Welcome to Episode 170 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. Get the Brand New Commercial Free Version of the MedicCast! Just $2 a month gets you enhanced podcasts, no commercials, and delivery via iTunes! Sign up now and get the first week free! ---------------------------- 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. --------------------------------- Link of the Week- Boys Life Saved by Household Drill --------------------------------- EMS News- Florida ER Texts Wait Times Computer Dispatch Errors and Stroke Patients Paramedic Patient Card Scams Hurricane Preparedness Week CPR and AED Week ---------------------------------- Tip of the Week– Ciguatera Fish Poisoning A ToxTidbits Segment with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center About Ciguatera Ciguatera fish poisoning (or ciguatera) is an illness caused by eating fish that contain toxins produced by a marine microalgae called Gambierdiscus toxicus. People who have ciguatera may experience nausea, vomiting, and neurologic symptoms such as tingling fingers or toes. They also may find that cold things feel hot and hot things feel cold. Ciguatera has no cure. Symptoms usually go away in days or weeks but can last for years. People who have ciguatera can be treated for their symptoms. Fish like barracuda, black grouper, blackfin snapper, cubera snapper, dog snapper, greater amberjack, hogfish, horse-eye jack, king mackerel, and yellowfin grouper have been known to carry ciguatoxins. Find more info for nurses and other health care providers at the CDC page on Ciguatera Fish Poisoning ---------------------------- Rate the podcast at iTunes and help others find the MedicCast Visit the MedicCast EMS Study Aids Store Get the MedicCast Newsletter -- Sign up now -- it's free! Other Podcasts: MedicCast News MedicCast Live Headliner News Roundup Contact Me! Call the Voice Mail Line -- (941) 306-3342 email me at podmedic@mac.com ——————————– Song this week: Michael Heaton’s “I Know What I Know” ————————————- 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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