EMS 20/20
EMS 20/20 is podcast hosted by two experienced Paramedics. Spencer Oliver and Christopher Pfingsten discuss real calls run by real responders and pull out the lessons you won't find in a text book. This podcast is aimed at Paramedic students, seasoned Paramedics looking to refresh, or any one interested in a deeper dive into pre-hospital health care.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 86 minutes
- Episodes
- 206
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Bourne Lift Assist
Chris and Spence are joined by Dr. Ritu Sahni and Mike Verkest of the EMS Show! Have a listen to this uplifting cross over episode that suffers from a little bit of title confusion.
01:54:47 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
G.I. Joe!
The guys go to battle with Snake Eyes and Duke against the evils of confirmation bias and... coffee grounds? Have a listen and see what goes right (and wrong) in this week's episode!
01:31:15 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Falling into Hypoglycemia
A patient is found in the bottom of a flooded ditch and the only thing lower than their temperature is their blood sugar... a crew navigates a call that could go in any direction. Do they choose the …
01:45:04 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
What's in the Salad? (AMS)
In these week's episode, Spencer and Chris pick apart a BLS call with really, really weird symptoms. Chris is put through the gauntlet as he tries to figure out what's causing the patient's odd behav…
01:41:00 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Severus Arterious!
SORRY FOR THE DELAY! BLAME CHRIS! The guys review a call with a patient that needs just a touch of magic to a large neck wound. Was the crew able to cast the right spell? Listen and find out!
01:40:54 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Drop It Like It's Hot
With help from gravity, two EMT's find themselves doing the one thing we swore to never do. Is today's episode a master class in recovery, or did the crew grab shovels and dig even deeper? Listen to …
01:42:36 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
The Request For Calcium Is Denied
On today's episode Spencer and Chris exam a broken system and some broken... Calcium Channels? A sweetly named crew takes on an overdose! Do they succeed? Listen and find out!
01:36:20 |
Wed 03 Aug 2022
Bicycles and Minivans
Check the body cam footage!
https://youtu.be/FIJxaIUjhfo
02:09:19 |
Wed 20 Jul 2022
worst. chaser. ever.
EPISODE 100!!! The guys follow the ups and downs of a call that gets some rarely used, but often talked about treatments. Did the guys learn something new? Will you? Listen and find out!
01:12:33 |
Wed 06 Jul 2022
Fight and Flight
The guys get to talk about helicopters and weather and flight things in today's episode where a flight crew walks in on a call at a local ER that is being run perfectly. They have very little to add …
01:37:50 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Lawsagna
Chris and Spencer bring on Samantha (a REAL LAWYER!) and Nick from the Standard of Care podcast for a call that is plagued with legal complications. An EMT is put in the awkward position of taking a …
02:22:53 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
Altered LOC Quest
Chris and Spencer make an attempt to unravel the mystery behind an altered level of consciousness and more importantly, they try to figure what to (and not to) do about it.
01:20:22 |
Wed 25 May 2022
The Unimaginable Weight of Incredible Trauma
With deep, full bodied flavors of trauma and some light herbal notes of scene management during an MCI, the guys pour you a glass of wine to... decompress with.
01:36:20 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Boldly Going (To The Birthing Center)
Spencer and Chris Boldly examine a call that occurs in a birthing center where a patient is hypotensive for obvious reasons... or are they?
01:31:29 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Overdosed on AMS
Spencer and Chris try to stay with a crew as they wind down the treacherous rabbit hole that is an altered mental status patient. Do they take the wrong path? In short... probably, but listen and fin…
01:29:56 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Do Not Resuscitate The 80's
You ever want to intubate someone, but they tell you no? Chris swears a little less (barely) in today's episode that examines DNR's, POLST forms, and inaccurate SaO2 probes. We also get another rant …
01:44:02 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Bill and Bob's Excellent Misadventure
Spencer and Chris go on a crazy adventure as they explore the choices made by Bill and Bob, two partners taking care of a patient that either stayed on or fell off the wagon... with a hard thud. Is i…
01:41:14 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
The Queen's Gambit
The guy's review a call where the patient is deep trouble long before anyone arrives. In one of our longer and more serious episodes, the guy's talk about what it means to lead a call and how to talk…
01:59:07 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Never Ending Plot Twists
The guys are given a call that takes place in a precarious system with a patient that has no memory... and a never ending stream of twists and turns that take this call from "eh" to WTF in a hurry.
01:18:07 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Is This Even Legal?
On this weeks episode a very sick patient is taken to the hospital... but do issues of patient abandonment arise when a Paramedic refused to be the primary provider? Listen to this weeks call and fin…
01:15:43 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
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