
The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast
The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast is a podcast for all EMS providers. Whether you’re an EMT, paramedic, nurse; work in a 911 response setting or critical care transport; and are a novice or experienced clinician, this podcast is for you.
Latest episodes

Dec 12, 2021 • 0sec
Rectal Foreign Bodies
DISCLAIMER: bad words, adult topics
Cologne, Ault. (2012). Rectal foreign bodies: what is the current standard? Clin Colon Rectal Surg, 25, 214-18.
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Nov 25, 2021 • 31min
Thanksgiving Clinical
Not really anything Thanksgiving related....random topics and rantings
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Nov 22, 2021 • 38min
Normalization of Deviance
References:
http://www.aviationchief.com
NASA. (2014). The Cost of Silence: Normalization of Deviance and Groupthink. Retrieved from: https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/safetymessage-normalizationofdeviance-2014-11-03b.pdf?sfvrsn=4
Mullane, Mike. Normalization of Deviance — IAFF. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljzj9Msli5o
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Nov 16, 2021 • 29min
Differential Diagnosis
Thoughts on the "differential diagnosis."
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Nov 11, 2021 • 30min
Lessons from My Partner Bill: A True OG
Bill is my HEMS partner, mentor, and friend. He started his career in EMS in 1976. Here is his introduction, some of his insights, and discussion on generation gaps and career progression. Also, sorry about the background noise: we were at work at the airport. Planes were taking off and the office chairs we were sitting in were creaking.
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Nov 7, 2021 • 31min
Saturday Night Clinical
Addendums on the calcium episode and the heart failure episode...as always...random ramblings as well...
Citations:
Anand IS, Gupta P. Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure: Current Concepts and Emerging Therapies. Circulation. 2018 Jul 3;138(1):80-98. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.030099. PMID: 29967232.
Hayes. (2013). Mythbuster: Calcium Gluconate Raises Serum Calcium as Quickly as Calcium Chloride. Retrieved at https://www.aliem.com/mythbuster-calcium-gluconate-raises-serum-calcium-as-calcium-chloride/
Calcium Chloride. RK.MD Blog. (2018). Retrieved at https://rk.md/2018/calcium-chloride/
Maak CA, Tabas JA, McClintock DE. Should acute treatment with inhaled beta agonists be withheld from patients with dyspnea who may have heart failure? J Emerg Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):135-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.056. Epub 2008 Jun 24. PMID: 18572345.
Ponn, B. (2017). Clinical Question: Can Ventolin improve wheeze in heart failure? CanadiEM Blog. Retrieved from https://canadiem.org/can-ventolin-improve-wheeze-in-heart-failure/
Silverberg DS, Wexler D, Iaina A. The role of anemia in the progression of congestive heart failure. Is there a place for erythropoietin and intravenous iron? J Nephrol. 2004 Nov-Dec;17(6):749-61. PMID: 15593047.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 30min
Staffing Shortages, Work Conditions, Corporate Greed
I think I might have gone a little hard in the paint on this one...
TOPICS:
Corporate greed
Staffing shortages
Incentive pay
Working conditions
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Oct 25, 2021 • 31min
EMS Organizational Narcissism
As always: real talk, no BS, and maybe controversial views of when narcissism pervades the culture in EMS agencies...
Duchon & Drake. (2009). Organizational narcissism and virtuous behavior. Journal of Business Ethics 85, 301-308.
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Oct 22, 2021 • 19min
Calcium Facts for the EMS Provider
Faine. (n.d.). The calcium quandry. EP Monthly. http://epmonthly.com/article/the-calcium-quandry
Farkas. (2020). IBCC. Available at http://emcrit.org/ibcc
Graudins, et. al. (2016). Calcium channel antagonist and beta blocker overdose: antidotes and adjunct therapies. Br J Clin Pharm 81(3).
Nickson. (2020). Hypocalcemia. LITFL Blog. Available at http://litfl.com/hypocalcemia
Sauter, et al. (2015). Calcium disorders in the ED: independent risk factors for mortality. PLoS One 10(7).
Swaminathan. (2017). CORE EM: Hypocalcemia. Available at http://www.emdocs.net/core-em-hypocalcemia
Webster, et. al. (2016). Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the ED. Emer Med J 33(8).
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Oct 14, 2021 • 0sec
Neonatal Resus, Gestalt, Heuristics
Cook C. Is clinical gestalt good enough?. J Man Manip Ther. 2009;17(1):6-7.
Jeanmonodod, Asuka, Jeanmonodod. (2021). Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Accessed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459183/
Van Horne, P., & Riley, J. (2014). Left of Bang. New York: First Black Irish Entertainment
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