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Jimmie Todd Smith (born October 12, 1965) is a former Citrus County Commissioner and former member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 34th District, which includes Citrus County and northern Hernando County, elected in 2012. He also was a House member representing the 43rd District from 2010 to 2012. He is a Republican and U.S. Army veteran. He is now the Coalitions Director in Florida for Concerned Veterans of America.

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During Faiza’s work with volunteers, she has radically shifted how she sees her role and the work of leading and engaging volunteers. Initially, she focused on the processes - ensuring that her work, the work of onboarding and managing volunteers, was systematic and thorough. But now she sees her role as an internal consultant and facilitator to help ensure that others in the organization are successfully engaging and building relationships with volunteers. 

Faiza shares how the YMCA of Greater Toronto - the largest provider of childcare services in the Metro Area - has implemented this strategy. And, as she now sees that those processes and systems may actually limit or prevent volunteering, she has shifted to a more spontaneous and open process. Faiza also views her work as a type of activism - bring more people to volunteering as well as opening up roles to a more diverse population of potential volunteers.

While her work at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is important, Faiza’s own story and the journey she’s taken to shift her own mindset about the work of volunteer engagement and her role is just as important. By focusing on supporting, preparing, and inspiring others to engage volunteers she has moved her role from one of execution to one of leadership. Included in this work is the need to overcome prejudices and biases. Faiza has leveled the playing field for volunteers in her organization by exploring lived experiences and discussing what’s helping and what’s getting in the way. 

And this work paid off during the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic as the YMCA was able to adapt and adjust because of the groundwork Faiza had started well before the pandemic. 

You can learn more about how Faiza advocates for leaders of volunteers on the CCVA webpage and you can contact her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizavenzant/.

Guest Bio:

Faiza Venzant CVA, CVRM
General Manager, Volunteer Development
YMCA Greater Toronto

From a young age, Faiza Venzant's parents instilled a strong sense of volunteerism in herself and her two older brothers. They, as immigrants to Canada from Uganda in the early 70s made a successful transition into Canadian life with the help of many generous volunteers. A volunteer herself from a very young age, she has been a champion for volunteer engagement for the last 20 years speaking, facilitating and continually learning from others internationally. 

She is currently Executive Director with the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration and General Manager, Volunteer Development at the YMCA of Greater Toronto.  Faiza maintains her CVA and CVRM certifications in the field of volunteer engagement.

Faiza is an active member and volunteer of the Toronto Association for Volunteer Administrators (TAVA), Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (VMPC),  Professional Association of Volunteer Leaders – Ontario (PAVR-O and Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE.)

In 2020, Faiza was the recipient of TAVA’s Innovation Award.  In 2019, she was the recipient of the inaugural IMPACT award in Canada for Exemplary Volunteer Leadership. From PAVR-O, she received the Linda Buchanan Award in 2013 and has twice received their President's Award.  

For More: For more on how other leaders have re-designed their roles to evolve and empower others, check out Season 1 of the Time + Talent podcast, Episode 106: Designing a Leadership Pipeline for 23,000 Volunteers.

Gun Talk's Kevin “KJ” Jarnagin is joined by Jason Sebo of BPI Outdoors - the parent company of brands like CVA, Bergara, and Quake - to discuss purchasing your first hunting rifle. What options should you pay attention to help you decide which one is the right one? Plus, tips to get the most from your muzzleloader. Gun Talk Hunt is proudly supported by Timney Triggers, Springfield Armory, and ATN.

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In this episode, Joe Gallegos (CPA, CVA) joins me to talk about everything from mindset to how listeners need to not only listen to the episode, but should apply something they learn immediately. 

Many people assume that listening to a podcast, reading a book, or attending a conference is enough, but those are simply starting points. 

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Host Craig Jeffery kicks off the new year interviewing Jacqui Drew, Head of Sales and Account Management of ION Treasury on preparing for LIBOR replacement. They take an in-depth look at LIBOR and explore the background and situation that led to it. They also discuss replacement rates, the global impact on the market and more. Listen into the discussion to know what organizations should be thinking about and how to successfully prepare.

Occupational therapy practitioners are continuously looking for ways to maximize the potential of their clients that have had a stroke. But what does the research say? Lauren Sheehan OTD, OTR/L & Lauren Souders OTR/L, CBIS dig into the intensity and repetition for task based practice in order to increase the motor function after a person has a stroke. Tips for how to do it, options for technology to assist us and when should we get started.

Resources from the Show:

Virtual Reality and OT Neurorehabilitation podcast

Fugl Meyer, ARAT & AMAT assessments

Websites:

Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation: ebrsr.com

Shirley Ryan Abilitylab: sralab.org

Research:

Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months After Stroke: The EXCITE Randomized Clinical Trial

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Join the EMGuideWire Team as they discuss the current core concepts of imaging and management of patients with findings concerning for Ischemic CVA (stroke). The EMGuideWire crew is joined by world renowned Emergency Neurology expert, Dr. Andrew Asimos!

We are pleased to have Tony Smotherman to join us again to discuss Smokepole Hunting 101. If you know anything about Tony, you know that he is the authority figure on all things muzzleloader hunting in the whitetail world and we go deep into this topic.

For more about Tony, make sure and check out Ep16 where we go deeper into deer hunting with muzzleloader.

What We Learn In This Episode:

• Why use a muzzleloader
• Choosing a gun
• Finding the best load
• Common mistakes
• Tons of other great topics covering the muzzleloader

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 Author: Nick Hatch, M.D.

Educational Pearls

• The Cincinnati Stroke Scale uses 3 measures to screen for ischemic stroke. The measures are: facial asymmetry, speech quality and arm drift.
• This scale is used commonly in EMS systems as a screening tool.
• Studies show that having one out of the 3 elements correlates with a 72% chance of having an ischemic stroke, while having all 3 of the elements correlates with an 85% chance. Overall the scale is highly sensitive but not very specific  (92% and 48%, respectively, in one study).
• The measures focus on anterior circulation function, and often misses posterior circulation strokes.
• The Cincinnati Stroke Scale is good for EMS, but not necessarily for emergency physicians.

References:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/9781118783467.app5/asset/app5.pdf?v=1&t=jcf2yn71&s=3c2341ba472c1fcc88003dc0af7eac28691dd980

Stroke thrombolysis - why are we still arguing?

Summary by Lachlan Donaldson

The debate regarding the efficacy of thrombolysis grumbles on… How is it that two different groups (i.e. mostly ED doctors and neurologists) can look at the same set of trials and come to fundamentally different conclusions?

To examine this, these authors have attempted to perform an unbiased meta-analysis and systematic appraisal of the evidence supporting the use of thrombolysis in ischaemic stroke (paper available here).

Consistent with other meta-analyses, the authors found a moderately increased probability of good functional outcome (OR 1.14) alongside a markedly increased risk of ICH (OR 4.28).

However, as discussed, this debate is likely to be driven by the quality of the trials that populate this meta-analysis.

For instance, of the 16 studies that nominated a specific primary outcome, only 2 studies reported a significant treatment effect in favour of thrombolysis as their primary outcome- the NINDS trial and ECASS III. Both of these studies have reported concerns baseline imbalance.

Buried in the Supplementary Appendix is also the 'influence analysis' which shows the significant influence of the NINDS and IST-3 trial, both of which have significant methodological limitations. 

Transparently analysing this controversial data was not without challenge – most trialists and drug companies were reluctant to share trial data without contracts and editorial influence (notwithstanding stated commitments to data-sharing). Once completed, most journals with broad readership rejected the paper on the basis that there was no ongoing debate; their view was that that the evidence was sound and that replication studies were not warranted.

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[Full Audio] Oli Flower discusses the tricky issue of prognostication in neuro disasters. This includes intracerrebral haemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke. From Bedside Critical Care 2013 in Cairns. Go to Intensive Care Network for the audio and much more.

In this episode, we will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). The ED is the front line in stroke care so we need to know how to work up this chief complaint. We'll go over how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a stroke, how to get a rapid and complete history, how to screen patients for contraindications to thrombolytics, and how to catch a few stroke mimics.

Since I refer to the neuro exam from the headache episode, I decided to take that part of the episode and make a supplement so you can easily review the "5 minute ED neuro exam." Let me know if there are any other topics that you would like me to make into a supplement like this.

A case-based podcast on the acute management of intra-cerebral haemorrhage by Oliver Flower, an intensive care specialist from Sydney. It accompanies a recent review article:

Flower O, Smith M.

The acute management of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Curr Opin Crit Care. 2011 Apr;17(2):106-14.