The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast
Episodes
Saturday Coffee Talk (3/21/26)
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised.
(Early) Coffee Talk 3/12/26
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Conversation with a Medical Director: Nate Zahustecher
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (3/7/26)
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Japanese Airway Study: Kubo A, Kunitatsu K, Nakashima T, Horitani R, Kajimoto Y, Inoue S, Hironishi M. Association bet...
BONUS Mini Episode: Burn Intubation
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Jen Brennan and Ben Podsiadlo
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (2/28/26)
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The Coffee Talk is EARLY THIS WEEK (2/19/26)
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Varney J, Motawea KR, Mostafa MR, AbdelQadir YH, Aboelenein M, Kandil OA, Ibrahim N, Hashim HT, Murry K, J...
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Decorticate and Decerebrate Posturing. (Dec 18, 2025). David Goldemund. “Stroke Manual.” Available: ht...
Sal Cortez and ISTM
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (2/14/26)
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Nicole Hooser
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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SUNDAY (Late) Coffee Talk (2/8/26)
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Dan Koloden
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (1/31/26)
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Ryan Bolger
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (1/24/26)
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Bona & Friedman. (Apr 3, 2018). Ambulance Lights and Sirens Should Only Be Used When the Benefit Outwe...
Sal Cortez
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sal Cortez has over forty years of experience as a paramedic and LEO. He has responded to two major active shooter incidents, worked as a flight medi...
Saturday Coffee Talk (1/17/26)
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: PMID 12776641, 29463461
Dr. Nate Zahustecher: EMS Awareness of Medetomidine Overdose and Withdrawal
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (1/10/26)
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (1/3/26)
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (12/27/25)
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Coffee Talk (12/20/25)
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. CORRECTION: I mentioned that Precedex is an alpha antagonist. I misspoke and meant to say that it is an "agonist." R...
Saturday Coffee Talk (12/13/25)
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Casey, J., Seitz, K., et al. (2025). Ketamine or Etomidate for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adult...
HEMS Utilization and Safety Panel
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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FRIDAY Coffee Talk (12/5/25)
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Kim YG, Choi YY, Han KD, Min K, Choi HY, Shim J, Choi JI, Kim YH. Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased ris...
TEMS Chat with PrepMedic
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (11/29/25)
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Greenhaw, R. & Jamali, M. (2021). Medical Helicopter Accident Review: Causes and Contributing Factors. Available: ...
Drs. Mark Piehl & Peter Antevy: Peds Trauma, Blood, and Much More
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (11/15/25)
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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James Johns: Mobile Stroke Units
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (11/8/25)
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Artificial Intelligence in EMS (with a Wilderness Paramedic)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Thank you to Mike Damkot for coming onto the podcast. Check him out on his podcast "EMS On the Mountain."
Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (11/1/25)
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Drs. Scott Weingart and Nick Ghionni: Approaching the Really Sick Pulmonary Patient
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Thank you to Pulmonologist Nick Ghionni and host of the EmCrit Podcast, Dr. Scott Weingart for coming onto the podcas...
Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (10/25/25)
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The AHA 2025 Updates are a Nothingburger
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. DOSE VF Trial: PMID 36342151 PARAMEDIC: PMID 25467566 Heads Up CPR: PMID 39442790.
Paul Sheats: Education, Effective Sim
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (10/18/25)
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (10/11/25)
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Christine Witten. Airway Jedi Blog. Available: https://airwayjedi.com/2019/01/24/etco2-valuable-vital-sign...
The Intubation Decision
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (10/4/25)
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (9/27/25)
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The EMT's Perspective
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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@PulmToilet's Crusade Against SCAPE and High-Dose Nitroglycerin
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
@pulmtoilet Dr. Nick Ghionni comes onto dispel some of the thoughts on SCAPE and high-dose nitroglycerin. Listener discretion is advised.
Sunday Coffee Talk (9/21/25)
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Topics: Inappropriate OB Transfers Situational Awareness Organizational Standards and Lazy People
Debriefing the New England Whole Blood Summit
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Dr. Steve Wood and Paramedic Ryan Mueller come on to debrief the New England Whole Blood Summit and talk about all thi...
LIVE at Crash and Learn with the HLTH Crew
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The audio is not studio-crisp beautiful. This was the first outdoor podcast I've ever recorded. Thanks to the crew for Heavy Lies the Helmet for com...
Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (9/13/25)
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Community Paramedics: Sam Magill and Cody Winniford
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. @medicmagill and @ordinaryopsmedic come on to the podcast and discuss a topic I know absolutely nothing about: communi...
Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (9/6/25)
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Rambling about a range of topics: Nobody cares that you work in the big city Clipboards, tablets, charting in front o...
Precepting, Orientation (and More) with Kayla Katt
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised.
Yes, That Wide Complex Tach is Probably VT
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. References: Buxton. Sustained Monomorphic VT: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Evaluation. Up-to-Date. Farré J...
Listener Questions, NEMSAC Termination
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Random Ramblings: Dan Rauh
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Case Study: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Cook AM, Morgan Jones G, Hawryluk GWJ, Mailloux P, McLaughlin D, Papangelou A, Samuel S, Tokumaru S, Venka...
Jake Potter & Josh Cooke
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Jake Potter from Scope Education and Josh Cooke from The Alert Medic One Podcast joined me for an agendaless discussio...
Surgical Airway Debrief
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Thank you to Dr. Haney Mallemat and my partner Cameron for coming on to discuss a high-risk/low-frequency case.
Case Study: 84 Year Old with Chest Pain
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Reference: Tsukube, T., Okita, Y. (2017). Cardiac tamponade due to aortic dissection: clinical picture and treatment w...
Conversation with a 911 Telecommunicator
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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July Listener Questions (Clinical)
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. More thoughts on OB Learning 12-leads Paralytic choices ALS for AMS Cash RE, Kaimal AJ, Samuels-Kalow ME, Boggs KM, Sw...
Hard Hitting Listener Questions
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. We will address three topics on this episode: Burnout: "I hate my patients." Managers who don't handle a low performi...
Introspection, Discourse, and Whiny Dispatchers
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Dan Rauh: Really Sick Acidotic Patients
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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EMS Content Creators
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Random Ramblings: 6/1/25
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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No BS: "I Want to Be a Flight Medic (or Nurse)"
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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May Listener Questions
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Jake Potter: Sedation, Agitation, and Rabbit-holes
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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"ChiLdBiRth iS a bLs CaLL"
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Dr. Bert Schiffer: Random Ramblings with a Physician Medical Director
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Random Ramblings with Mustafa Sidik
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. You all know him and love him: Mustafa Sidik from The Alert Medic One Podcast joined me for a discussion about...well,...
The Crashing CHF Patient with Collin Grothaus, NP
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Life Advice, Jumping Ship, & The Death of Crozer EMS
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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April Listener Questions
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Avoiding Complacency
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Pass the FP-C (or CCP-C)
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Dr. Stephen Wood
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Dr. Stephen Wood, host of the "Tac Medic Whiskey Podcast" joined us again! We talk about a wide-range of topics from ...
Trauma Rantings
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Ball CG, Lord J, Laupland KB, Gmora S, Mulloy RH, Ng AK, Schieman C, Kirkpatrick AW. Chest tube complicati...
@PulmToilet and Melody Bishop RT
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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You want to be a good EMT? DO EMT THINGS.
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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DnR Prehospital Education: Canadian Paramedics TAKE OVER the Podcast!
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Listener Questions: March 2025
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Mini Episode: Epidural Hematoma
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Random Ramblings 2/21
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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COPD Follow-Up with Melody Bishop, RT
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Thanks to Melody for coming back on the podcast to tie up some loose ends re: the COPD episode.
The COPD Episode
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised (language). References: Abdo WF, Heunks LM. Oxygen-induced hypercapnia in COPD: myths and facts. Crit Care. 2012 Oct 29...
"BuT iT's AnOthEr ToOL"
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Random Ramblings 2/4/25
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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More Listener Questions with Nurse Gwenny and Wes Nelson
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Ashley's Back! Listener Questions
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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EMS Education with "Dialed Medics"
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. Thanks to Adam from "Dialed Medics" for coming onto the podcast and talking about EMS education. Follow them on socia...
Prehospital Docs and Paramedics vs. Paramedics Alone
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Lavery MD, Aulakh A, Christian MD. Benefits of targeted deployment of physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital tea...
Endocarditis
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener discretion is advised. References: Gutierrez, E. (2023). The Vasopressor & Inotrope Handbook: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Profession...
Resuscitate Before You Intubate (Coop's Question)
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. REFERENCES: Ferrada P, García A, Duchesne J, Brenner M, Liu C, Ordóñez C, Menegozzo C, Salamea JC, Feliciano D. Com...
More Cardiac Arrest with Josh Cooke
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Cooke from the Alert Medic One Podcast came back to the podcast to talk more about his favorite topic, cardiac arrest. We discuss the recent art...
Wrap Up: Leadership, Accountability, Resiliency, Coaching
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Cody Winniford - Ordinary Ops Medic
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Good Leadership in EMS
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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