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Tonight’s guest on the EMSEduCast is Gary Wingrove, Director of Government Relations & Strategic Affairs for Mayo Clinic Medical Transport, a non-profit ground and air ambulance service with operations in several Minnesota and Wisconsin communities. Gary began his career in EMS in 1978 and has filled the full spectrum of EMS roles from EMT to state EMS director. Greg, Rob, and Bill have a discussion with Gary about the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool. There is a clear need to increase a culture of safety within EMS.
Links:
- Press release concerning tonight’s topic
- Center for Leadership, Innovation and Research in EMS
- EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
- EMSEduCast episode 1 http://www.emseducast.com/archives/10
- EMSEduCast episode 12 http://www.emseducast.com/archives/84
- National EMS Advisory Council http://www.ems.gov/nemsac/index.html
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) “Never Event” http://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer.aspx?primerID=3
- Accidents in North American Mountaineering http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pt/accidentsinnorthamericanmountaineering
Cast:
- Greg Friese – connect at Blog.CentreLearn.com and EverydayEMSTips.com
- Rob Theriault – connect at Paramedic Tutor
- Bill Toon – connect on Twitter, @wftoon and www.facebook.com/EMSEduCast
- Gary Wingrove – connect gary@wingrove.us




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Excellent thread! I will definately bookmark this for future reference.
Thanks a ton!