Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 63: Doing the Same Thing Twice-When Needles Aren’t Enough
Apr 15, 2026
A man in a high speed, rollover motor vehicle crash
experiences a multitude of symptoms including hemorrhagic shock and
profound respiratory distress. As our team assesses him, they
attempt multiple needle decompressions to relieve pressure and
improve breathing. None are successful. Having recently received
training...
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 62 The Eye of the Hurricane- Vigilance in the Deceptive Stillness
Mar 18, 2026
On this episode of AMPED, when our team arrives on
scene for a pediatric head trauma case in a 10-month old,
everything at first seems normal and under control. But in that
calm, something feels off to one of our clinicians and he believes
our patient faces imminent peril. Does he defer to the doctor on
scene who has...
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 61: Mise en Place - Staging the Chaos
Feb 23, 2026
When our crew is dispatched to an extremely rural
location, they find our patient has fallen off an a-frame ladder
and been impaled in the chest by a large piece of rebar on the
ground. We know that in dealing with impalements, removal or
jostling of the object can cause a host of problems for the
patient, so the team...
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 60: No Pulse, No Problem
Jan 21, 2026
Our crew was dispatched to a high energy, rollover MVC
with a patient ejection, which usually demands aggressive trauma
protocols. But what happens when the patient is equipped with a
HeartMate II, a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) that pumps
blood for failing hearts. The irony is that this...