205-Good ALS starts with great BLS with David Stanton

This week, Aebhric O'Kelly speaks with David Stanton, a search and rescue paramedic, former Medic One paramedic, wilderness medicine educator, researcher at the University of Nottingham, and humanitarian medical instructor. David discusses why exceptional basic life support remains the foundation of all advanced medical care, explores innovations from Seattle's renowned Medic One system, shares lessons from Ukraine, and explains his research into prolonged casualty care and medical intelligence.Chapters00:00 – Introduction and David Stanton's background01:00 – The Seattle Medic One system explained03:00 – Why Seattle achieves exceptional cardiac arrest survival06:30 – Innovation, research and improving patient outcomes08:20 – Head-up CPR and evolving resuscitation science10:00 – Good ALS begins with great BLS13:00 – Building confident and capable EMTs17:00 – Should every EMT become an Advanced EMT?20:30 – Teaching maxillofacial trauma management in Ukraine23:00 – Learning from Ukrainian combat medicine27:30 – Teaching wilderness medicine at Nottingham29:20 – Medical intelligence as an intelligence discipline32:00 – Rethinking prolonged casualty care35:00 – Constraint as the foundation of prolonged casualty care38:30 – NATO's Vigorous Warrior exercise40:20 – Final advice for new austere medical providersAbout the GuestDavid Stanton is a search and rescue paramedic with nearly two decades of pre-hospital experience. His career includes service within Washington State's Medic One system, international rescue operations, humanitarian medical education, and research at the University of Nottingham. His current work focuses on prolonged casualty care, medical intelligence, wilderness medicine, and improving healthcare delivery in austere and conflict environments.KeywordsSeattle Medic One, David Stanton, paramedic, EMT, Advanced EMT, CPR, cardiac arrest, BLS, ALS, wilderness medicine, austere medicine, prolonged casualty care, combat medicine, Ukraine, medical intelligence, NATO, Vigorous Warrior, TCCC, JTS, CoROM Podcast