Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 63: Doing the Same Thing Twice-When Needles Aren't Enough
A man in a high speed, rollover motor vehicle crash experiences a multitude of symptoms including hemorrhagic shock and profound respiratory distress. As our team assesses him, they attempt multiple n...
15 Huhti 38min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 62 The Eye of the Hurricane- Vigilance in the Deceptive Stillness
On this episode of AMPED, when our team arrives on scene for a pediatric head trauma case in a 10-month old, everything at first seems normal and under control. But in that calm, something feels off t...
18 Maalis 40min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 61: Mise en Place - Staging the Chaos
When our crew is dispatched to an extremely rural location, they find our patient has fallen off an a-frame ladder and been impaled in the chest by a large piece of rebar on the ground. We know that i...
23 Helmi 35min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 60: No Pulse, No Problem
Our crew was dispatched to a high energy, rollover MVC with a patient ejection, which usually demands aggressive trauma protocols. But what happens when the patient is equipped with a HeartMate II, a ...
21 Tammi 33min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 59: Scales of Uncertainty
On this show we have espoused the general guiding principal of "when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras." Sometimes the hoofbeats actually are those of zebras. But what if sometimes there no...
18 Joulu 202537min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 58: The Muck and the Mechanism
A brutal incident where a woman gets hit by a truck leaves her with a multitude of injuries, most notably both of her legs bent into a position best described as "frog legs." She's in good spirits and...
19 Marras 202536min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 57: The Gravity of the Fall
In an incredible twist of irony, this month's case focuses on our flight crew loading into their helicopter to be dispatched to... a patient who has fallen out of a helicopter. From a height of approx...
22 Loka 202531min
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 56: The Zebra Call
A common aphorism in the medical community comes from Dr. Theodore Woodward who said in the 1940s, "When you hear hoofbeats behind you, think of horses, not zebras." It's a way of reminding medical pr...
17 Syys 202528min
