EMS 20/20

EMS 20/20

Long Pause Media | FlightBridgeED
País Estados Unidos
Idioma EN
Episódios 253
Último 19.09.2026

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.

Episódios

  • The Pieces Don't Fit 19.09.2026
    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?
  • Special Edition: POCUS Ranger 16.09.2026 1h 8min
    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...
  • Legal Lessons for a Full Kart 02.09.2026 2h 6min
    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!
  • Unexplained Resuscitation 19.08.2026 1h 29min
    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.
  • Special Edition: BOLDY GOING... (...to the ER for lab values) 12.08.2026 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 2h 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 1h 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 2h 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 2h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 2h 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...

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