{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Paratus Podcast","title":"Preparing Medical Teams for High-Threat Events | Dr. Fredrik Granholm","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2699,"description":"How do you prepare for an emergency you hope will never happen?\nIn this episode of the Paratus Podcast, Dr. Fredrik Granholm explores the evolution of tactical medicine and the role healthcare professionals play when responding to complex, high-threat, and mass casualty events.\n\nFrom its military origins to its application in modern prehospital care, Dr. Granholm explains the differences between tactical medicine, disaster medicine, and traditional EMS. \nHe also discusses rescue task forces, scene safety, communication challenges, and the importance of interoperability when multiple emergency services must work together under extreme pressure.\nAt the heart of the conversation is preparation. Dr. Granholm explores why pre-planning, realistic training, and shared mental models can help teams communicate more effectively, recognize evolving risks, and coordinate their response when faced with uncertainty.\nA fascinating discussion on preparing healthcare and emergency response teams for situations where complexity, danger, and limited information collide.\n\nThis Week's Paratus Podcast Guest: \nDr Fredrik Granholm is a Swedish consultant physician based at Sundsvall Hospital in northern Sweden, specializing in disaster medicine, trauma, and civil defense. \nDriven by a deep passion for critical care in both hospital and prehospital settings, he works clinically in anesthesia and the ICU, alongside years of operational experience as a HEMS physician, air ambulance medical director, and serving for many years as the Medical Director of the County EMS. \nHe is also a co-founder of the international, biannual conference Tactical Trauma, which operates under the motto: \"All things prehospital trauma, with a tactical twist.\" \nInternationally, he is an affiliate faculty member at the Fellowship in Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. \n\nHis focus centers on tactical...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5lPyYUwRdC8V4u4ZUh3Tw0k11xkhYOrZ8ZY0_upSl7k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84Nzkz/YWEwMjhmZGFjNGJm/YjY0MThiNDBiZGVj/YTAzMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}