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Building on the conclusion of Episode 29, the AMPED team sticks with the patients and works to figure out why our patient has not delivered her placenta, why she’s bleeding, and how to ensure both she and her baby thrive in the crucial time after childbirth. If you’re unfamiliar with postpartum care, ask yourself these […]
How up to date are you, as a first responder, on all things neonatal? Are you prepared to take care of and assess a newborn in the very first minutes of their lives? What tools should you have at the ready? How do you improvise the solutions you need? And what key things should you […]
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 […]
A patient with technology coming out of everywhere. He has a balloon pump, a transvenous pacemaker, multiple IV access points, multiple medications, intubated, a foley, and an nasogastric tube all keeping him alive. It took tremendous preparation, knowledge, training, and careful planning to move this patient to the helicopter to the receiving hospital. En route the […]
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 time are the key themes in this month’s episode.
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 of events, the complexity of the solutions […]
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 […]
Pregnancy complications are always difficult to manage. Managing these complications in the air puts a whole new spin on the topic. In this episode the AMPED team discusses a case in which Air Methods crew members had to transfer a patient with an abrupted placenta AND an open abdomen. We discuss the similarities in how […]
Our podcast, AMPED (Air Methods Prehospital EDucation) is back with another episode this month! The podcast, designed for pre-hospital and in-hospital care providers, sheds light on the unique and challenging clinical scenarios faced by our emergency medical crews. It is a first-of-its-kind platform in which air medical and in-hospital clinicians share their stories from the […]