{"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":"Treat Mom First: Amniotic Fluid Embolus and Other Peri-partum Emergencies","slug":"treat-mom-first-amniotic-fluid-embolus-and-other-peri-partum-emergencies","published_at":"2026-06-15T16:20:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/loud-clear-ems-guiding-principles-advanced-continuing-education-for-paramedics-emts-prehospital-care-providers-422704/treat-mom-first-amniotic-fluid-embolus-and-other-peri-partum-emergencies","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/treat-mom-first-amniotic-fluid-embolus-and-other-peri-partum-emergencies/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qr3qu8umhwn7ggbx/Peripartum_Emergencies_Edited6bihj.mp3","summary":"A postpartum patient does not need to look dramatic to be in real danger. In this episode from FAST 26, Ross talks with Amy Loucks about pregnancy-related deaths, maternal care deserts, postpartum warning signs, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, infection, and the calls EMS can easily miss. Then Elizabeth Garchar walks through amniotic fluid embolism, now often framed as an anaphylactoid reaction of pregnancy: sudden cardiovascular collapse, right heart failure, DIC, TXA, whole blood, AOK, and the principle that matters most when everything goes bad: treat mom first. Interested in the Loud & Clear Fellowship? Sign up for a free coaching call to learn more. Sign up for a weekly newsletter The Confidence Dispatch for EMS performance tips delivered straight to your inbox. Episode Resources- CDC: Preventing pregnancy-related deaths — https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortality/preventing-pregnancy-related-deaths/index.html Amniotic fluid embolism overview — https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15463-amniotic-fluid-embolism AOK regimen for amniotic fluid embolism — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9477128/ https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/ https://www.marchofdimes.org/research/maternity-care-deserts-report.aspx https://saferbirth.org/ https://www.nmperinatalcollaborative.com/","meta_description":"A postpartum patient does not need to look dramatic to be in real danger. 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