S2:E4 - "FAST-ED - Let’s see some data from the real world." - October 28, 2020

EMS on AIR Podcast

The primary objective of this episode is to provide you with an overview of the initial findings from the first two years of the Oakland County Medical Control Authority Stroke Systems of Care Special Study that is being conducted in southeast Michigan. The pilot phase of this study went into effect January 1, 2018 and after two years the OCMCA has compiled some interesting and promising findings. The big guy, Dr. Steve McGraw is here to provide us with an overview of these findings and tell us what they might mean for the future of EMS stroke care. Dr. Steve McGraw is an ED physician at Ascension Providence Hospitals in both Southfield and Novi, Michigan. Doc is also the current Oakland County Medical Control Authority EMS Medical Director. The OCMCA provides EMS oversight to 54 EMS agencies within Oakland County, Michigan. Even though we are located in Southeast Michigan and we mention our home state a lot, most of the EMS on AIR content applies to EMS on the national and even the global scale.
Before Dr. McGraw leads the way in the study data discussion, we welcome back Dr. Russel Faust, the medical director for Oakland County Health here in southeast Michigan. Russ kicks us off with an update of the COVID-19 pandemic for EMS and related healthcare providers. In addition, we take a little tangent and discuss some recent events that may have caused a little confusion over the last month or so here in Michigan. Dr. Faust will cover the details, but the bottom line is that in early October State of Michigan Emergency Orders by the Governor were struck down by the State Supreme Court. It seems that many people did not realize the orders were struck down on a procedural technicality, and a few days later, the technicalities were corrected, and the orders were re-issued by way of the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. So, yes Michigan still has Emergency Orders in place and yes there are components that healthcare providers, like EMS, should be aware of.
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