Medic One - Seattle Fire Department with Andrew Latimer

In this conversation I talk with Andrew Latimer. Andrew is an
Acting Assistant Professor in the the Department of Emergency
Medicine. He is involved with quality improvement, education, and
clinical and operations research in Emergency Medical Services
including involvement with Seattle Fire Medic One, King County
EMS, and Airlift Northwest. His research interests are in the
pre-hospital care of critically ill and injured patients,
pre-hospital airway management, and air medical retrieval
medicine.


In this episode we look at the concepts of 'measure and improve'
which have proven to make Seattle one of the world's leading
institutions on cardiac arrest survival.  Their main domains
of practice around out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and advanced
airway management (inclusive of drug-assisted intubation).


The Medic One Program began in 1970 when the first group of
firefighters were trained as paramedics in cooperation with
Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington. Since
then, the Medic One Program has gained notoriety due to the
training and pre-hospital emergency patient care paramedics
deliver within the community. Medic One provides the community
with Advanced Life Support (ALS) activities that, in the past,
could only be performed by physicians. In addition to responding
to medical emergencies, medic units respond to all working fires,
hazardous materials and rescue responses.


I hope you enjoy this episode with a fascinating clinician &
individual.