EMS 20/20
Long Pause Media | FlightBridgeED
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.
Episodes
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 14min
Special Edition: Chris Sucks at Electrolytes
Chris gets a call that he... isn't the most proud of. But Spencer feels he did OK+ ! What do you think? Vote now on Instagram!
Mar 18, 2026 • 2h 6min
Philip Gets Fried
A pediatric airway/neuro/ewww call! Can Chris and Spencer get this figured out? An error occurs... does the agency step up and future proof themselves? Or do they fall to the old ways of the past?
Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 13min
Special Edition: The Bottom Drops Out
Spencer is in the hotseat and for the life of him (or his pretend patient) him simply cannot get a good role. Did he do a good job, or will you score him lower than the dice did?
Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 23min
The Last POLST Bender
The guys handle a code that gets maybe too handled? Or not handled enough? When does a POLST form count? Listen and find out!
Feb 25, 2026 • 1h 9min
Special Edition: Signs Point to Fracture
Spencer causes Chris to bounce off the walls by giving him a pediatric trauma patient with a clueless dad! How does he manage? Vote now!
Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 44min
In The Wake of Stabby McStabberface
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?
Feb 11, 2026 • 1h 7min
Special Edition: I Have Better Things To Do
Chris gives Spencer the greatest challenge of all: a distracted Supervisor as a partner. Can Spencer redirect a partner who clearly has more important things to do? Or will he lose his famous cool?
Feb 4, 2026 • 2h
Red Dead Redemption Too?
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!
Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 21min
Special Edition: Fierce Resistance, Betrayal
Chris is given a scenario with a stubborn patient and… a stubborn ambulance Paramedic? Spencer puts Chris on the fire engine this time around, let’s see if he burns! Vote!
Jan 21, 2026 • 1h 43min
When Things Get Skrewy
How do you convince an unaltered but still kind of altered patient to go to the hospital? Especially when they claim they are being tormented by random people who are stealing their sandwich fixings? Listen and find out!
