# Medic Mindset Created in 2016, Medic Mindset is hosted by EMS Educator, Ginger Locke. She is an Associate Professor of EMS Professions at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. The podcast started as a resource for her paramedic students as they transitioned to the field. She interviews paramedics, EMS medical directors & EMS educators in long, intimate format. She thoughtfully asks her guests to open up about their mindset, routines, mistakes, thought-processes, and lessons hard-learned. Dr. Maia Dorsett… Page: Feed: --- ## [Mike Taigman on AI](https://medicmindset.com/2026/02/23/mike-taigman-on-ai/) _2026-02-23_ Mike Taigman and Ginger Locke explore the impact AI will have on EMS, education, jobs, art, the environment, and Zoom calls. Topics Discussed: How Mike uses AI in education What AI means for how we learn Clinical applications for AI The impact on the environment The phenomenon of using ChatGPT as a therapist Prompt engineers AI usage ethics What Mike did when he joined a virtual meeting with 9… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/1Final_AI_Mike_-_22226_8.23PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Our Leaders' Group Chat](https://medicmindset.com/show-notes/) _2026-01-22_ Guests: Drs. Chetan Kharod, Phil Moy and J.R. Pickett Their podcast: STAT Leadership Podcast Topics: Leaders they admire When leaders should follow Written communication tactics Building an EMS system from scratch Culture change Leadership lessons from the Gladiator and Band of Brothers Show notes [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/FINAL_Our_Leaders_Group_Chat_-_12026_3.32PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Thinking: Vomiting](https://medicmindset.com/?p=4714) _2025-11-09_ Guest: Dr. Maia Dorsett CE for this episode Show Notes [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/Final_Draft_Thinking_-_Vomiting_-_11925_3.19PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [The Critical Pediatric - A Prodigy EMS Collab](https://medicmindset.com/2025/05/27/the-critical-pediatric-a-prodigy-ems-collaboration/) _2025-05-27_ This episode is an open-access recording of educational content from a Prodigy EMS course which reviews a case of an undifferentiated critical pediatric patient . Prodigy's Director of Critical Care, Shane O'Donnell interviews Dr. Matthew Harris . You are requested to transfer an intubated two-year-old. Thoughts go racing through your mind before the dispatcher finishes reading the information.… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/The_Critical_Pediatric_Final_-_A_Prodigy_EMS_Collab.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Start where you stand.](https://medicmindset.com) _2025-05-01_ Dr. Faroukh Mehkri walks us through a mindset reframe for the undifferentiated crashing patient. He theorizes that the pervasive language of "stay and play" versus "load and go" has conditioned and narrowed our thinking. Dr. Mehkri describes the evidence-based, predictable and preventable pattern of patients going into cardiac arrest in the early phase of a call when the patient has been… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/Auphonic_Start_where_you_stand_Final.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Kangaroos, Simulation & Cardiac Arrest](https://medicmindset.com) _2025-02-23_ Alex (Sandy) MacQuarrie , PhD and Paramedic, reflects on his move from Canada to Australia, principles of simulation in medical education & his personal experience with cardiac arrest. Show notes at medicmindset.com Connect with Ginger: ginger@medicmindset.com Connect with Sandy: https://edgehumanperformancegroup.au [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/Final_Auphonic_Kangaroos_Simulation__Cardiac_Arrest-_22325_3.16PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Thinking: Rapid A-fib](https://medicmindset.com) _2024-11-14_ Dr. Casey Patrick, EM physician & EMS medical director at Montgomery County Hospital District (Texas), joins Ginger to discuss how he thinks during calls when the patient presents with rapid atrial fibrillation. Is the rapid A-fib the primary cause or a secondary result of another critical condition like sepsis, PE, DKA, hypovolemia, etc? Want CE for listening? Here's how. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/Auphonic_Final_Thinking-_Afib_with_RVR_-_111324_7.59PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [The Art of Precepting with Keith Velaski](https://medicmindset.com/show-notes/) _2024-09-30_ "Some people love doing crosswords or Sudoku. I love finding my learner's cheat code . I love figuring out what really works for this person versus the previous people that I had. It's an opportunity for me to exercise my creativity." - Keith Velaski This episode delves into the art of precepting in EMS. The episode features insights from Keith Velaski, a seasoned flight nurse with extensive… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/The_Art_of_Precepting_with_Keith_Velaski.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Following J.R.](https://medicmindsetpodcast.libsyn.com/following-jr) _2024-05-07_ He's the White Tiger. Dr. J.R. Pickett. Or simply J.R. His teams follow him and in this episode he gives away some of the secrets of his leadership philosophies: How he gets buy-in from his team. What he understands about millenials. How he balances decisiveness with tactical patience. Why conflict is essential for successful teams. What he learned during COVID. Instagram Twitter Facebook [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/Auphonic_Pickett_-_Leadership_-_5-6-24_6.36_PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422) ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/01Exoc9exbKy) _2024-05-07 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [The Weatherman](https://medicmindset.com/2023/02/19/the-weatherman/) _2023-02-19_ Paramedic, Taylor Kellogg ( @kello011 on Twitter ) joins us. This episode is a chance to take a break from clinical learning and listen to the story of a medic who has a passion for meteorology. Wildland fires in Southern California, a thunderstorm on a goat ranch, tornadoes while on shift, flooding that brought him eye-to-eye with a snake knocking on the station door & winter storms in Central… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/medicmindsetpodcast/The_Weatherman_Combined_-_2-18-23_9.10_PM.mp3?dest-id=1461422)