Welcome to Episode 158 The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click here to download (Macs Ctrl Click) Subscribe with iTunes here! A podcast for EMT’s, Paramedics, and other medical providers of all kinds. Fill out the New Survey! ---------------------------- Link of the Week: MedicCast Live on Collegiate EMS Tuesday March 10, 2009, 10 PM ET ---------------------------- Sponsored by the MedicCast Extra, MedicCast Store, and Lexi-comp Extra Content for MedicCast Listeners for less than $1 per day (via monthly subscription) NREMT Study and Prep Tips All Tips and Meds segments from the MedicCast and Nursing Show as separate downloadable files Special iTunes Podcast Feed for Members — Get the segments as a podcast Extra Members-Only content added monthly Lexi-Comp, the premium provider of mobile medication reference software including new iPhone and iPod Touch apps, Lexi Tox and many other Lexi-Comp products. Visit www.Lexi.com/mediccast and sign up to win a free iPod Touch and Lexi-Comp software. --------------------------------- EMS News-- High School EMT Rises To Challenge Ambulance Costs When ERs Close Report on UK Teen's Death Leap From Ambulance Turning Off Lights and Sirens --------------------------------- Tip of the Week: Hallucinogenic Plants A ToxTidbits segment from Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center Jimsom Weed Intoxication article on EMSLive.com As students and young adults try to find ever more creative ways to get high, EMS providers like EMTs and paramedics will have to refresh their knowledge about the different behaviors in their region. This week, Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center shares her knowledge of some of the common plants used by teens to create hallucinogenic effects. Among them is one named Jimsom Weed. Follow the link above to a full article on Jimsom Weed intoxication using the link above. Whatever the plant based culprit, it will fall to the EMS provider on the scene to use some detective skills during their patient assessment to determine what the specific patient presentation might be pointing to. Relay this information to the local poison center and your online medical control service to work out a treatment plan. Some items to look for in and around the patient's location: seeds stems flower petals leaves dried plant material baggies of plant or organic materials Treat any patient with an unknown cause of altered mental status with the basics first. Follow your ABCs to treat any obvious life threats first and then try to get what info you can from bystanders or family members (if not from the patient themselves). If the patient is conscious, attempt getting a history from them but try to do so once alone in the back of the ambulance without family or police units around. The North American contact number for poison control is 1-800-222-1222. ---------------------------------- Contact the MedicCast EMS Podcast: Comment or share ideas at the MedicCast Forums forums.mediccast.com Rate the podcast at iTunes and help others find the MedicCast Visit the MedicCast Store Get the MedicCast Newsletter -- Sign up now -- it's free! Other Podcasts: MedicCast News MedicCast Live Headliner News Roundup The Nursing Show (coming soon, visit the blog now!) Contact Me! Call the Voice Mail Line -- (941) 306-3342 email me at podmedic@mac.com ——————————–---- Song this week: Great music by Johanna Stahley — Nothing I Would Change — Click here to check out other Songs from the MedicCast Network Podcasts at the iTunes Store. ————————————- Until next time, Scene safety, BSI! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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