Medic Materials Podcast
Mike Turek
Life Beyond The Tones
Bu podcast hakkında
The Medic Materials Podcast isn’t your polished, button-up EMS show—and that’s the point. Hosted by Mike Turek (AEMT-P, CIC) with a rotating cast of EMTs and Paramedics, this podcast delivers unapologetically real conversations about life on the truck, in the station, and on the worst (and best) calls.
Each episode blends education, experience, and dark humor, breaking down real call reviews, clinical decision-making, leadership failures, EMS culture, and the stuff everyone talks about after the tones drop—but rarely says out loud. It’s raw, explicit, and occasionally inappropriate… while still managing to teach you something that might actually make you a better provider.
We take EMS very seriously, just not ourselves. If you’re looking for scripted lectures and sanitized opinions, this probably isn’t your podcast. But if you want honest education, hard truths, and laughs that feel a little too close to home, welcome to Medic Materials—the EMS podcast that sounds like the conversations happening in your ambulance at 3 a.m.
Bölümler
89 bölümden en yeni 20 bölüm
- Life Beyond The Tones · 1 sa 7 dk · Bölüm 89EMS providers are trained to survive chaos, but few are taught how to recover from years of chronic stress, trauma exposure, sleep deprivation, and emotional suppression. This…
- Get To The Choppa · 1 sa 21 dk · Bölüm 88Flight crews get the hype—but when should you actually call the bird? Emily and HEMS expert Steve break down the real-world decisions, timing, and costs that every ground…
- Give EPI Or Die Trying · 1 sa 31 dk · Bölüm 87When protocol comfort delays necessary escalation in the declining respiratory patient. We break down critical decision points including nebs vs IM medications, CPAP vs BiPAP…
- Bike Stopped, Bleeding Didn't · 1 sa 41 dk · Bölüm 86While external bleeding appeared controlled, the patient rapidly deteriorated due to unrecognized and inadequately managed internal bleeding. The case highlights critical…
- Earn Money Sleeping · 1 sa 11 dk · Bölüm 85EMS providers jokingly say EMS stands for Earn Money Sleeping due to rampant laziness, which we explore with causes, symptoms, and solutions.
- It's Been A While · 1 sa 34 dk · Bölüm 84A cliff, A Fleeing Suspect, & a Creek walk in a bar..... What could possibly go wrong.
- An Education Enema · 1 sa 53 dk · Bölüm 83A follow up to our last episode "Stuck In The Mud" we discuss a new vision for EMS education. How can we create success in the classroom, techniques to use for engaging your…
- Stuck In The Mud · 1 sa 17 dk · Bölüm 82Are the curmudgeons ruining the future of the EMS industry? In their eagerness to hold onto their past they are endangering the lives of the patients in the present.
- mmm Fruit Loops · 1 sa 22 dk · Bölüm 81We answer the most important question to date. Do fruit loops taste the same or are they different flavors? LOL Our patient today drowns his sorrows in a milky bowl of fruity o's!
- Say When · 1 sa 8 dk · Bölüm 80Is an armed EMS provider on the horizon? Hear our arguments for and against the idea that EMS providers should carry a firearm for their own protection.
- Fully Baked · 1 sa 23 dk · Bölüm 79We stump the show with this patient presentation. But worse then that is the fact that the EMTs involved are fully baptized in the city EMS culture of, you call... we haul... and…
- Karen Has A Bad Night · 1 sa 27 dk · Bölüm 78Ever think that your patient is too wild for the back of your ambulance? Why not kick them out! That is exactly what happens to this patient. We discuss the aftermath & ways to…
- They Should Have Sucked · 1 sa 36 dk · Bölüm 77When you don't have the training & don't know what else to do, you scramble & accomplish nothing. These providers are caught unprepared & overwhelmed. A normal life is turned on…
- Family Matters, The Tube Special · 1 sa 29 dk · Bölüm 76The symptoms are straightforward & the outcome is predictable, however the gut wrenching actions of this paramedic make it a worthy review.
- The Brapha Response · 1 sa 15 dk · Bölüm 75Celebrating our 75th episode meet a crew that can not be bothered by their patient, the medical emergency in front of them or the EMT student they're with.
- The Finest Chicken Sandwich · 1 sa 15 dk · Bölüm 74We take a look at a wild news article involving a crew who decided their chicken sandwiches were more important than the chest pain patient they were responding to.
- Taco Tuesday · 1 sa 30 dk · Bölüm 73Speed, booze, trauma, standing takedowns and a passive medic, what could possibly go wrong? This crew faces something none of them have ever seen before, but recognizing it may…
- If Only It Was Syncope · 1 sa 16 dk · Bölüm 72What do you do when you have a person with a syncopal episode & you really want to know what caused it? Well just do what apparently we told you to do months ago! That is what…
- This One Brought To You By Kleenex · 1 sa 2 dk · Bölüm 71It's a Debbie Downer kind of show today. Not like our typical shows, but we are forced to say goodbye to a friend, plus a discussion never before had on the podcast!
- It's Not A UTI · 1 sa 17 dk · Bölüm 70A call that should be saved for Patreon is where we go today. The Maha brings us a call that steers us in one direction while leading us on a wild goose chase with the vital…
