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This is the AMPED (Air Methods Prehospital EDucation) podcast brought to you by Air Methods, a leader in air medical transport, with the mission to deliver critical care discussion and content to both the prehospital and in-hospital care providers through clinician interviews and expert clinical commentary.

May 17, 2023

Sometimes during a medical event, a team can make all the correct choices and still lose a patient. In this episode, a patient experiencing angioedema presents our team with choices that are all undeniably fraught and filled with risk. As they relive the event, they discuss how they cope when things don't work out as...


Apr 19, 2023

This episode is about the challenges of transporting a highly complex patient with multiple medications and life-saving technologies.  In this episode, Critical care paramedic Jordan Stone encountered a malfunctioning transvenous pacemaker causing the patient to move putting at risk his multiple connections and balloon...


Mar 15, 2023

An impromptu knock at the door shortly before our flight crew's safety nap turns into an unexpected potential mass casualty incident via skydiving accident. Our crew had multiple victims and complex injuries to deal with along with a growing crowd. Quick thinking, resourcefulness, and taking things one small step at a...


Feb 15, 2023

When the Air Methods first responder team encounters a 19-year-old man with a litany of injuries due to a car accident involving a concrete barricade, a complicated extrication process, crush injuries, and possible amputation, quick analysis, and action are required. Listen in to hear the incredibly quick timeline...


Jan 18, 2023

It's a different type of episode today on AMPED. We're joined by Ridley Barron, a Senior Pastor at Grove Hill Church in Chapel Hill, TN, and motivational speaker. He tells an incredible story about how his life was changed in a split second via car accident, shares the harrowing journey in the hospital that happened...