EMS 20/20
Long Pause Media | FlightBridgeED · Christopher M Pfingsten
Show overview
EMS 20/20 has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 242 episodes. That works out to roughly 350 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 11m and 1h 43m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 20 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 49 episodes published. Published by Christopher M Pfingsten.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 242 episodesThis Call is Baulder's Dash
Special Edition: Stroke of (un)Luck
Gravitating Towards Anaphylaxis?
SUPER Special Edition: Split the Party!
Shake N Bake Boys, I Think We Got a BBQ
PREVIEW: Stranger Lungs
Special Edition: Reacting to the Lake
Ep 238Twisted Tongue Trauma (ish...)
EThe 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....
Ep 237Special Edition: Chris Sucks at Electrolytes
EChris 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!
Ep 236Philip Gets Fried
EA 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?
Ep 234Special Edition: The Bottom Drops Out
ESpencer 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?
Ep 233The Last POLST Bender
EThe guys handle a code that gets maybe too handled? Or not handled enough? When does a POLST form count? Listen and find out!
Ep 232Special Edition: Signs Point to Fracture
ESpencer causes Chris to bounce off the walls by giving him a pediatric trauma patient with a clueless dad! How does he manage? Vote now!
Ep 231In The Wake of Stabby McStabberface
EThe guys take a stab (lol) at a very chaotic scene that involves AT LEAST one stabbing... and little to know scene safety. Just how bad can a stand by go? Listen and find out?
Ep 230Special Edition: I Have Better Things To Do
EChris gives Spencer the greatest challenge of all: a distracted Supervisor as a partner. Can Spencer redirect a partner who clearly has more important things to do? Or will he lose his famous cool?
Ep 229Red Dead Redemption Too?
EIn a gunslinging adventure, the bullets may not be the biggest problem that comes from today's episode. Did we give up before we even got started? Listen and find out!
Ep 228Special Edition: Fierce Resistance, Betrayal
EChris is given a scenario with a stubborn patient and… a stubborn ambulance Paramedic? Spencer puts Chris on the fire engine this time around, let’s see if he burns! Vote!
Ep 227When Things Get Skrewy
EHow do you convince an unaltered but still kind of altered patient to go to the hospital? Especially when they claim they are being tormented by random people who are stealing their sandwich fixings? Listen and find out!
Ep 226Special Edition: Branching Diagnosis
EIn a traumatic twist, Spencer finds himself planning to extricate a patient from... a tree? Does he make the right call? Can he remove this patient from a STICKy situation? Vote now on Instagram!
Ep 225Control Bleeding and Emotions
EThe guys put themselves in the shoes of a crew that enters a chaotic and potentially dangerous scene. So come on down and meet some friends of mine as Special Guest Dave Horowitz, author of Medic - A Diary, joins the guys in this harrowing tale.