NAEMT Radio
The official podcast of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) NAEMT is the only national association representing the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, and other professionals providing prehospital and out-of-hospital emergent, urgent or preventive medical care. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government service agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military. NAEMT serves its members by advocating on issues that impact their ability to provide quality patient care, providing high quality education that improves the knowledge and skills of practitioners, and supporting EMS research and innovation.
Episodes
NAEMT Radio - EMS for Children (A EMS Week Special Edition)
Within EMS Week 2023, Wednesday, May 24: EMS for Children Day and in this EMS Week special episode, Rob Lawrence talks to Mark Cicero, MD, associate professor in the section of pediatric emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and an attending physician at the Yale-New Haven's Children's Hospital Emergency Department.Dr. Cicero discusses pediatric disaster medic...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio we welcome David Page, director of the Prehospital Care Research Forum at the University of California, and man about the international EMS Town!. Dave discusses why and how to get into research and highlights opportunities to research and present research. Rob and Dave also discuss what constitutes good research as well as what doesn’t! David highlights some of his favorite recent research papers an...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio we examine the careers of two NAEMT Members, Karen L. Larsen, a Nurse Practitioner for both St. Luke Hospital & Living Center and StatCare of Kansas and Brian Stennett, Firefighter/Paramedic for the Village of Palatine Fire Department (Palatine, IL). Both Karen and Brian both exemplify outstanding professionalism in our profession and their share their thoughts about professionalism and leadership. N...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio we discuss the 2023 NAEMT EMS Economic and Operational Models Survey with NAEMT Member at Large, Matt Zavadsky, Chief Transformation Officer for MedStar Mobile Healthcare in Fort Worth, TX.
The pandemic and EMS workforce shortage have forced EMS leaders to re-imagine their current economic and service delivery models without sacrificing patient care. In October 2022, NAEMT conducted a survey to gathe...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio, we take the opportunity to hear about the legislative agenda of not only NAEMT, but other national associations as they joined together in Washington DC in March for EMS on the Hill. NAEMT Radio is hosted by NAEMT Member and Lighthouse Leadership Mentor - Rob Lawrence and the podcast uses the voices of NAEMT members, recorded on the day on Capitol Hill including President Susan Bailey, President Elec...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio we talk to reducing Lights and Sirens (L&S) with NAEMT’s Medical Director Douglas F. Kupas, MD, EMT-P, FAEMS, FACEP. In early 2022, 14 international EMS, patient safety, quality and fire associations released a joint position statement encouraging EMS systems to reduce the incidence of L&S vehicle operations. This represents a significant alignment by these associations on the risks and benefits of L&...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio discuss the EMS Lighthouse Leadership Program with David Edgar, Director, Region III and Rommie Duckworth, Director, Region I. Both Dave and Rom are involved with the program and are actively mentoring the first cohort (Class of 2022). NAEMT Radio is hosted by NAEMT Member and Lighthouse Leadership Mentor - Rob Lawrence.
About the Program
James O. Page, the founding father of modern EMS in the United ...
In this edition of NAEMT Radio we discuss the 2022 National Report on Engagement and Satisfaction in EMS Worker Engagement Survey with Rob Luckritz, EMS Chief of the Austin-Travis County EMS System and Matt Zavadsky, Chief Transformation Officer for MedStar Mobile Healthcare in Fort Worth, TX.
The Discussion covers the survey findings including - The Impact of Employee Satisfaction and Engagement, Pay in EMS, Job Satisfaction in EM...
In this episode of NAEMT Radio, NAEMT President Elect, Chris Way and Region II Director, Juan Cardona join Rob Lawrence to discuss Advocacy. The guests identify why advocacy is important to the future of EMS at the local, state and federal levels.
In the second half of the podcast, the discussion turns to the upcoming EMS on the Hill (EMSOTH) Day event, taking place on Thursday, March 30, 2023 (briefing: evening on March 29) at ...
Welcome to Episode 1 of NAEMT Radio - the official podcast of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians!
We begin with a warm welcome from NAEMT President, Susan Bailey who introduces herself and provides an overview of upcoming NAEMT events which include:
EMS ON THE HILL www.naemt.org/events/ems-on-the-hill-day
Advocacy is core to NAEMT’s mission. EMS on the Hill is on March 29 and 30. We encourage everyone to at...
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