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In a Florida nature park, a woman is bitten by a snake, which is not terribly uncommon in this part of the country. What is unusual is her reaction to it, which is severely anaphylactic. With limited resources in the sprawling park, a closing window for treatment, and critical decisions to be made instantly, how […]
Our teams at Air Methods have many checklists they follow to ensure optimal care for each patient. What happens when our teams have to pivot their approach and their treatments because of the uniqueness of each individual? On this episode, our team tends to a car crash victim whose injuries make traditional methods of care […]
Hot on the heels of Ep. 31, which featured the Air Methods team taking care of one of their own, we return with bonus content. It’s rare that we get to talk to the patient of one of our cases, and even rarer that the patient is also one of our clinicians. In this bonus […]
Our Air Methods crew always pride themselves on providing the highest level of care to each and every patient they encounter. But what happens when the patient is one of their own? What happens when he codes multiple times from a myocardial infarction? Further compounding the issue that many of the resources used to treat […]
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 […]