{"podcast":{"title":"Loud & Clear: EMS Guiding Principles - Advanced Continuing Education for Paramedics, EMTs & Prehospital Care Providers","slug":"loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704","podcast_index_feed_id":422704,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/loudandclear/feed.xml","website_url":"https://emspodcast.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7298469/Cover_Compressed_3000px.png","author":"Ross Orpet, Paramedic turned EMS Physician","episode_count":137,"summary":"Paramedic training is over, you’re in the front seat now. Whether day 1 or day 1,000 you can’t shake the fear you’re underprepared. You were taught to systematically decide if A... do B. But what if “A” wasn’t in the book? The truth is each emergency call is too unique to teach the right response to every situation. We need to go beyond algorithmic thinking and understand deeper principles, the WHY behind the algorithm. When every decision counts you want to rely on a framework that will guide you when things don’t make sense. Loud & Clear: EMS Guiding Principles is your resource to build that framework. Through discussions with experts, review of evidence-based best practices, and real-world case studies we teach you one step past what you learned in paramedic school. But all of this advanced education is connected back to the guiding principles that answer the question- “at the end of the day, what actually matters to the patient I have in front of me?” Our mission is to elevate your practice and help you improve patient outcomes in every emergency situation. You may not feel ready, you may not feel like you know enough, but by understanding the guiding principles of emergency m…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T20:17:23.926766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704"},"episode":{"title":"The Skill Is Not The Hard Part","slug":"the-skill-is-not-the-hard-part","published_at":"2026-06-29T23:53:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704/the-skill-is-not-the-hard-part","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704","url":"https://loudandclear.podbean.com/e/the-skill-is-not-the-hard-part/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x854aywyer4qntnx/Human_Factors_Finala63xw.mp3","summary":"The hardest part of a bad call is rarely the algorithm. In two different interviews I explore some human traps of running an EMS call. I talk with Danny and Rance from DNR Prehospital Education about a choking arrest, a difficult field intubation, and the trainer-trainee dynamic that made the call more complicated than the procedure itself. Then Bobby breaks down the CAFE pneumonic of heuristic traps: commitment, acceptance, familiarity, and expert halo. This episode moves from the protocol and algorithm to the human challenges of running. Want more? Sign up for our weekly newsletter The Confidence Dispatch Want individualized coaching and mentorship? Check out The Loud & Clear Fellowship Just have a question and want some personalized help? Book a free coaching call with us.Interested in ABLS Now? Our listeners get 10% off and a chance to win a free subscription (giveaway on July 1st, 2026).","meta_description":"The hardest part of a bad call is rarely the algorithm. In two different interviews I explore some human traps of running an EMS call. I talk with Danny a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1773,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704/episodes/the-skill-is-not-the-hard-part/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704/the-skill-is-not-the-hard-part.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}