Medic Materials Podcast
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Medic Materials Podcast
A One-of-a-Kind EMS Podcast! Join hosts Mike Turek (AEMT-P, CIC), Emily Yates (RN, EMT), Gerard Cuomo (AEMT-P), Phil Saunders (AEMT-P), and Butch Smith (AEMT-P) as they deliver monthly episodes packed with education and entertainment for EMTs and Paramedics. With a raw, unfiltered approach, this pod...
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Earn Money Sleeping
Every EMS provider is familiar with the tongue-in-cheek acronym EMS: Earn Money Sleeping. This playful jab highlights a pervasive issue within the pro...
It's Been A While
We make our return with a crazy call where police lose their suspect and gain a huge headache. Severe trauma, airway compromise, and massive foul ups...
An Education Enema
We consistently see the same teaching habits by the same instructors that are holding onto their past glory. Never striving to get out of their own se...
Stuck In The Mud
Ever wonder why EMS education is stagnant, bland, unoriginal & can't seem to prepare students for the taking an EMS job? We discuss the toils of EMS e...
mmm Fruit Loops
A string of strange patient interactions are the source of today's call. Our crew today disregards the basics, but somehow makes it to the hospital wi...
Say When
After seeing a recent JEMS article we had to discuss the idea of an armed EMS provider. This is a can of worms that if opened gives us more questions...
Fully Baked
We review a fairly benign call today that has the panel completely stumped! Gerard dives into his past a bit and gives a great lesson on plant life. O...
Karen Has A Bad Night
Ever have one of those shifts where nothing seems to go right? Today's Karen found out the hard way that sometimes you must overlook your patients be...
They Should Have Sucked
Oh what a way to start the fourth year of the show! This crew scrambles but never actually accomplishes much on their terrifying scene. A few simple o...
Family Matters, The Tube Special
A paramedic faces a patient with significant shortness of breath and no help! The symptoms are clear, & we can all see the natural progression of this...
The Brapha Response
What a way to celebrate our 75th episode! The crew reviews a fairly straightforward call that dangles on the fence between an Alpha & Bravo priority....
The Finest Chicken Sandwich
A BLS crew responds to a chest pain, but chose to stop at a local fast food restaurant on their way there. We discuss the news article, the fallout &...
Taco Tuesday
Maybe this patient would have just been better off in the hands of a BLS provider. We are all pretty critical of this call, a passive medic and a crew...
If Only It Was Syncope
When all you hope is that a simple syncopal episode is just that SIMPLE, and it turns out it never is. However these providers today are fans of the s...
This One Brought To You By Kleenex
Warning! Get your Kleenex ready for this one. We say goodbye to a dear friend of ours and a fan favorite of the show. Then we discuss a topic never be...
It's Not A UTI
The Maha does not disappoint with a call he brings to the table. For the first time in a long time this patient steers the panel in a very wrong direc...
You Can't Fix Everything
Issues arise with Airway, Breathing & Circulation with an unresponsive patient. The crew must first discover the root cause of the patient's downfall,...
Dried Out Sponge
The two EMTs on todays call are quick to recognize the problem at hand on this weeks call review. But they are quicker to render aggressive medication...
Hard Earned Respect
The Geriatric population is one of our most frequent patient. In knowing that we had to dedicate an entire episodes discussion to the elderly patient....
Special Operations
The special challenge patient at times can be difficult for the EMS provider. In this episode we discuss some of the more frequent special challenge p...
Don't Drink The Water
A female is complaining of symptoms that point directly to a cardiac issue. Yet the paramedic deems her not worth their time. These generalized sympto...
OAE vol. 2
We honor Mental Health Awareness Month on the show today with a great interview with Jessica & Brooke of Operation At Ease! We deep dive into the miss...
Bum Brawl
We honor Mental Health Awareness Month on the show today with an interesting call review where a fairly green crew is thrown into a brawl with multipl...
Enough Already
Returning to some EMS news we review a scary story coming out of Wyoming about a crazy medication error. This story sparks a great discussion about wh...
Nothing's Wrong, REALLY?
A patient is bleeding that is the simple part of this call. However the hospital doesn't believe the patient is all that sick. Where is this fluid com...
5 Years to Shock
The first episode of the podcast that is transmitted LIVE. We connect our conversation about the pediatric patient from last episode with a call revie...
Don't Be Afraid Of The Big Bad Ped
Gerard came up with a great discussion topis this month and we dive head first into pediatrics. Listen to ideas and thoughts on how to interact with k...
A Medic By Themself
We take a page from our patreon show and bring you a remarkable mess of blunders. A respiratory patient that just needs someone to look a bit closer a...
Shit Is Tachy
What a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT for the future of Medic Materials LLC. Yet that is only the beginning. We also review a call in which two medics have slight...
Doc In A Box
When a paramedic listens to the doc in the box and not their clinical judgement the train gets derailed fast! From a weird myocardial infarction to di...
Burnt Out Negligence
In another piece of EMS news we take a look at the UNBELIEVABLE footage from the murder investigation happening in Illinois with two EMT's. The care...
I Called The Witch Doctor
We return to Mike's favorite location....Rustic, when a tired old farmer makes a desperate plea for help. The Paramedic makes a bold choice which spar...
When Fists Fly
A first on the show, we discuss a recent article in JEMS and evaluate a Paramedic who struck a patient after being assaulted by that same patient. Nat...
Q-Pine
Many providers see certain popular medications that stick out on med lists. In this call review a patient knowingly takes a medication that could end...
ET Phone Help!
After a very dark discovery involving intubation, Gerard & Mike began to discuss the pitfalls that EMS has with intubations. We both felt that this co...
The Pillars Are Shaking
Announcements galore on the 50th episode of the show. Announcements that will shake the foundation of the show! But not to worry we also answer a fan...
Overwhelmed & Underprepared
These calls are one in a million. None of them are ever the same and most will break a providers mind. We open up a hard hitting honest discussion abo...
When Frequent Flyers Attack
Frequent flyers are a part of the EMS industry. How the provider deals with them is the true test to the ems professional. In today's call, a crew tur...
EMS At Home
EMS providers are constantly under stress. At times this stress follows us home. Today is a special episode for us on this show. We are joined by our...
Magic Math 6+5
Math is the subject of today's episode when a confused patient suddenly changes directions. The paramedic we follow through this call is left by thems...