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Ep.20 Katie Contreras (@kmcontreras8) – @skinnymedic and Me – Rainy Day Paramedic Ramblings. Pt. 2 aka: “Batbelts and Bleeding Control Courses”

March 27, 2019 Chris R. Medic Up!

Part 2 with our friend from the Interwebz, Katie Contreras (kmcontreras8) Mostly, it’s a lot of Katie and Dietrich making fun of my batbelt. It’s rambling and I don’t even know why you’re listening. Come for the rambling shit talk, stay for the “self-applied-NPA” reference.

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Ep. 18 Special Forces Medic: Tyr aka Charlie Martel aka @redleader_standingby

March 8, 2019 Chris R. Medic Up!

Since starting the Medic Up! Podcast it has amazed me what you get if you just ask. I have followed @redleader_standingby since about mid-2017 when he posted a photo essay to his Instagram that depicted an elective field amputation of an Afgan national in 2003 near the Pakistan border. I was impressed by the detail in which he wrote his thoughts about the procedure and how he conducted it in a very resource-limited environment. I was more impressed how he answered questioned posed by many of his IG followers about the medicine. If there is one thing I can attest, it’s that most special forces medics are humble and nerd out over medicine and jump at the chance to pass on lessons hard learned on the battlefield or forward clinic. Mr. Martel also has a way with words. He’s a natural writer and and seems to write the most perfect prose wright when you need to hear it. So, one day I sent a DM through the GRAM and the next thing I know I’m on the phone and pressing record.

Give this episode a listen and pay close attention to his MINDSET. The episode goes off the rails at the end because I timed the interview poorly and had to leave abruptly as I noticed the time was creeping up on me and I had a previous teaching commitment oddly enough, to teach a Stop the Bleed course to local high school faculty. So, hopefully we’ll pick up where we left off if I can catch Tyr before he jetsets off to his next adventure.

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Ep. 17 Samuel & Christian Adams: Authors of “Life and Death Matters: Professionalism and Decision-Making for the First Responder; How Paramedics Act Decisively in the Chaos of Prehospital Emergency Medicine”

February 14, 2019 Chris R. Medic Up!

Today on the Medic Up! Podcast I have Christian and Samuel Adams who are identical twin brothers and that wrote a book titled: “Life and Death Matters: Professionalism and Decision-Making for the First Responder; How paramedics act decisively in the chaos of Prehospital emergency Medicine. Sam and Christian Adams are identical twin brothers. They have over 20 years of experience responding to 911 calls. They both love working as firefighter/paramedics for the Colorado Springs Fire Department and they fervently believe in providing the highest quality patient care to the citizens of Colorado Springs.

This book is a MUST READ for the paramedic student, newly certified paramedic trainee, established paramedic, paramedic student preceptor and paramedic field training officer. “Life and Death Matters..” bridges the gap between didactic knowledge taught in initial paramedic education and “real life.” Sam and Chris do an OUTSTANDING job of presenting principles to make you a better learner, leader and person! Check out the links below to visit their website and pick up a copy of their book!

Christian is a Nationally Registered and Colorado State Certified Paramedic. He is also certified in RSI. In 2012 he was honored as the Pridemark/Rural Metro Paramedic of the Year for the Denver Metro area. He was also recently awarded as the Colorado Springs Fire Department Paramedic of the Year for 2018. He is trained and has worked with the Colorado Springs Fire Department TEMS teams and currently functions as a paramedic with the city’s high angle rope rescue team. He also functions as a preceptor for CSFD.

Christian has an Associate of the Arts degree from the New Mexico Military Institute and Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Northern Colorado. When not responding to alarms, his favorite pastime is enjoying the Colorado outdoors with his wife and two boys.

Samuel Adams is a Nationally Registered and Colorado State Certified Paramedic. He is also certified in RSI. He started his career as an EMT in the Denver Metro Area. After going through paramedic school he worked in the Denver area responding to 911 calls. He is on the CSFD TEMS team for the city. His current assignment is as part of the wildland firefighting deployment team for the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

In 2017 Samuel was named Paramedic of the Year for the Colorado Springs Fire Department. Sam also serves on a paramedic advisory committee for the CSFD, which advises the EMS systems in Colorado Springs. Sam also works as a paramedic preceptor for the CSFD. He has an associate of arts degree from New Mexico Military Institute and Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Northern Colorado. His time is best spent with his wife camping in the summers and being around his two brothers.

Check out Sam & Chris’s website: Field-Medics.com

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Medic Up! Episode #8 – Clardy & Me: 2 Medics Talking – Part 1

September 19, 2018 Chris R. Medic Up!

Medic Up! Episode #8 – Clardy & Me: 2 Medics Talking – Part 1

EXACTLY 366 days since the last episode was uploaded!!!

Welcome back everyone to the Medic Up! Podcast. We took a little break there for a minute. A “hiatus” if you will. Just over 365 days since the last episode was posted. But guess what we’re back. I’d like to take a second to thank all of the local boys and girls who, over this past year, have diligently asked, “When are you going to post another episode?” Also the messages via text and social media I’ve gotten as well. Thank you all for the support, encouragement and your patience!

So, if you’ve just been filling the hours listening to other podcasts over this last year, just waiting with baited breath for the next episode of Medic Up! to show up on your podcast app, well, you dont have to wait any longer because here it is!

My good friend, “Clardy” is sitting across from me today and I’ve been waiting a long time for this to happen. We planned this over a year ago but you know it goes; people get busy, life gets in the way and before you know it, it’s 1 year later. But, here we are and this is happening now. I struggled with a theme for this but deep down I think I knew where we would end up. This is just 2 medics talking. Just like what happens when you put 2 or medics in station/post/ambulance/squad etc. They start shootin’ the shit, telling war stories, reminiscing about how it “used to be” how they came up and what keeps them going. THAT my friends is this episode.

There are a lot of names used in this episode. So many, I probably need to get release forms. I kinda wimped out and edited out a few last names only because I really didn’t know how each person would react. It’s just 2 medics talking. Talking about people, the past, the future the good the bad coming up in the job, where the job is going. We’ll talk about Clardy’s gameballs and a few other things that crossed our minds. We talked for 2/12 hrs. So this is a 2 parter. So here it is:

2 Medics Talking About Starting out, Coming Up, Gameballs and Clardy’s Dad Calls the Pope.

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Things you should know:

This episode is LONG. Longer than most EMS people’s attention spans. It’s a 2-part-er.
This episode features spicy (NSFW) language. If you like the F-word, then you’re in the right place!

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