EMS 20/20

Christopher M Pfingsten

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.

  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    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!
    25 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 2 hours 6 minutes
    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?
    18 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    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?
    11 March 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    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!
    4 March 2026, 8:31 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    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!
    25 February 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    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?
    20 February 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    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?
    11 February 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 2 hours 25 seconds
    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!
    4 February 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    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!
    28 January 2026, 2:27 pm
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    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!
    21 January 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    Special Edition: Branching Diagnosis
    In a traumatic twist, Spencer finds himself planning to extricate a patient from... a tree? Does he make the right call? Can he remove this patient from a STICKy situation? Vote now on Instagram!
    14 January 2026, 3:00 pm
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