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EMS 20/20

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.

Hosted byChris Pfingsten, Spencer Oliver
268 episodes Education 192 with CE

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Mason Stays Cool
Episode 266 Oct 21, 2026 1:32:58

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!

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EMS 20/20 EXCLUSIVE: Promise Not To Try
Bonus episode Oct 15, 2026 1:51:25

Chris delivers an episode to Spencer where a rogue runner is hit by a car! Or hits a car, or... fights a car? Who is to be believed when PD, a distraught driver, and a lop sided crew collide at a random intersection?

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EMS 20/20 Mauly and Me
Episode 263 Sep 30, 2026 1:45:26

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.

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EMS 20/20 The Pieces Don't Fit
Episode 261 Sep 18, 2026 2:00:05

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?

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EMS 20/20 Legal Lessons for a Full Kart
Episode 259 Sep 2, 2026 2:06:31

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…

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Mired Chris Incident
Episode 254 Jul 29, 2026 1:42:38

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!

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EMS 20/20 Prime Time Medicine
Episode 253 Jul 22, 2026 1:54:52

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.

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EMS 20/20 In The Wake of Stabby McStabberface
Episode 231 Feb 20, 2026 1:43:44

The guys take a stab (lol) at a very chaotic scene that involves AT LEAST one stabbing... and little to know scene safety. Just how bad can a stand by go? Listen and find out?

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EMS 20/20 Red Dead Redemption Too?
Episode 229 Feb 4, 2026 2:00:25

In a gunslinging adventure, the bullets may not be the biggest problem that comes from today's episode. Did we give up before we even got started? Listen and find out!

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Branching Diagnosis
Episode 226 Jan 14, 2026 1:32:30

In a traumatic twist, Spencer finds himself planning to extricate a patient from... a tree? Does he make the right call? Can he remove this patient from a STICKy situation? Vote now on Instagram!

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EMS 20/20 Control Bleeding and Emotions
Episode 225 Jan 7, 2026 1:49:28

The guys put themselves in the shoes of a crew that enters a chaotic and potentially dangerous scene. So come on down and meet some friends of mine as Special Guest Dave Horowitz, author of Medic - A Diary, joins the guys in this harrowing tale.

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: The Shootout
Episode 218 Nov 12, 2025 1:42:01

Today Chris takes aim at Spencer with a call that is all about scene management and lotsa blood! Does Spencer hit the bullseye? Vote on our Instagram!

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EMS 20/20 Trouble In The PlayPlace
Episode 215 Oct 22, 2025 1:44:14

Special guest Patrick Pianezza, the writer of CODE 3 (streaming now on Apple and Amazon) joins the guys on a pediatric case with ever so helpful 'nurse' bystander. Do the guys sort things out and figure out what's what (and importantly, whose who)? Listen and find out!

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EMS 20/20 Paralyzing Yourself to Refuse
Episode 206 Aug 13, 2025 1:35:23

What does Carhart pants, Fireball Whiskey, weed, and an allergy to authority have in common? They're all in this episode! Follow the Paramedic of Darkness into the fray as we sort out and angry MVA patient that has more issues than they realize.

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Oops! All Trauma!
Episode 205 Aug 6, 2025 1:44:07

Spencer is in the hotseat trying to fix all the problems with a severe trauma patient. Also, Chris cannot count. Vote on Instagram now!

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EMS 20/20 Self Inflicted Surgery
Episode 204 Jul 30, 2025 1:44:55

Hands down, this is the weirdest episode. So many twists and turns. Chris rants about TXA again (start the emails), Spencer gets weird about barnyard animals, and a goat is suspect for attempted murder. Maybe.

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Recipe for Disaster
Episode 199 Jun 18, 2025 1:33:00

Spencer attempts to trip Chris up with a chaotic flight call! An IFT where a small hospital is struggling to keep up with a severe trauma patient's needs. Is Chris the missing ingredient that ties the whole dish together, or does he completely ruin the flavor profile? VOTE ON INSTAGRAM!

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EMS 20/20 Bullet(s) With Butterfly Wings
Episode 198 Jun 11, 2025 1:38:39

A team of responders enter a scene made safe(ish) by PD to find a very unhappy gunshot victim. Are they able to calm his rage and treat appropriately? Listen and find out!

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EMS 20/20 Rocko's Modern Wreck
Episode 182 Feb 12, 2025 1:22:21

Oh no... apathy strikes again in this week's episode as two cars attempt to occupy the same space in traffic. An ALS fly car responds to sort out the chaos... do they achieve this goal? Listen and find out!

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EMS 20/20 SquKid Game
Episode 176 Jan 1, 2025 1:45:58

Attention Players: A crew heads to a traffic accident with multiple patients and is assigned to care for a 3.517892 year old child with a leg injury... or ARE THEY?

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EMS 20/20 Out of Leadership
Episode 173 Dec 4, 2024 1:53:01

A trauma call with a complicated patient and a ship that desperately needs a captain. Does the crew get it together or is it the end of the world as we know it?

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EMS 20/20 The Significant Intrusion Album
Episode 171 Nov 20, 2024 2:07:02

A car split hot dog style... a medic that is rude and disengaged... a massive med error... what isn't there to love about this week's episode?! Tune and find out just how wild things get in this week's episode!

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EMS 20/20 Special Edition: Pass or Flail?
Episode 154 Jul 24, 2024 38:15

For the first time ever, Chris and Spencer will be squaring off to see who can pass the test the best as the guys test one another using the 100 Patient Scenarios book by Master Your Medics! In this episode, Chris serves up a trauma call to see if Spencer can manage. Check out the masteryourmedics.com bookstore and ge…

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EMS 20/20 Under the Bridge
Episode 151 Jun 19, 2024 1:41:55

Can you fall from a bridge onto a steel barge and survive? Maybe. Chris and Spence go on an adventure where vehicles are commandeered and daring rescues are made in one of the most atypical calls we've had in quite some time!

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EMS 20/20 It's Just My Arm... Promise.
Episode 145 Mar 27, 2024 1:32:13

When is it ever really as easy at it seems? Take a helluva dive with the guys as they figure out what was missed as a vaping patient complains about their arm.

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EMS 20/20 Quick! To The Bat Scanner!
Episode 144 Mar 13, 2024 1:44:05

Well now here's a fun one: what happens when a fall patient who just needs a hand up suddenly becomes an altered patient? Find out in this week's totally copyright infringement free episode!

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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.