Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19 | a book by Mike Taigman
Get more details on Mike Taigman's new book Super Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19.
Upgrade Your Life Podcast with Del Denney – Super Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of Covid-19 | A Conversation with Mike Taigman
As a popular educator and author for several decades, Mike has focused on helping folks in emergency medical services take better care of themselves so they can take better care of their patients and communities. In this podcast, Mike shares strategies and discusses his new book Super Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19.
Inside EMS Podcast – How to reduce stress during a pandemic
Inside EMS Podcast featured on EMS1 - On this podcast, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson are joined by EMS guru and EMS1 columnist Mike Taigman. During the pandemic, stress levels have been on the rise, along with frustration and anger, and Taigman shares ways to handle and reduce those emotions.
More Than a Pile of Data with Todd Stout
Podcast with IAED - Annals of Emergency Dispatch & Response, hosted by Becca Barrus. Todd Stout, president and founder of FirstWatch, discusses the role of FirstWatch in COVID-19 surveillance, lessons learned from the Ebola virus outbreak, and the importance of emergency dispatchers increasing their resilience.
EMS Today Show Interview with Todd Stout on COVID-19
JEMS Editor Emeritus AJ Heightman interviewed FirstWatch president Todd Stout on COVID-19. Todd shares some history of FirstWatch helping with health surveillance and emerging infectious diseases, ways that FirstWatch customers are using data during this pandemic, the importance of resilience, and our commitment to helping provide helpful and actionable information for all first responders via our health intelligence pages, webinars, and articles.
EMS1 Article – Q&A: Data-driven EMS staffing for COVID-19
EMS1 article by Mike Taigman - Leaders from Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service and Snohomish County Fire District detail how they’re monitoring the COVID-19 surge and preparing for the worst-case scenario.
The Prepared Warrior Podcast: Policing in a Pandemic | Mike Taigman
Before beginning a shift for the day, what is something those working in law enforcement can do to prepare themselves, knowing they are risking exposure to COVID-19? For those working in a leadership role, what is important for them to keep in mind? This pandemic has the potential to drag on for a long time, what are the possible effects of long-term heightened stress on first responders? Can you explain the concept of crisis rehearsal and how that could be beneficial for law...
JEMS Article – The Public Health Perspective on Data and EMS
FirstWatch Medical Director, Silvia Verdugo Puts COVID-19 in Perspective in JEMS Interview
EMS1 Article – 7 data visualizations that explain COVID-19
EMS1 article - Our friend Catherine Counts PhD from Seattle shares data visualization resources to help manage the response to our pandemic.
EMS1 Article – Quick Take: COVID-19 EMS Patient Management: Myth vs. Reality webinar
EMS1 article by Rob Lawrence - Communication, PPE and decontamination strategies highlighted the 4th FirstWatch and Paramedic Chiefs of Canada COVID-19 webinar
EMS1 Article – Elbow bumps are the new hugs
EMS1 article by Mike Taigman - Coronavirus spread in an already busy flu season calls staffing contingency plans and a commitment to hygiene and PPE
Coronavirus: 2 dozen first responders quarantined in Washington state
WSB-TV - Article and Video: Two dozen emergency workers in Washington state are off the job as they are being monitored for possible exposure to the coronavirus. (KIRO7.com)
EMS1 Article – Quick Take: Transporting Patient One – Coronavirus in the US
EMS1 Article by Rob Lawrence. Snohomish County, Washington, officials describe the EMS transport of the first confirmed 2019-nCoV patient in the U.S.
Applying neuroscience to EMS training
EMS1 Article by Mike Taigman. Applying neuroscience to EMS training - Being sufficiently rested, revisiting the content and putting it into practice quickly all impact knowledge retention
It’s like immunizing your brain: Depression, PTSD and suicide prevention
EMS1 Article by Mike Taigman. It’s like immunizing your brain: Depression, PTSD and suicide prevention - Seven resolutions for increasing your resilience to prevent psychological and emotional trauma in emergency services
Recognizing how labels shape narratives in prehospital medicine
EMS1 Article by Mike Taigman. EMS leaders must be conscious and intentional in applying labeling lenses to patients and providers.
How Improving Resilience Can Make You Healthier, Happier and More Effective
JEMS Q&A with FirstWatch Improvement Guide, Mike Taigman. In this interview, Taigman talks about the science behind resilience, what it means for EMS and what he’s learned about himself during his own efforts to increase his resilience.
Improve performance, hospital relationships and morale with process owners
Montgomery County, Maryland Fire & Rescue Service’s Russell Patterson shares how process ownership is streamlining their ACS, STEMI management in this EMS1 article by By Tim Burns and Mike Taigman.
Are You Using Data the Right Way?
Our friends Dave Williams Ph.D., and Brandon Bennett just published a wonderful article that everyone who uses data to make decisions should read.
Opioids: How the City of Lowell, Massachusetts, is Fighting the Crisis
ICMA article delves into making real improvements within the opioid crisis, featuring our customer and friend Jon Kelley, Director of Operations, Communication, and IT for Trinity EMS, and FirstWatch Clinical Solutions Specialist, Sylvia Verdugo. Written by Audrey Fraizer, Managing Editor, Journal of Emergency Dispatch, International Academies of Emergency Dispatch.
