Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 31.5: When It Hits Close to Home BONUS INTERVIEW
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast
Release Date: 09/01/2023
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 40: MacGyver and Medicine
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast
When our team is dispatched in the middle of the night to a hospital that almost never calls them requesting air transport for a case of an obstructed airway that doesn't, at first blush, seem like it warrants it, our team approaches with caution and curiosity. When they arrive, something doesn't add up and they first opt to phone the on-call doctor to explain the situation, and then dig deep into their bag of tricks - a la famous, resourceful TV character MacGyver - to improvise a unique solution. Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit to learn more....
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep. 39: Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good
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Any pediatric case comes with a higher degree of tension due to a variety of factors including compensatory responses to distress leading to a precarious "cliff" when those compensatory efforts cease. When our team is dispatched to a 5 year-old child struggling to breathe, yet still shows strong vital signs, how will the AMPED team respond? This episode discusses at great length understanding that even though we should strive for perfection in every action we take, sometimes "good" is good enough because recovery is a long road and there are skilled and caring teams awaiting us when we hand...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 38: Going the Distance No Matter What
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By necessity, our teams are dispatched to most extreme, most rare, most complex, and sometimes most hopeless-seeming cases any patient could ever experience. It would be easy to look at certain cases - like say, a man whose legs are stuck in a concrete augur on a precarious platform with injuries that are intermingled and devastating - and assess that he's not going to make it. Our Air Methods team uses creativity, determination, skill and compassion to exhaust every possible method to help our patients achieve even the slimmest possibility of survival. This month's story is one such story of...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 37: Asking for Help Isn't Giving Up
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When an infant patient faces seemingly insurmountable odds over the course of several hours, one of our clinicians suffers a mental health breakdown over the ensuing shifts, days and weeks. Thankfully her team recognized changes in her behavior and mood and offered abundant help. This episode covers not only the case involving the infant patient, but the aftermath and care for our clinicians. If you, or someone you work with, is struggling with your mental health, please reach out to Shatterproof, part of FHE Health or at (833) 591-1536. Interested in obtaining CE credit for this...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 36: Sometimes the Solution Is Obscure
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Our profession requires extensive and exhaustive training. Much of it can seem esoteric and possibly unnecessary at the time, but we train on all of these things for a reason. When our team comes upon a severely burned patient, they extent of the burns causes a melange of difficulties. Could an obscure, and rarely used, procedure ultimately help and provide the patient more time? The AMPED team discusses this little-used technique and we discuss the importance of remaining familiar with the abundance of techniques and treatments we learn during our training. Interested in obtaining CE...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 35: Hope Is a Good Thing...
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast
As first responders, the odds of patient survival are not always in our favor. But that does not stop us from working quickly to provide the highest level of care for the chances of defying those odds. In this episode, a 10 year-old boy wrecks on his bicycle, a fairly common occurrence and one that rarely requires air transport, yet when our team arrives on scene, his vitals crash in front of their very eyes. What's going on? And what actions do they take to save his life? An inspirational, harrowing and odds-defying episode of AMPED awaits you this holiday season. Interested in...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 34: Don't Be a Canary
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast
Things are not as they seem on this month's episode of AMPED. Our team arrives on scene to find first responders dealing with a chemical burn and administering CPR. But something is amiss. This episode is a stark reminder that no matter the time of day, no matter the other circumstances, our role as clinicians is to stay vigilant in our analysis and always to assess every aspect of the situation thoroughly. Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit to learn more. Listeners can purchase individual episode credits or subscribe to the and gain access to all...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 33: Look One Way, But Go Another
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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 will the team assess, handle and treat our patient in this week's episode? And why such a severe reaction? Find out when you tune in. Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit to learn more. Listeners can purchase individual episode credits or subscribe to...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 32: Giving the Gift of Goodbye
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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 impossible, and the team is forced to pivot multiple times to provide treatment. This episode also tackles the question of when it's appropriate to give the patient's family the gift of a goodbye. Interested in obtaining CE credit for this episode? Visit to...
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Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast Ep 31.5: When It Hits Close to Home BONUS INTERVIEW
Air Methods Prehospital EDucation Podcast
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 interview, we share more of our conversation with Jeff Chesleigh as he divulges what it was like to code multiple times, his thought process during the ordeal, how his approach to patients going through a similar experience has changed, and the aftermath of the event. The conversation is riveting and informative. We are...
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Jeff Chesleigh (pictured center), FP-C. Area Manager, Southern Arizona, South Central Region
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As always thanks for listening and fly safe!
Hawnwan Moy MD FACEP FAEMS
John Wilmas MD FACEP FAEMS