podmedic

If you are interested in content on street drugs, the National Institutes of Health has a great resource site here called National Institute on Drug Abuse. There are resources there for everyone from teens and parents to medical professionals.

When I'm getting ideas together for my show each week, I take hints from stories in the news about EMS. There is usually something in the news that spurs discussion around the station. For instance, the recent death of Heath Ledger and the reports that he was "still warm". You could do a class on your DOA protocol. What should you do to verify death, when should you start CPR or not, handling DNRs, dealing with family or bystanders? Another big story recently involved the Quaid twins and an avoidable medication error - a great jumping off point for a review of med administration techniques and common errors from dosing mistakes to correct documentation of an error. Hope that helps!