Prehospital Paradigm Podcast

Ray Pace has taken a back seat to the pod so that he can focus on his fire chief duties.  Welcome back to A.J. Joseph as one of our rotating co-hosts for 2026.  The State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services (EMFTS Board) expanded the Ohio EMS Scope of Practice on December 17, 2025. First thing the gang discusses is what is and is not the scope of practice.  How do we define it? What can Medical Directors write into protocols? Key point to take away... just because something is in the expanded scope of practice doesn't mean that you can execute that skill without medical control and training.

The crew welcomes back Dr. Greg Stefano and  Geoff Patty, RN from the interventional cardiology department.  If you're listening to this episode, head over to our YouTube channel to see the visuals of actual cases. An interesting discussion ensues about human and computer interpretations of various EKG strips.

As the panel discussion continues, the discussion of medical direction arises as well as how to handle the potential rotating staff and continuity of responder training including incident command training. If interested in starting or growing your campus-based EMS system, feel free to get in touch with the National Collegiate EMS Foundation.

The group continues to take questions from the audience regarding how to start a campus-based EMS system, funding, and how to impress upon the university/college administration members the importance of such a in-house response system at any level,

This episode was recorded at the National Collegiate EMS Foundation annual conference. NCEMSF is a group of campus-based EMS agencies that a part of the student organizations.  Some have vehicles. Some respond on foot and mainly are volunteering their time to do this during their college careers.  Let's learn more!  Joining the group is Eric Pohl and Zack Matuzsan.