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Welcome to the Rotor Wash Podcast brought to you by the ECHO HeliOps Team! The goal of our podcast is to better public safety aviation through education, training, collaboration & networking opportunities, collaboration with programs / agencies by sharing information on the podcast across disciplines without cost to our members. Rotor Wash episodes will feature industry specific topics as they relate to flight crew personnel who support our community. We will discuss vital information and solutions, keeping the ECHO community at the very core of what we bring to the table.

Latest Episodes:

Deviant Behavior Aug 21, 2019

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This week we again head back to wild and wonderful West Virginia and Camp ECHO to hear Joey Loehner of Humboldt General Hospital present on the normalization of deviance and safety in our industry. Joey says he believes that everyone comes out of flight academy 110% focused on safety and for our first few flights we all take the extra 30 seconds, to double and triple-check everything but what do we do after 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, or 10 years? Joey addresses dealing with the issues of overcoming complacency and developing a safety mindset within your team.

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Future Flight Crew: Leading A Legacy Aug 05, 2019

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In this episode, we are joined by the new ECHO Future Flight Crew Director, Shane Turner and the new ECHO Future Flight Crew Medical Director, Dan Rauh. Shane and Dan take some time to talk about the exciting times ahead for the FFC and make a big announcement for folks who want to step up and become Mentors for FFC students. Check out the website to apply to become a FFC Mentor in the fastest-moving group of experts in the HEMS industry.

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CampECHO Critical Care Panel, Part 2 Jul 31, 2019

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Today we head back to Camp ECHO for the second half of the Critical Care Panel. The Camp ECHO panel was one of our largest and most diverse to date and we were thrilled to have such amazing panel members join us.

In this second installment, the panel discusses how to deal with a hemodynamically unstable trauma patient, fluid resuscitation, airway management and utilizing TXA. After the panel concludes, we continue the discussion over some drinks and bring you with us!

A huge thank you to all of the panel members.

Dr. Philip Nawrocki of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Lewis Rubinson of R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Dan Rauh, CRNP of University of Cincinnati Aircare

Dr. Ben Lawner of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Shaun Patterson of Hackensack Meridian Health

Dr. Matthew Poremba of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Mike Peterson of Healthnet Aeromedical Services

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Camp ECHO Critical Care Panel, Part 1 Jul 24, 2019

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Today we once again head back to Camp ECHO for the first half of the Critical Care Panel. The Camp ECHO panel was one of our largest and most diverse to date and we were thrilled to have such amazing panel members join us.

In this first installment the panel discusses how to deal with a difficult "sending doc", is there ever a patient that is too sick for transport, airway management in the hemodynamically unstable patient, goal of resuscitation, and the nuance managing the acutely ill patient.

A huge thank you to all of the panel members.

Dr. Philip Nawrocki of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Lewis Rubinson of R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Dan Rauh, CRNP of University of Cincinnati Aircare

Dr. Ben Lawner of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Shaun Patterson of Hackensack Meridian Health

Dr. Matthew Poremba of Allegheny LifeFlight

Dr. Mike Peterson of Healthnet Aeromedical Services

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Two doctors, a paramedic, and a nurse walk in to a bar Jul 15, 2019

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Today we hear an interview that was done during Camp ECHO with two physicians who have been helping with ECHO since its inception. Dr. Lewis Rubinson of the University of Maryland Medical Center and Dr. Ben Lawner of the Allegheny Health Network. Both these gentlemen have been big supporters of ECHO and we get a chance to talk candidly to them over a few beers about why the have chosen to support ECHO, what they see as the future of HEMS, and Prehospital medicine.

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Under Pressor- Providing a Clear Path to Pressor Administration Jul 08, 2019

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This week we head back to Camp ECHO to hear flight medic Josh Piotrowski of Erlanger LifeForce. Josh provides a clear and precise outline to confidently answer the old adage of "right patient, right drug". Every patient is different and no patient deserves a "same pressor, every time" approach to hypotensive treatment. Josh wants all of us to be better providers and be critical care ready.

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Evidence-based Resuscitation in 2019 Jul 02, 2019

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Today we again head back to Camp ECHO in WV to hear Flight Nurse Practitioner Jacob Miller from the Cleveland Clinic discuss the latest evidence on all things resuscitation.

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"Go around"- Orienting Others For Success Jun 24, 2019

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Today we are doing a "Go Around" and revisiting one of our earliest podcasts. We plan to do this from time to time with content that is timely and worth highlighting. This interview with Fred Jeffries a clinical educator and flight paramedic with Boston Medflight is one of our favorite interviews we have ever done.

Fred discusses key components for orientation and continuing education as it relates to flight crew personnel. Fred brings an extensive background to the table when it comes to clinical education and has a true passion for it and we are thrilled to have been able to interview him about this always important topic.

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Vasopressors and Blood Jun 17, 2019

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Today we have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Phil Nawrocki and Dr. Matt Poremba of Alleghany LifeFlight in western Pennsylvania. Dr. Nawrocki is the lead author on a recently released study on the use of push dose epinephrine with their flight team. We get a chance to discusses what they found during the study, why they chose epinephrine and how they encourage their crews to employ it push dose Epi.

Additionally get a chance to discussed LifeFlight's use of whole blood as a follow up to Dr. Poremba's #CampECHO talk which was recently released here on the Rotor Wash Podcast (http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/9741833).

Articles discussed in the episode:

Philip Stuart Nawrocki, Matthew Poremba & Benjamin James Lawner (2019) Push Dose Epinephrine Use in the Management of Hypotension During Critical Care Transport, Prehospital Emergency Care, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1588443

Francis Xavier Guyette, Christian Martin-Gill, Gabriela Galli, Neal McQuaid & Jonathan Elmer (2019) Bolus Dose Epinephrine Improves Blood Pressure but is Associated with Increased Mortality in Critical Care Transport, Prehospital Emergency Care, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1593564

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CampECHO Talk - Flight Nurse Robin House Jun 10, 2019

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We again head back to Camp to hear Flight Nurse Robin House's talk on toxicology in the HEMS environment. Robin offers a down and dirty look at some the most common toxicology emergencies we could potentially face and how best to manage them in the pre-hospital environment.

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