Medic Mindset
Ginger Locke is a paramedic and professor of EMS students in the US. She has long been fascinated with the inner-workings of medics' minds. In this podcast, she interviews medics face-to-face, in long, intimate format. She thoughtfully asks her guests to open up about their mindset, routines, mistakes, thought-processes, and lessons hard-learned. This is her creative outlet (art). She is on twitter @gingerlockeatx and show notes from each episode can be found at medicmindset.com.
Episodes
February 19, 2023 • 54 mins
Paramedic, Taylor Kellogg joins us. This episode is a chance to take a break from clinical learning and listen to the story of a medic who has a passion for meteorology. Wildland fires in Southern California, a thunderstorm on a goat ranch, tornadoes while on shift, flooding that brought him eye-to-eye with a snake knocking on the station door & winter storms in Central Texas. He marvels at the good & the ugly that natural disaster...
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January 9, 2023 • 59 mins
Dr. Maia Dorsett joins us again! You may remember her from the Thinking: Lift Assist episode. This time she shares what she knows about the process of death notification. It's a passion-topic for her because she knows how important these conversations are for the loved ones of patients who have died... and for us. She frames a death notification as a procedure that can be taught, learned and practiced.
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November 17, 2022 • 30 mins
Freedom House EMS is EMS' origin story. It was almost erased until Kevin Hazzard meticulously researched the story so it can sit in the forefront of our our collective consciousness.
Kevin Hazzard reads 2 chapters from his latest book, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became American's First Paramedics.
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August 21, 2022 • 67 mins
reflects on a based on a book called "" by . In this story, the characters are faced with impossible challenges inside a hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina. There are so many parallels between what they experienced and what out of hospital paramedics are presented every day. The first time I heard Kevin's voice was in 2016 when he was a guest on . They were discussing his book "1000 Naked Strangers" where he recounts mem...
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August 6, 2022 • 74 mins
How do we find our way out of this? Initial education, recruitment and retention in EMS are all in crisis. Paramedic and EMS educator, proposes an educational pathway for paramedics in this keynote lecture at the 2022 National Association of EMS Educators' Annual Symposium. Days before delivering this keynote talk, David was working with a crew to hoist people out of disastrous flooding in Kentucky. He called on those in attendanc...
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May 19, 2022 • 60 mins
I don't have favorite episodes but if I did, this would be one of them. With my girlfriend Cassi by my side, I caught up with and at a conference. It's the first ever double-date on Medic Mindset! Cassi & Kris are both paramedics. Sara and I have the perspective of the significant-other to a paramedic. We swap stories and Cassi and Kris offer up ideas about what medics need from their spouses/partners. This episode is really a gi...
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May 18, 2022 • 57 mins
This is a special cross-post with the brand new pediatric podcast from NAEMSP: The Pediatric EMS Podcast created by Drs. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann and Dr. Joseph Finney. Dr. Donofrio-Odmann has been a guest on the show previously in . Other guests in this episode are Drs. , and They've created these . While you are there subscribe to their podcast which is sure to be a hit.
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April 25, 2022 • 42 mins
These two guests are partners: a flight medic and a flight nurse. They dig into their relationship in a way that will make the listener think about their own role as a partner. We also have a chance to hear the flight medic reflect on a near-miss with a medication error, what he wished he had learned more about in paramedic school, why he isn't a firefighter and a wide range of other topics. The listener will quickly hear what I he...
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March 18, 2022 • 63 mins
White Tiger, Dr. JR Pickett is back! Previously, he has talked to us about Syncope and Shortness of Breath. This time it's all about abdominal pain. He emphasizes the history and physical exam and includes a few ultrasound nuggets. What's the difference between a thoracic aortic dissection and an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Why is abdominal pain so concerning in geriatric patients? How can you adjust your physical exam techniques to...
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February 14, 2022 • 44 mins
Ginger Locke speaks to the topic of Feedback. In this recording from University of Washington's Grand Rounds, she explains that paramedics are not getting enough feedback. She outlines theories for why it is scare, what we can do about it, and how feedback might look in the future.
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January 18, 2022 • 51 mins
Paramedic & friend, Natalie Zink and I waited over 2 years to publish this one after recording. Listen to find out why and to find out where she is now.
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December 12, 2021 • 54 mins
Critical care and flight medic, Jace Mullen and Ginger discuss all things medical and rock climbing. Topics include: The Principle of Charity in arguments, why code-switching is an essential skill of paramedics, how to be a good re-tweeter, what still scares him, how he decided to transition out of urban 911 to critical care/flight medicine and what it was like to get COVID during the first months of the pandemic. Shownotes at medi...
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September 11, 2021 • 56 mins
After seeing Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann's talk in Prodigy EMS' Refresh 2021, I knew Medic Mindset listeners needed to hear from her. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and an EMS Associate Medical Director in San Diego, CA.
In this episode of The Thinking Series, she shares her passion and expertise on the topic of Pediatric Respiratory Distress. She covers how she uses the pediatric assessment tria...
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June 8, 2021 • 35 mins
What do the greats of EMS read? EM Physician and EMS educator, Dr. Maia Dorsett shares what, when and how she reads.
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June 8, 2021 • 37 mins
What do the greats of EMS read? Paramedic Michael Herbert shares what, when and how he reads.
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June 8, 2021 • 45 mins
What do the greats of EMS read? Flight Nurse Nyssa Hattaway shares what, when and how she reads.
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June 8, 2021 • 22 mins
What's the one book you'd recommend to a brand new paramedic? 3 guests answer this one question. The guests are: Flight Nurse, Nyssa Hattaway. Paramedic, Michael Herbert. EM Physician, Dr. Maia Dorsett.
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October 26, 2020 • 32 mins
How do we let each other know that a fellow medic has died? The guest in this episode, Christa Stedman, is a Public Information Officer (PIO) for Austin-Travis County EMS. Together, we sort through her thought-process about delivering tragic news.
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August 4, 2020 • 48 mins
So thrilled to have Dr. Heidi Abraham as a guest in The Thinking Series. She discusses causes of bradycardia and the mindset needed to approach patients who are bradycardic.
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