AMPED is the Air Methods Prehospital EDucation podcast brought to you by Air Methods, a leader in air medical transport, with the mission to deliver critical care discussion and content to both the prehospital and in-hospital care providers through clinician interviews and expert clinical commentary. Click here to listen to the latest episode or read about our catalog of episodes below.
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 not even zebras, they’re unicorns? On this episode of AMPED, our patient has been bitten by a Jameson’s Mamba, one of the deadliest […]
A brutal incident where a woman is 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 her vitals are stable, but her legs bent at that angle mean she cannot fit into the […]
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 approximately 40 feet and at a speed of 30 knots, our patient has an abundance of injuries, which requires our […]