The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast

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The Synapse is a Critical Care and Emergency Medicine podcast breaking down topics and case studies into simple easy-to-digest segments to help build paramedic, nurse, and other pre-hospital and hospital clinicians into more robust providers. This podcast is open to any and all Emergency Medicine and Critical Care healthcare providers both in and out-of-hospital. Every effort is made to put out as many various topics to cater to everyone's interests and levels. Leave your technician hat outside, put on your clinician hat, and join us! **Disclosures:1) This is a non-monetary podcast, created and edited for free for your enjoyment and l...

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The Synapse Season 3 Episode 48 - Changing the National EMS ModelMar 23, 2026

A blunt case for treating EMS as a system, not just a title.

The episode treats EMS reform as more than a staffing argument. It makes the case that the role in inter-facility transport should be seen as medical transport work, not just driving, and that language matters because it shapes how people expect the crew to function.

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  1. 1

    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 63 - Coronary Perfusion Pressure Concepts

    This episode explains the concept of coronary perfusion and its role in cardiogenic shock and mechanical circulatory support.

    Apr 13, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 64 - How the CAST Trial Changed Everything

    Apr 13, 2026·13m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 62 - Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

    Apr 13, 2026·10m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 65 - Cytokine Storm and Sepsis Biomarkers

    This episode explores the concept of cytokine storm in sepsis, explaining how the body's immune response can spiral out of control.

    Apr 13, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 66 - Pressure-Transducing the IO Access Site in Cardiac Arrest

    This episode explores the novel use of intraosseous access for monitoring perfusion pressures during cardiac arrest, based on research with cadavers.

    Apr 13, 2026·10m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 57 - Compartment Syndrome and Rhabdomyolysis

    Apr 6, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 58 - ONSD Measurement with POCUS

    Apr 6, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 59 - OB Drug-Related Review

    Apr 6, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 60 - Diabetes Insipidus

    Apr 6, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 61 - Digital X-Rays in the Field??

    Apr 6, 2026·11m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 56 - EJ and Saphenous Cut-Down Access

    Mar 30, 2026·11m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 51 - THC-Induced Complete AV Block???

    Mar 30, 2026·18m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 55 - IV Drive Lines and Mixing

    Mar 30, 2026·10m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 52 - Additive vs Absolute and Cycle % vs I:E

    Mar 30, 2026·20m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 53 - An Idealistic View of the Perfect System

    Mar 30, 2026·17m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 54 - The EMS Partner Bill of Rights

    Mar 30, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 49 - Is SIMV Dead?

    Mar 23, 2026·13m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 48 - Changing the National EMS Model

    Hidden gem

    The host of the Synapse Podcast delivers a solo monologue arguing that the U.S.

    Mar 23, 2026·24m·1 clip
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 50 - Intralipid IV Therapy

    Mar 23, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 47 - Resuscitative TEE in the Field

    Mar 16, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 46 - Digitalis Toxicity and the Stone Heart

    Mar 16, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 44 - Pericardial Tamponade

    Mar 9, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 43 - Cardamyst in PSVT

    Mar 9, 2026·16m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 45 - LVH and RVH...A Quick Review

    Mar 9, 2026·17m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 42 - A Dive Into Neonatal Care

    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 42 explains neonatal stabilization through the STABLE framework, including sugar, temperature, airway, blood pressure, laboratory work, and emotional support.

    Mar 1, 2026·18m·1 clip
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 39 - FAST-ED vs NIHSS...How Do We Bridge The Gap?

    Mar 1, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 40 - Transcutaneous vs Transvenous Pacing

    Mar 1, 2026·17m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 41 - The 5-Step Advanced Acid-Base Method

    This episode explains acid-base physiology and its clinical application in emergency and critical care settings.

    Mar 1, 2026·23m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 37 - GCS vs SMS vs FOUR Score...Which One Will Prevail?

    Feb 28, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 36 - Antibiotics...Before Obtaining Cultures?! Blasphemy! Or Is It...?

    Feb 28, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 38 - VT vs SVT With Aberrancy

    Feb 28, 2026·17m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 35 - The Epinephrine-Calcium Trap

    Hidden gem

    The Synapse Podcast examines why 1 milligram of epinephrine is pharmacologically disproportionate to resting levels of 2–5 nanograms per deciliter.

    Feb 28, 2026·20m·1 clip
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 33 - Drug Rate Administration Reactions

    Rapid serum peaks can turn familiar medications into preventable emergencies, so the question is how you give them.

    Feb 16, 2026·16m·1 clip
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 27 - Early Repolarization...Good Or Bad? How About Both?

    Feb 16, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 28 - 2026 AHA/ASA Stroke Guidelines Update

    Feb 16, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 32 - Chest Drains Review

    Feb 16, 2026·8m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 26 - aVL and aVR...More Important Than You Might Think

    Feb 16, 2026·16m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 29 - Goodbye Andexxa...and FDA Rapid Approval?

    Feb 16, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 31 - Junctional Hemorrhage Tips

    Feb 16, 2026·13m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 30 - TXA in Trauma

    Feb 16, 2026·16m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 34 - FloTrac Monitoring

    Feb 16, 2026·11m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 25 - Phone a Friend: Aslanger's Pattern is NOT a STEMI Mimic!

    Feb 5, 2026·19m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 21 - The RBC Indices and the Leukogram

    Feb 5, 2026·14m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 23 - POTS Review

    Feb 5, 2026·11m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 22 - EtCO2...Oh What are We to do With You?

    This episode discusses the proper understanding and interpretation of end-tidal CO2 monitoring in emergency and critical care settings.

    Feb 5, 2026·29m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 24 - Cardiogenic and Vasodilatory Shock

    Feb 5, 2026·11m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 20 - Carotid Views in Cardiac Arrest?

    Feb 5, 2026·15m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 19 - A Not-So-Scary ECG Finding?

    Feb 5, 2026·18m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 17 - Cholesterol...Is it Good, Bad, or Do We Even Care?

    Jan 25, 2026·12m
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    The Synapse Season 3 Episode 16 - 3 Lesser-Known ECG Findings to Watch For

    Jan 25, 2026·17m