EMS Magazine Monthly Preview November ‘07
Editor Nancy Perry discusses the topics in this month’s issue, including infection control and meth lab response.
EMS Magazine Monthly Insider, November ‘07
Rob Curran
Rob is a pathophysiology instructor for the State University of New York’s Downstate Medical Center as well as a human anatomy instructor at Brooklyn College, and in this podcast he explains how EMS responders can benefit from additional knowledge of cardiac anatomy.
“… In New York City we get a lot of calls for people who say they have heart murmurs, or we go to children and mom says they have a hole in their heart,” Rob says. “The look on my colleague’s face goes immediately pale and they have no idea what’s going on, and they’re calling for backup.”
Patients and paramedics alike are throwing around more medical terms these days, and some additional cardiac knowledge will help EMTs understand more about what they’re seeing on the street, Rob says.
He provides this information in an approachable manner for all levels of EMS responders in his November article, Straight to the Heart, a primer in cardiac anatomy for field clinical operations.
In this podcast Rob also discusses the very personal story of how he was hit by a car when he was in sixth grade, leading to his interest in medicine and rescue at a young age.
Look for Straight to the Heart in your November issue of EMS Magazine or online.