Marquez, RN, Air Methods Flight Nurse (pictured with Declan, our patient)
 

 
Mercy Air Team
 

 
Chris (our patient's father) and Declan (our patient)



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As always thanks for listening and fly safe!
Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS