EMS 20/20

EMS 20/20

Long Pause Media | FlightBridgeED
Land USA
Sprog EN
Episoder 253
Seneste 12.08.2026

EMS 20/20 is a podcast hosted by two experienced paramedics, Spencer Oliver and Christopher Pfingsten. They discuss real emergency calls run by actual responders and extract lessons that go beyond what is found in textbooks. The show is aimed at paramedic students, seasoned paramedics looking to refresh their knowledge, and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of pre-hospital healthcare. Each episode provides practical insights drawn from real-world EMS experiences.

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  • Special Edition: BOLDY GOING... (...to the ER for lab values) 12.08.2026 1t 57min
    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?
  • Pregnancy Trouble is Afoot! 05.08.2026 1t 46min
    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.
  • Special Edition: Mired Chris Incident 29.07.2026 1t 42min
    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!
  • Prime Time Medicine 22.07.2026 1t 54min
    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.
  • Special Edition: Zoo SNAFU 15.07.2026 1t 27min
    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?
  • The Emperor Needs a New Attitude 10.07.2026 1t 23min
    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!
  • Special Edition: Bringing Back the Bagel 24.06.2026 1t 23min
    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?!?!?!
  • Kemento 17.06.2026 2t 5min
    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.
  • Special Edition | CSI: Truck Stop 10.06.2026 1t 54min
    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!
  • My Heart Will (Not) Go On 05.06.2026 2t 17min
    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?
  • Lives Out: An EMS 20/20 Mystery 23.05.2026 2t 4min
    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
  • Do Not Pass ER 19.05.2026 1t 52min
    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.
  • This Call is Baulder's Dash 13.05.2026 1t 47min
    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.
  • Special Edition: Stroke of (un)Luck 06.05.2026 1t 44min
    Chris has his worst luck yet, as he finds an altered patient, and angry wife, and absolutely no help. How does he do? Vote on our IG! @ems2020show!
  • Gravitating Towards Anaphylaxis? 29.04.2026 1t 33min
    A rapidly swelling tongue and plummeting saturations point a crew into EXACTLY the... wrong? Direction? Can you figure it out before the guys do? Let us know!
  • SUPER Special Edition: Split the Party! 22.04.2026 2t 17min
    TODAY IS AWESOME! For the first time ever, neither of us are in the hotseat! Instead, the crew from The RideAlong EMT School Podcast join us in an epic collab event! How does a pair of newly minted EMT's and an experienced Paramedic do against the madness that besets them? And no, we don't go easy on them...
  • Shake N Bake Boys, I Think We Got a BBQ 15.04.2026 1t 47min
    The guys welcome Special Guest Dr. Mike Lauria to the show! A crew attends a patient that is perfectly alive, but does NOT stay that way! Can this crew get in sync with what the patient needs, or do they head down a spiral of doom? And can Spencer and Lauria STOP adding movie references?
  • PREVIEW: Stranger Lungs 13.04.2026 15min
    To the whole STRANGER LUNGS episode, head over ems2020.com and get signed up for the EMS 2020 CE platform!
  • Special Edition: Reacting to the Lake 08.04.2026 1t 25min
    Spencer is given a call that has everything from boats to mystery homemade sunscreen... how does he do? Check out our IG at @ems2020show and vote today!
  • Twisted Tongue Trauma (ish...) 01.04.2026 1t 46min
    The guys review a call that has blood coming from... somewhere in the mouth. Maybe. Maybe deeper. But there's a lot! Enough to cause some shock? Maaayyyybbeeeee....

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