Weekly Roundup - 05/09/2014

Kelly Grayson -- My Hero:
http://www.ems1.com/community-awareness/articles/1899153-True-confessions-of-a-clinically-depressed-medic/

Kelly & Chris' most recent podcast:
http://www.ems1.com/ems-education/articles/1895959-Inside-EMS-Podcast-Dogma-in-EMS-how-to-escape-violent-encounters/

Joules & Amps and that whole electricity thing I just cannot wrap my mitts around:
http://broomedocs.com/2014/05/reader-question/

Polio - it was never gone, and it's coming back:
http://www.jems.com/article/news/world-health-organization-declares-polio

Is your equipment neonate-friendly?  A baby with WPW, I would have needed a uniform change:
http://www.jems.com/article/case-month/infant-girl-s-struggle-breathe-isn-t-res

To nitro, or not -- EKG fun:
http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/Patient-Monitoring/articles/1405197-ECG-Solution-Nitroglycerin-right/

UAV's (aka "drones") used for safety.  Get used to it.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/05/05/montgomery-county-fire-department-using-drones/
(I work with a remote sensing committee and this field is changing by the day...)

Bag of chips, Hershey bar, and an IV setup, please!  Modified vending machine for supply tracking:
http://www.emsworld.com/product/11436430/vendtek-wholesale-equipment-medic-machine

Concussion or not?  App quantifies balance measurements for potential brain injury:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMaSZz2Ycdo&feature=youtu.be
http://swaymedical.com/

Wow.  And you think you work in a tough system?
http://www.vice.com/read/riding-shotgun-with-guatemala-citys-overworked-volunteer-paramedics
http://www.gilesnclarke.com/

Very powerful - Israeli Medic working to save the fallout in Syria:
http://www.jems.com/video/news/profile-israeli-medic-syrian-border

Reality TV (my not-so-secret favorite genre) NY Med:
http://www.emsworld.com/press_release/11447251/hit-tv-show-ny-med-returns-to-newyork-presbyterian-hospital

Assume you are on camera:
http://www.emsworld.com/article/11386393/video-recording-cardiac-arrest-resuscitation-scenes

Nasal Cannula Pre-Oxygenation, putting the science to what Mr. Medic always taught us:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823961?nlid=56604_1521%3Fsrc%3Dstfb