EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates
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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
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How did Carmen and Katie become interested in fall prevention research?
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Welcome to the JarryPal Podcast. This is Eric Quadera.
This is Alex Smith.
Alex, who do we have with us today?
Today we are delighted to welcome Carmen Quatman, who's an orthopedic surgeon and associate professor at the Ohio State University, losers of three straight football games to my Michigan Wolverines. Carmen, welcome to the Jerry Cow Podcast.
Thank you. I'm excited to be here.
We're delighted to welcome Carmen's sister, Katie Quadman Yates, who's a physical therapist and is also associate professor at the Ohio State University. Welcome Katie to the Jerry Pell podcast.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Well we what are the odds that two family members focus on the similar topic and do research together? This is a first for our Jerry Powell podcast, right, Alex? I think this is a first.
Have you guys ever wondered if you could clone yourself? I have to tell you, it's it's a very powerful tool. And we'll be able to be in two places at once. It worked really well for us.
We love the family of uh family theme. My wife is actually gonna play piano on the uh version that people are listening to on the audio podcast.
Well, before we jump into the topic, which we're gonna be talking about falls today. Who has a song request for Alex?
I suggest Eye of the Tiger.
Why Eye of the Tiger?
Well, relative to the fall topic, I think, you know, whether we're trying to prevent them Which takes kind of a fight in of itself, being uh prepared and you know. Making sure environment set up for success. Or if after an injurious fall, it's a fight to get back to kind of pre-injury levels. And so I just feel like Aya Tiger speaks to that journey well.
I imagine now uh Sylvester Stallone doing his Yeah. Oh
I remember this song playing this in like band in sixth grade. I'm dating myself here. I think it was Rocky Four, right?
Rocky Four was great. That was the montage of montages.
Yeah, running up the steps. Uh here we go. Here's a little bit of uh Eye of the Tiger.
Rising up. Back on the street. Did my turn to my chance? When the distance now I'm back on my feet, just a man in his will to survive. So many times it happens too fast. You change your passion for glory. Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past. You must fight just to keep them alive. It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of arrival and the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night and he's watching us all with the eye. Of the tiger. Uh it's fine.
Uh that that was fabulous. Um that reminds me of again Rocky Four. Was it Ivan Drago? Captain Ivan Drago. Uh yeah. As Alex moves, let us jump into the topic about falls. I'd love to ask both of you, I'll start off with Carmen, how did you get interested in this as a topic?
Yeah, I think that that's a great question. Um, Kitty and I both uh had the opportunity to play sports in college. We played volleyball. And uh when I went into orthopedics, I was really excited about helping athletes stay safe and healthy. And um, as I was going through residency, I ended up having to have surgery on both my knees at the same time. And when I was going through that journey, I came home to three stairs and I realized I didn't know how to get into my own home safely. And as I was recovering through it, I had this just really rocked um worldview where I just felt so unsafe in my own home. And all of a sudden I felt like I didn't relate to athletes anymore. I just could see how hard it was for um.
patients who we do had trauma or especially our older adults who were trying to navigate their home safely, how fearful it is to be in your own home. Um and that really transitioned to this idea of I I wanted to understand falls, um, help prevent them, help people live f safely in their home and not have so much fear, um, whether they've had a fall or they're recovering from something. And so that really kind of triggered my interest. And then I did a geriatric orthopedic fellowship.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Carmen and Katie become interested in fall prevention research?
0:01–5:36
2
What did the EMS ride‑alongs reveal about older adults’ home environments?
5:36–11:41
3
Why are repeat 911 calls for falls so common and under‑reported?
11:41–16:17
4
What evidence shows that EMS‑based home modifications reduce fall calls?
16:17–21:27
5
How does the EMS Community Partnership program train providers to install grab bars and remove hazards?
21:27–27:15
6
What were the biggest challenges in scaling grab‑bar installations and getting fair pricing?
27:15–33:16
7
How does the program create sustainable community‑level fall‑prevention networks?
33:16–39:04
8
What policy changes do the researchers envision to support EMS‑driven fall interventions?
39:04–45:31
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