Guest: <a href= "https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112361444-maia-dorsett">Dr. Maia Dorsett</a> <a href="https://www.prodigyems.com">CE for this episode</a> <a href= "https://medicmindset.com/2025/11/09/thinking-vomiting/">Show Notes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Guest: &lt;a href= "https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112361444-maia-dorsett"&gt;Dr. Maia Dorsett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.prodigyems.com"&gt;CE for this episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://medicmindset.com/2025/11/09/thinking-vomiting/"&gt;Show Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Thinking: Vomiting

This episode is an open-access recording of educational content from a <a href= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview"> Prodigy EMS course</a> which reviews a case of an undifferentiated critical pediatric patient. Prodigy's Director of Critical Care, <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sodonnell91/">Shane O'Donnell</a> interviews <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-harris-ba5b7393/" data-type= "link" data-id= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-harris-ba5b7393/">Dr. Matthew Harris</a>. You are requested to transfer an intubated two-year-old. Thoughts go racing through your mind before the dispatcher finishes reading the information. What diseases can I expect? How do I ventilate this child? What medications should I prepare? To watch the video of the interview and receive CE, visit <a href= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview" data-type="link" data-id= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview"> Prodigy EMS</a>. <a href= "https://medicmindset.com/2025/05/27/the-critical-pediatric-a-prodigy-ems-collaboration/"> Show Notes</a> Contact Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com

<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode is an open-access recording of educational content from a &lt;a href= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview"&gt; Prodigy EMS course&lt;/a&gt; which reviews a case of an &lt;strong&gt;undifferentiated critical pediatric patient&lt;/strong&gt;. Prodigy's Director of Critical Care, &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sodonnell91/"&gt;Shane O'Donnell&lt;/a&gt; interviews &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-harris-ba5b7393/" data-type= "link" data-id= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-harris-ba5b7393/"&gt;Dr. Matthew Harris&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You are requested to transfer an intubated two-year-old. Thoughts go racing through your mind before the dispatcher finishes reading the information. &lt;strong&gt;What diseases can I expect?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;How do I ventilate this child? What medications should I prepare?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To watch the video of the interview and receive CE, visit &lt;a href= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview" data-type="link" data-id= "https://frontend.prodigyems.com/class/9E290D4B-11E6-4D8F-AD69-81C5C85A88AE?tab=overview"&gt; Prodigy EMS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://medicmindset.com/2025/05/27/the-critical-pediatric-a-prodigy-ems-collaboration/"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Show Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Critical Pediatric - A Prodigy EMS Collab

Dr. Faroukh Mehkri walks us through a mindset reframe for the undifferentiated crashing patient. He theorizes that the pervasive language of "stay and play" versus "load and go" has conditioned and narrowed our thinking. Dr. Mehkri describes the evidence-based, predictable and preventable pattern of patients going into cardiac arrest in the early phase of a call when the patient has been physically moved to the ambulance too early. He says there's still a place for the "load and go" mindset but that there are also many occasions with the very sick patient where it would be more appropriate to start with a mindset of "stay and stabilize" before patient movement. Wherever you find your critical crashing patient, start where you stand and stabilize them there. <a href= "https://medicmindset.com">https://medicmindset.com</a> <a title="Instagram" href= "https://www.instagram.com/medicmindsetpodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> Contact Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com

<description>&lt;p&gt;Dr. Faroukh Mehkri walks us through a mindset reframe for the undifferentiated crashing patient. He theorizes that the pervasive language of "stay and play" versus "load and go" has conditioned and narrowed our thinking. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dr. Mehkri describes the evidence-based, predictable and preventable pattern of patients going into cardiac arrest in the early phase of a call when the patient has been physically moved to the ambulance too early.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;He says there's still a place for the "load and go" mindset but that there are also many occasions with the very sick patient where it would be more appropriate to start with a mindset of "stay and stabilize" before patient movement. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wherever you find your critical crashing patient, start where you stand and stabilize them there.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://medicmindset.com"&gt;https://medicmindset.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Instagram" href= "https://www.instagram.com/medicmindsetpodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Start where you stand.

<a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alex-sandy-macquarrie-phd-30723426/" data-type="link" data-id= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alex-sandy-macquarrie-phd-30723426/"> Alex (Sandy) MacQuarrie</a>, PhD and Paramedic, reflects on his move from Canada to Australia, principles of simulation in medical education & his personal experience with cardiac arrest. Show notes at <a href= "https://medicmindset.com">medicmindset.com</a> Connect with Ginger: <a href= "mailto:ginger@medicmindset.com">ginger@medicmindset.com</a> Connect with Sandy: <a href= "https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au">https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alex-sandy-macquarrie-phd-30723426/" data-type="link" data-id= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alex-sandy-macquarrie-phd-30723426/"&gt; Alex (Sandy) MacQuarrie&lt;/a&gt;, PhD and Paramedic, reflects on his move from Canada to Australia, principles of simulation in medical education &amp; his personal experience with cardiac arrest.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Show notes at &lt;a href= "https://medicmindset.com"&gt;medicmindset.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Connect with Ginger: &lt;a href= "mailto:ginger@medicmindset.com"&gt;ginger@medicmindset.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Connect with Sandy: &lt;a href= "https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au"&gt;https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Kangaroos, Simulation & Cardiac Arrest

Dr. Casey Patrick, EM physician & EMS medical director at <a href="https://www.paramedicjobs.org/the-medicine/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Montgomery County Hospital District</a> (Texas), joins Ginger to discuss how he thinks during calls when the patient presents with rapid atrial fibrillation. Is the rapid A-fib the primary cause or a secondary result of another critical condition like sepsis, PE, DKA, hypovolemia, etc? Want CE for listening? <a href= "https://medicmindset.com/get-ce-for-listening/" data-type="page" data-id="4431">Here's how.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Dr. Casey Patrick, EM physician &amp; EMS medical director at &lt;a href="https://www.paramedicjobs.org/the-medicine/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Montgomery County Hospital District&lt;/a&gt; (Texas), joins Ginger to discuss how he thinks during calls when the patient presents with rapid atrial fibrillation. Is the rapid A-fib the primary cause or a secondary result of another critical condition like sepsis, PE, DKA, hypovolemia, etc?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Want CE for listening? &lt;a href= "https://medicmindset.com/get-ce-for-listening/" data-type="page" data-id="4431"&gt;Here's how.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Thinking: Rapid A-fib

Created in 2016, Medic Mindset is hosted by EMS Educator, Ginger Locke. She is an Associate Professor of EMS Professions at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. The podcast started as a resource for her paramedic students as they transitioned to the field. She interviews paramedics, EMS medical directors & EMS educators in long, intimate format. She thoughtfully asks her guests to open up about their mindset, routines, mistakes, thought-processes, and lessons hard-learned. 

Dr. Maia Dorsett is the Medical Director for Medic Mindset and reviews all clinical content for accuracy according to the most current evidence. While clinical topics are in the show, none of the content should be used as clinical operating guidelines for listeners' practices.

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