EMS 20/20
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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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Nov 4, 2026 • 0sec
Special Edition: Pooh Goes Plop
In this week's Special Edition, Bryon joins the crew and gets a... slippery patient! Can Bryon bring Eeyore around to see the light as he resists going to the hospital? Listen and find out!
Oct 28, 2026 • 1h 43min
Unraveling Chest Pain
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?
Oct 21, 2026 • 1h 33min
Special Edition: Mason Stays Cool
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!
Oct 15, 2026 • 0sec
PREVIEW: Promise Not To Try
A preview of the LongPauseMedia.com EXCLUSIVE EPISODE: Promise Not to Try
Oct 14, 2026 • 1h 35min
CO Too
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.
Oct 7, 2026 • 1h 35min
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!
Sep 30, 2026 • 1h 45min
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.
Sep 23, 2026 • 1h 36min
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!
Sep 19, 2026 • 2h
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?
Sep 16, 2026 • 1h 8min
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...
