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**The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast**

The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast is a podcast for all EMS providers. Whether you’re an EMT, paramedic, nurse; work in a 911 response setting or critical care transport; and are a novice or experienced clinician, this podcast is for you.

Latest Episodes:

Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (9/13/25) Sep 13, 2025

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Community Paramedics: Sam Magill and Cody Winniford Sep 09, 2025

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@medicmagill and @ordinaryopsmedic come on to the podcast and discuss a topic I know absolutely nothing about: community paramedicine.

Saturday Morning Coffee Talk (9/6/25) Sep 06, 2025

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Rambling about a range of topics:

Nobody cares that you work in the big city
Clipboards, tablets, charting in front of the patient
Video laryngoscopy
The vallecula
Stupid supervisors
Dealing with stupid supervisors
Needle decompression

Precepting, Orientation (and More) with Kayla Katt Sep 04, 2025

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Yes, That Wide Complex Tach is Probably VT Aug 29, 2025

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References:

Buxton. Sustained Monomorphic VT: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Evaluation. Up-to-Date.

Farré J, Rubio JM, Sternick EB. Confounding factors leading to misdiagnosing ventricular tachycardia as supraventricular in the emergency room. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2023;23(1):1-13. doi:10.1016/j.ipej.2022.11.002

Kashou AH, Evenson CM, Noseworthy PA, et al. Differentiating wide complex tachycardias: A historical perspective. Indian Heart J. 2021;73(1):7-13. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2020.09.006

Salim Rezaie, "SVT With Aberrancy Versus VT", REBEL EM blog, November 22, 2013. Available at: https://rebelem.com/svt-aberrancy-versus-vt/.  Steinman RT, Herrera C, Schuger CD, Lehmann MH. Wide QRS tachycardia in the conscious adult. Ventricular tachycardia is the most frequent cause. JAMA. 1989 Feb 17;261(7):1013-6. PMID: 2915409.

Vereckei A. Current algorithms for the diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardias. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2014 Aug;10(3):262-76. doi: 10.2174/1573403x10666140514103309. PMID: 24827795; PMCID: PMC4040878.

Listener Questions, NEMSAC Termination Aug 20, 2025

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Random Ramblings: Dan Rauh Aug 10, 2025

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Case Study: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Aug 03, 2025

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References: Cook AM, Morgan Jones G, Hawryluk GWJ, Mailloux P, McLaughlin D, Papangelou A, Samuel S, Tokumaru S, Venkatasubramanian C, Zacko C, Zimmermann LL, Hirsch K, Shutter L. Guidelines for the Acute Treatment of Cerebral Edema in Neurocritical Care Patients. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun;32(3):647-666. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-00959-7. PMID: 32227294; PMCID: PMC7272487.

Desai A, Damani R. Hyperosmolar therapy: A century of treating cerebral edema. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 Jul;206:106704. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106704. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID: 34045110.

Mount CA, Das JM. Cerebral Perfusion Pressure. [Updated 2023 Apr 3]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537271/

Susanto M, Riantri I. Optimal Dose and Concentration of Hypertonic Saline in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. Medeni Med J. 2022 Jun 23;37(2):203-211. doi: 10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2022.75725. PMID: 35735001; PMCID: PMC9234368.

Jake Potter & Josh Cooke Aug 01, 2025

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Jake Potter from Scope Education and Josh Cooke from The Alert Medic One Podcast joined me for an agendaless discussion.

Surgical Airway Debrief Jul 28, 2025

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Thank you to Dr. Haney Mallemat and my partner Cameron for coming on to discuss a high-risk/low-frequency case.