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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.

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  • 29 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr 42 min
  • English
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  • October 7 · 1 hr 35 min

    Special Edition: Fishing for Mack's AMS

    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!

  • September 30 · 1 hr 45 min

    Mauly and Me

    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.

  • #262
    September 23 · 1 hr 36 min

    Special Edition: YOU SHALL BE AVENGED

    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!

  • #261
    September 19 · 2 hr

    The Pieces Don't Fit

    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?

  • #260
    September 16 · 1 hr 8 min

    Special Edition: POCUS Ranger

    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...

  • #259
    September 2 · 2 hr 6 min

    Legal Lessons for a Full Kart

    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!

  • #258
    August 19 · 1 hr 29 min

    Unexplained Resuscitation

    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.

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  • #256
    August 12 · 1 hr 57 min

    Special Edition: BOLDY GOING... (...to the ER for lab values)

    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?

  • #255
    August 5 · 1 hr 46 min

    Pregnancy Trouble is Afoot!

    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.

  • #254
    July 29 · 1 hr 42 min

    Special Edition: Mired Chris Incident

    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!

  • #253
    July 22 · 1 hr 54 min

    Prime Time Medicine

    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.

  • #252
    July 15 · 1 hr 27 min

    Special Edition: Zoo SNAFU

    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?

  • #251
    July 10 · 1 hr 23 min

    The Emperor Needs a New Attitude

    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!

  • #250
    June 24 · 1 hr 23 min

    Special Edition: Bringing Back the Bagel

    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?!?!?!

  • #249
    June 17 · 2 hr 5 min

    Kemento

    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.

  • #248
    June 10 · 1 hr 54 min

    Special Edition | CSI: Truck Stop

    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!

  • #247
    June 5 · 2 hr 17 min

    My Heart Will (Not) Go On

    Friend of the Show QANTU joins us for a Titanic Sized episode! Will the efforts to pace a patient be the life boat that's needed? Or will this patient be kicked off the floating door and die an icy death?

  • #246
    May 23 · 2 hr 4 min

    Lives Out: An EMS 20/20 Mystery

    Dr. Will Heuser join the crew in a an altered LOC mystery! Intubation, a mystery of a history, and a blood pressure that is not cooperating with authorities. Will and the guys will also be at FAST26, get your tickets now! fbefast.com

  • #245
    May 19 · 1 hr 52 min

    Do Not Pass ER

    Special Guest GEOFF MURPHY of Master Your Medics fame joins the guys for a trip around the game board as a Canadian crew navigate the harsh realities of the unknown reasons someone could be altered... with a STEMI. Maybe.

  • #244
    May 13 · 1 hr 47 min

    This Call is Baulder's Dash

    Chris finds the effects button on the mixer as Spencer relays a call that shows everything that can go wrong when systemic, cultural apathy sets in deep in a system.

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