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WARNING: This episode features discussion of depression and suicide. If you, or someone you know is suffering from depression or considering suicide, please seek professional help or call the National Suicide Hotline by dialing 988. Remember, you matter.
A mantra of the Navy SEALS is, "Slow is smooth. Smooth is...
Oct 19, 2022
In the movie Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum) says this about the butterfly effect as it relates to chaos theory, "A butterfly can flap its wings in [Beijing], and in Central Park, you get rain instead of sunshine.” The metaphor is used to describe how seemingly minor events can have grand...
Sep 21, 2022
We have talked on this show before about the complexity that can arise after suffering a stroke... but what if the patient also goes into pre-term labor while suffering the stroke? What interventions do you do? Which issue do you tackle first? What if your transport occupancy doubles mid-flight? Our team is...
Aug 17, 2022
Sometimes the solution seems like it should be simple: Just stop the bleeding. But what happens when the injury is the internal jugular vein and the usual interventions either won't work, will cause other damage, or are simply impractical? The AMPED team discusses this case with unique and perplexing challenges,...