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EMS 20/20

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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • Mauly and Me

    September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

    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…

  • Special Edition: YOU SHALL BE AVENGED

    September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    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!

  • The Pieces Don't Fit

    September 19, 2026 · 2 hr 0 min

    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…

  • Special Edition: POCUS Ranger

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    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…

  • Legal Lessons for a Full Kart

    September 2, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min

    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…

  • Unexplained Resuscitation

    August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    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)

    August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min

    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…

  • Pregnancy Trouble is Afoot!

    August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min

    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.