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A Look at 2021 Hurricane Season Predictions on the Disaster Podcast

A Look at 2021 Hurricane Season Predictions on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @sambradley11 @wx_becks @wxkylenelson #hurricane #tropicalstorm #tropicalweather

We take a look at the upcoming predictions for the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season this week on the Disaster Podcast. Our meteorologists come on the show to discuss recent severe weather events and then touch on predictions and the methods used to make these long-range forecasts. The team also discusses the changes coming up with naming conventions for tropical cyclones. The international weather…

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Prolonged Advanced Medical Care in Disaster and Military Settings

Prolonged Advanced Medical Care in #Disaster and Military Settings on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @wx_becks @wxKyleNelson @sambradley11 #medicalinnovation #fieldmedic

This week on the show we look at how new medical technologies might reach into the field including during disaster deployments. Critical care paramedics L.J. Relle and Cecil Fairchild come on the show to talk about how medical devices usually only seen in the hospital setting are moving into the street on EMS units to improve patient diagnostics and care. Some of the devices discussed are compact…

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Extreme Weather, Tornadoes, and USAR Team Response

Extreme Weather, Tornadoes, and USAR Team Response with @joeholley @wx_becks @wxdepo @sambradley11

On this episode we discuss the recent extreme weather and tornado activity occurring across the US South and Southeast. Meteorologists Becky and Dan DePodwin join us to talk about the weather causes leading to these powerful tornadoes and what we can expect in the coming months as the extreme weather continues. Dr. Joe Holley shares his perspective on how USAR teams respond to severe weather…

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Medics to Flight Surgeons, 3 Docs Share About A Unique Career Path

Medics to Flight Surgeons, 3 Docs Share About A Unique Career Path on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @sambradley11 #FlightSurgeon #paramedic #EMS

In this episode, we bring on three former paramedics who all went on to be come not just physicians, but ER docs and military flight surgeons. Joining the podcast were Drs. Michael E. Wolf, M.D., M.S., Scott Kunkel, DO, NRP, FAAEM, and Dr. and active duty Captain Alan T. Flanigan. We explore this unique career path on the show and talk about how being a paramedic gives a physician an interesting…

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Stress Injury in Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Stress Injury in Healthcare Workers During #COVID-19 #Pandemic on the #DisasterPodcast with @CISMperspective @sambradley11 @joeholley @wx_becks #StressInjury #PTSD

Dan Maguire from CISM Perspectives comes on this weeks Disaster Podcast to talk about the issues faced by responders and healthcare workers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. They face stress from line of duty deaths from the disease as well as the stress injury associated from the extreme measures taken to protect themselves while treating COVID…

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NHERI at Five Years and Counting for Disaster Resilience

NHERI at Five Years and Counting for Disaster Resilience with @NHERIDesignSafe @JoeHolley @Wx_Becks @sambradley11 #disasterpodcast #disasterplanning #disasterresearch

Dan Zehner from NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) comes on the show to talk about some of the great things accomplished over NHERI’s first five years. We discuss the various NHERI institutions around the country which specialize in specific disaster mitigation and research efforts. There’s also a great retrospective look at all the things the NHERI teams have…

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Disasterology Author Dr. Samantha Montano on Climate Change Mitigation

#Disasterology Author Dr. Samantha Montano on #ClimateChange Mitigation on the #DisasterPodcast w/ @SamLMontano @Wx_Becks @JoeHolley @SamBradley11 #disaster #emergencymanagement

We invited Dr. Samantha Montano, a climate and emergency management expert and author of the book, Disasterology, on the show. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Emergency Management from North Dakota State University. She is currently an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime…

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Back Country Avalanche Management and Safety with Kyle Nelson

Back Country Avalanche Management and Safety with Kyle Nelson @wxkylenelson also with @Wx_Becks @sambradley11 on the #DisasterPodcast #avalanche #preparedness #Xgames #winterxgames

Meteorologist, Emergency Dispatcher, and Ski Patrol Member, Kyle Nelson, joins us to discuss Avalanches and risk management associated with them. He also touches on his work with the Winter X-Games in Aspen, Colorado this year and how they managed to stage the events amidst the COVID pandemic. Also on the show were Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin, and…

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Mental Health Resilience in the Face of PTSD and other Stress Injury

Mental Health Resilience in the Face of PTSD and other Stress Injury on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @wx_becks @wxdepo @sambradley11 #PTSD #stressinjury #stress

Dr. Norman Itkowitz, PhD joins us to discuss mental health resilience among first responders. Norman himself was a disaster survivor as a resident of New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina struck the city. He talks about how dealing with that event helped him in his practice talking to police and fire departments about stress injury disorders and how to deal with them. Disaster…

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Continued Active Winter Weather Patterns on the Disaster Podcast

Continued Active Winter Weather Patterns on the #DisasterPodcast with @wxdepo @wx_becks @sambradley11 @joeholley

Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin is joined by her husband and fellow meteorologist, Dan DePodwin to talk about the continuing active winter weather pattern over the United States and Canada. They discuss the dipping arctic air causing record cold temperatures. We also discuss many of the specific weather events including ice storms in the American south,…

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Extreme Disaster Weather Roundup with Becky and Dan DePodwin

Extreme #DisasterWeather Roundup with @wx_becks and @wxDePo on the #DisasterPodcast @sambradley11 #extremeweather

credit Adam Sessums @MSUZeppfan Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin is joined by her husband and fellow meteorologist, Dan DePodwin to talk about the week of extreme disaster weather from across the country. They started off covering the recent fatal tornadoes to strike the U.S. south. The worst was an EF-3 Tornado that struck the Birmingham, Alabama suburbs this…

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LabX Disaster Role Playing Game for Community Resilience

LabX Disaster Role Playing Game for Community Resilience on the #DisasterPodcast with @wx_becks @wxdepo @jodholley @sambradley11 #preparedness #disaster #resilience

Disaster Meteorologist and Emergency Management expert Becky DePodwin came on the show to talk about a recent training class she took on community resilience in disaster planning. The LabX Extreme Event Game is designed to give participants a taste of what it takes to build community resilience in the face of disaster. Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging,…

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Updating Training Routines for Disaster Responders During COVID-19

Updating Training Routines for Disaster Responders During #COVID-19 on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @sambradley11 @WxDepo

Dr. Joe Holley in USAR training Dr. Joe Holley returned recently from a training exercise for USAR teams to work out new training routines for disaster responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. They looked at ways to keep team members safe from infection while performing their essential duties during major disaster events. We also looked at recent and upcoming weather forecasts for the country and…

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Disaster Podcast Episodes 2020 Year in Review

Meteorologist Becky DePodwin, and co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis, got together for this episode to look back the many episodes covered over the previous year that was 2020 on the Disaster Podcast. Each of the team picked a few stand-out episodes as well as talked about what they looked forward to covering in 2021 as the new year kicks off. Here are the picks for each team…

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Using Proper Approaches to Disaster Drills and Preparedness

Using Proper Approaches to Disaster Drills and Preparedness on the #DisasterPodcast with @joeholley @sambradley11 @wx_becks

The Disaster Podcast team is joined by Yedidya Benavie, NREMT. He comes on the show to discuss different ways to approach preparedness drills. He specifically compares the school active shooter drills with routine fire drills, saying neither should be a source of fear or dread. We talk about when it’s a appropriate to do different levels of drills from tabletop roundtable drills all the way up to…

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Coronavirus Covid-19 Hospital Surge Update with Dr. Joe Holley

Coronavirus Covid-19 Hospital Surge Update with Dr. Joe Holley on the #DisasterPodcast #pandemic #vaccine #COVID #ICU #criticalcare #nursing #emergencymedicine #EMS

Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show this week to talk about the hospital surge happening due to COVID-19 cases. He relates his experience in the ER in Memphis and talks about the situation on the street with EMS providers, too. With the situation fast approaching a saturation point where patients may stop receiving optimal care due to bed and staff shortages, it is imperative all healthcare…

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Weird Winter Weather Test with Dan DePodwin

Weird Winter Weather Test with Dan DePodwin @WxDepo on the #DisasterPodcast #weather #weirdweather #extremeweather

Meteorologist Dan DePodwin steps in to help us look at winter weather after his weekly look back at the last week. Sam Bradley tests his knowledge of weird winter weather terms in this episode on the lighter side of Disaster Podcast coverage. With terms like hoarfrost, blenky, and more, we try to stump Dan and see if he’s as up on his winter weather terms as he thought. Check out this episode and…

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