{"podcast":{"title":"EMS One-Stop","slug":"ems-one-stop-5691901","podcast_index_feed_id":5691901,"rss_url":"https://emsonestop.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://emsonestop.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14883931/EMS1-EMS-One-Stop-1400x1400-v2_wxftre.png","author":"emsonestop","episode_count":100,"summary":"In his EMS One-Stop podcast, Rob Lawrence breaks down takeaways from industry news and events, and tackles the challenges that face today’s EMS leadership. He is joined by a host of top names in EMS, who share their experience and insights into how to advance EMS. Rob Lawrence has been a leader in civilian and military EMS for over a quarter of a century. He is currently the director of strategic implementation for PRO EMS and its educational arm, Prodigy EMS, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and part-time executive director of the California Ambulance Association.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ems-one-stop-5691901"},"episode":{"title":"NEMSQA 2025 Report: In trauma care, consistency outperforms heroics","slug":"nemsqa-2025-report-in-trauma-care-consistency-outperforms-heroics","published_at":"2026-01-15T16:25:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ems-one-stop-5691901/nemsqa-2025-report-in-trauma-care-consistency-outperforms-heroics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ems-one-stop-5691901","url":"https://emsonestop.podbean.com/e/nemsqa-2025-report-in-trauma-care-consistency-outperforms-heroics/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q9h6h439uvy3cvxb/NEMSQA_Report_Final9r19a.mp3","summary":"In this episode of EMS One-Stop, Rob Lawrence is joined by his own Medical Director, Dr. Maia Dorsett, to unpack the 2025 NEMSQA Measures Report — a deep dive into trauma-focused quality measures built largely from NEMSIS data. Dr. Dorsett frames the discussion around the central aim of quality improvement: Are we doing a good job? Are we delivering the best possible care? How do we get better? From pediatric vital signs to traumatic brain injury (TBI) fundamentals, she walks listeners through what the report reveals, what it can’t reliably measure yet, and why some of the “sexy” procedures are too rare to serve as useful system-wide metrics. The conversation highlights a recurring theme: fundamentals matter most. Dr. Dorsett explains how measures like complete vital signs and avoiding secondary brain injury in TBI (hypoxia, hypotension, hyperventilation) can drive meaningful outcomes — even during relatively short prehospital intervals. She also points out where current measurement approaches unintentionally create documentation burden for clinicians, arguing that systems should do more of the “figuring out” (like trauma center designation and prenotification capture) without requiring extra clicks. The episode closes with a call to action: anyone can join NEMSQA, contribute to the work, and help shape what EMS quality measurement becomes next. Memorable quotes from Dr. Maia Dorsett “I think the most fundamental question in quality improvement is, are we doing a good job?” “I think part of the value of this report is specifically looking at those things and saying what should we be measuring using NEMSIS data or how should things be integrated into that database so that the answers are there rather than needing to be documented on each individual case?” “If there's on…","meta_description":"In this episode of EMS One-Stop, Rob Lawrence is joined by his own Medical Director, Dr. Maia Dorsett, to unpack the 2025 NEMSQA Measures Report — a deep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2227,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ems-one-stop-5691901/episodes/nemsqa-2025-report-in-trauma-care-consistency-outperforms-heroics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ems-one-stop-5691901/nemsqa-2025-report-in-trauma-care-consistency-outperforms-heroics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}