AMPED Podcasts

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 50: There’s No Place Like Home

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Our team is dispatched to a scene expecting to assist a pregnant woman in footling breech labor—but when they arrive, the baby has already been delivered and is receiving Basic Life Support (BLS). She’s in critical condition, and the team must act fast. How do they pivot in this high-stakes moment? What life-saving steps do […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 49: Tag, You’re It

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When two flight teams are dispatched to a scene, the first to arrive typically takes the sickest patient—but what happens when conditions on the ground shift that plan? How do teams seamlessly tag in and out to ensure the best care? In this episode of the AMPED Podcast, we break down a high-speed highway collision […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 48: The Pinkie Promise

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A pinkie promise is one you can’t break—and for our patient in this month’s episode, it was a lifeline. Stricken with a life-threatening COVID infection, he vowed to his wife that he would pull through. And he did—but not without countless obstacles along the way. Our team fought not only his severe COVID case but […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 47: Miracle in the Desert

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The holidays are a season of hope, a time to believe in the extraordinary. Remember the classic holiday film Miracle on 34th Street? Just when faith seems lost, a series of unexpected events brings about the impossible. This week on the Air Methods Prehospital Education Podcast, we share a real-life story that captures that same […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 46: Bending the Rules

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A gruesome head-on motorcycle accident causes this month’s patient a litany of injuries. He has bilateral femur fractures, a large open wound on his abdomen and much more… and he’s awake the whole time. He is cognizant, lucid, and chatting with our team through the entire ordeal. Is he experiencing neurogenic shock? And if he […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 45: Heed Your Intuition

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A seemingly simple heart attack gives our team pause because the patient presents a litany of conflicting symptoms. Should our team send him to have a stent put in right away – as is standard procedure – or do they wait to address the other symptoms and risk muscle damage? What would you do if […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 44: Zen and the Art of Treating a Motorcycle Accident

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A motorcycle accident victim faces dire circumstances and our team has to execute a new procedure that is rarely done in the field and has a high degree of risk if not done correctly. They are one of the only teams in the region equipped to even do such a procedure, and our team is […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 43: Into the Unknown

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Presented with a patient whose symptoms seem contradictory then flip, change and remain unclear, our team must continue to work to keep the patient alive. What’s causing the duress for our patient? Is it an aneurysm? Is it neoplastic process? Cardiac arrest? Some combination of these factors? Our team remains nimble, attentive, and diligent in […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 41: The Calm Before the Storm

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Sometimes the hardest part is the waiting. When our team is dispatched to a scene where a man who does not speak English is trapped inside a confined space with possible crush injuries, hypothermia and hyperkalemia, they must wait for him to be extricated. How do you stand that interminable time? How do you stay […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 40: MacGyver and Medicine

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Any pediatric case comes with a higher degree of tension due to a variety of factors, including compensatory efforts to distress leading to a precarious “cliff” when those efforts cease. When our team is called to assist a 5-year-old child struggling to breathe but still exhibiting strong vital signs, how will the AMPED team react? […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 39: Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good

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Any pediatric case comes with a higher degree of tension due to a variety of factors, including compensatory efforts to distress leading to a precarious “cliff” when those efforts cease. When our team is called to assist a 5-year-old child struggling to breathe but still exhibiting strong vital signs, how will the AMPED team react? […]

Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 38: Going the Distance No Matter What

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Air medical crews are dispatched to the most extreme, most rare, most complex, and sometimes hopeless cases any patient could ever experience. It would be easy to look at extreme cases – like a man whose legs are stuck in a concrete auger on a precarious platform with devastating injuries and assess that he’s not […]

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