Podcast

EMS 20/20

Education

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.

Episodes
265
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 45 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
6 days ago

Episodes

265 episodes, newest first

  1. Unraveling Chest Pain

    Episode 267

    Show notes

    Chris brings an episode to Spencer this time around, and Spencer tries to unravel the mystery of a long buried threat in a patient's chest. In this flight oriented episode, can Spencer end the curse, or is everyone taken out by a plague?

    1 hr 43 min
  2. Special Edition: Mason Stays Cool

    Show notes

    Mason joins us in this week's Master Your Medics Special Edition! Mason is given a call with an altered patient... and there more than a few reasons to sift through in this complicated trauma call. How does Mason do? Listen and find out!

  3. PREVIEW: Promise Not To Try Bonus

    Show notes

    A preview of the LongPauseMedia.com EXCLUSIVE EPISODE: Promise Not to Try

  4. CO Too

    Show notes

    How many times can a single crew run CO poisoning calls in one day? Has Mauly returned to exact her revenge on humanity? In a call that boils Chris' blood (like that's hard to do...), a single ambulance crew has a lot to deal with as they find themselves in an ugly predicament.

    1 hr 35 min
  5. Special Edition: Fishing for Mack's AMS

    Show notes

    Listener Rick joins the guys and goes fishing for an reason his patient won't get out of a taxi... is it because... THE TAXI DRIVER IS LYING SPY?!?! Listen and find out!

    1 hr 35 min
  6. Mauly and Me

    Show notes

    In today's all BLS episode, a crew runs into a career first (and maybe career worst...) kinda call. Can two EMT's, neither with more than a year of experience and no ALS in sight, pull it off? Have a listen and find out on this week's episode that goes totally off-leash.

    1 hr 45 min
  7. Special Edition: YOU SHALL BE AVENGED

    Episode 262

    Show notes

    Listener Sam joins the crew in a call that stinks of old EMS 20/20 episodes... does the listener catch on and solve the case? Do the dice do him dirty? Listen and find out!

    1 hr 36 min
  8. The Pieces Don't Fit

    Episode 261

    Show notes

    Spencer brings a case and Chris becomes somewhat skeptical that the juice is worth the squeeze as a crew struggles to get the pieces to fit. A language barrier, an explosion, and equipment that just won't work compounds a patient with a serious injury. Do they figure it out, or does their screen fill up with mayhem?

    2 hr
  9. Special Edition: POCUS Ranger

    Episode 260

    Show notes

    On this weeks Master Your Medics Special Edition, we have Danny Kustra! Known for speaking at FAST conferences and running @dnr_prehospital_education, Spencer gives him a harrowingly difficult call... does he sink or swim? HINT: swimming is easier with sonar...

    1 hr 8 min
  10. Legal Lessons for a Full Kart

    Episode 259

    Show notes

    SPECIAL GUESTS SAMANTHA JOHNSON (a real attorney!) and NICK ADAMS from the Standard of Care Podcast join the guys today as we go over an amazing episode with a diabolical twist... A well run trauma call turns into... another well run trauma call? Chris and Nick go in blind while Samantha and Spencer hang back and blue shell us moments before the finish line. Legal questions asked and answered in today's wild episode!

    2 hr 7 min
  11. Unexplained Resuscitation

    Episode 258

    Show notes

    What happens when you drag a coded patient across the carpet at break neck speed? Can you defib a cigarette? All this and more on this weeks episode as a Canadian crew handles a code down a looooooooong hallway.

    1 hr 30 min
  12. Special Edition: BOLDY GOING... (...to the ER for lab values)

    Episode 256

    Show notes

    In a first ever to EMS 20/20, we invite a listener to the show to participate in our Master Your Medics Special Edition! As a voluntary sacrificial Red Shirt, Kate joins the crew and is given a patient! And then another... or maybe just one? Wait, why are we going to the hospital?

    1 hr 58 min
  13. Pregnancy Trouble is Afoot!

    Episode 255

    Show notes

    HOOLLDD ME NOW, I'M 8cm FROM THE EDGE... Chris and Spence follow the surprise of a lifetime as a crew navigates a pregnancy call where things get... stuck.

    1 hr 47 min
  14. Special Edition: Mired Chris Incident

    Episode 254

    Show notes

    Spencer gives Chris perhaps this last MYM scenario: an MPS/MCI in which Chris must Command! How does he do? Let us know how his performance was as it may perhaps be the last time! Check out our IG for Spencer's hand drawn map!

    1 hr 43 min
  15. Prime Time Medicine

    Episode 253

    Show notes

    In what has to be the most challenging photoshop job Chris has ever done, the guys tackle a call where a near ethereal patient gives no clues to what could be wrong. And gang, we have follow up... and wow. Just wow.

    1 hr 55 min
  16. Special Edition: Zoo SNAFU

    Episode 252

    Show notes

    Spencer is in the hotseat! And this call is really, really wild. Quick, do you think a heard of elephants can clearly mark an LZ?

    1 hr 27 min
  17. The Emperor Needs a New Attitude

    Episode 251

    Show notes

    Today we hear the tale of Paramedic that has the self awareness of a monarch wearing some new fangled, conditionally visible fabric. Does this bode well for the patient and their partner? Listen and find out!

    1 hr 24 min
  18. Special Edition: Bringing Back the Bagel

    Episode 250

    Show notes

    Chris is in the hotseat as Spencer gives him a call with strong ties to a past episode. Does Chris figure it out in time? Or does he KILL HIS CREW?!?!?!

    1 hr 24 min
  19. Kemento

    Episode 249

    Show notes

    Chris discovers a sound board as Spencer goes through the call... backwards? Start at the end and end at the beginning for the wild ride, complete with dramatic movie quotes.

    2 hr 5 min
  20. Special Edition | CSI: Truck Stop

    Episode 248

    Show notes

    Spencer is in the hot seat and performs quite well! He has the world's most annoying intern, but thankfully a helpful partner and PD as well. How does he do? Listen and find out!

    1 hr 54 min

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