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 33 minutes
    Gravitating Towards Anaphylaxis?
    A rapidly swelling tongue and plummeting saturations point a crew into EXACTLY the... wrong? Direction? Can you figure it out before the guys do? Let us know!
    29 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 2 hours 17 minutes
    SUPER Special Edition: Split the Party!
    TODAY IS AWESOME! For the first time ever, neither of us are in the hotseat! Instead, the crew from The RideAlong EMT School Podcast join us in an epic collab event! How does a pair of newly minted EMT's and an experienced Paramedic do against the madness that besets them? And no, we don't go easy on them...
    22 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 47 minutes
    Shake N Bake Boys, I Think We Got a BBQ
    The guys welcome Special Guest Dr. Mike Lauria to the show! A crew attends a patient that is perfectly alive, but does NOT stay that way! Can this crew get in sync with what the patient needs, or do they head down a spiral of doom? And can Spencer and Lauria STOP adding movie references?
    15 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 10 seconds
    PREVIEW: Stranger Lungs
    To the whole STRANGER LUNGS episode, head over ems2020.com and get signed up for the EMS 2020 CE platform!
    13 April 2026, 6:40 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Special Edition: Reacting to the Lake
    Spencer is given a call that has everything from boats to mystery homemade sunscreen... how does he do? Check out our IG at @ems2020show and vote today!
    8 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    Twisted Tongue Trauma (ish...)
    The guys review a call that has blood coming from... somewhere in the mouth. Maybe. Maybe deeper. But there's a lot! Enough to cause some shock? Maaayyyybbeeeee....
    1 April 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 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
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