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RECENT EPISODES
Ep. 13 COVID-19 Pt 3: 747’s and a Vaccine!
Episode 13 COVID-19 Pt 3: 747's and a Vaccine! In this episode, we dive into the history and science of the new COVID-19 vaccine with Boulder Community Health Infectious Disease Specialist, Amie Meditz. Also: what a 747 has to do with COVID19. Hosts Shannon Sovndal,...
Ep.12: Pit Vipers: Rattlesnakes and more!
Episode 12 Pit Vipers: Rattlesnakes and more! In this episode we focus on Pit Viper bites. Hosts Shannon Sovndal, MD Stephanie Sovndal, F-PC/FF Resources Email Share Episode iTunes Spotify Stitcher Google PlayAbout This EpisodeWe look at the do's and don'ts of...
Ep.11 CVA: Cerebral Vascular Accident and Stroke Care
Episode 11 CVA: Cerebral Vascular Accident and Stroke Care CVA, strokes, are responsible for significant disability and death. In today’s podcast we go over the ins and outs of stroke physiology and care. Hosts Shannon Sovndal, MD Stephanie Sovndal, F-PC/FF Resources...
Ep.10 Hocus Pocus: Pre-Hospital Ultrasound
Episode 10 Hocus Pocus: Pre-Hospital Ultrasound POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) is the wave of the future. It helps guide real time treatment and diagnostic decisions. Currently POCUS is widely utilized in the emergency department. Hosts Shannon Sovndal, MD...
Ep.9: COVID-19: Breathe in, Breathe out
We dive deeper into COVID-19 and explore the critical physiology that sends people to the ICU. We have guest Melissa Verseman insight as a respiratory therapist dealing with these sick pulmonary patients.
Ep.8 Beauty in Chaos, Grace in Tragedy, and the Hope the Lives in Between
Today, Match on a Fire: Medicine and More is going to do something a little different. We are going to focus on the “more.” We are talking about Fragile: Beauty in Chaos, Grace in Tragedy and the Hope that Lives in Between.
Ep. 7 Heavy Lies the Crown – COVID-19
I have a special guest, Dr. Reed Caldwell. He is Chief of Service, Perelman Department of EM, and serves as the EMS Medical Director for NYU Langone Health System. New York is currently the hardest hit state and Dr. Caldwell is on the front line in New York City. He relays his experiences, concerns and advice as the pandemic spreads to other less affected areas.
Ep.6 From Skratch
Today, we are talking with Dr. Allen Lim. He is a model of greatness. He is an exercise physiologist and has coached some of the best athletes in the world. He was Lance Armstrong’s cycling coach. He also is the creator and founder of Skratch Labs.
Ep. 5 Adrenaline Junky – To Epi or Not to Epi, that is the Question
Today we’re talking about epinephrine because it’s such a hot topic. While we know a lot about it, we need to take a step back to really look at it and see if we’re doing the right things. We’ll be giving you a little background on epinephrine, covering a recent study that everyone’s been talking about, and what that all means for our practice.
Ep.4: Shock n Awe, Damage Control
Today we’re covering the second half of our Shock series. Of the four different types of shock, today we are focusing on hemorrhagic shock. Why do we have to be aggressive when we treat it? What is the triad of death? What are the five parts of “damage control” when it comes to hemorrhagic shock? How can we make sure we get them from the point of impact, back home?
Episode 3: It’s shocking. The physiology of shock.
Welcome to the third episode of Match on a Fire. Today we’re going to be doing a short lecture–the shortest of lectures–on a little medicine. Specifically, shock. We’ll talk about the dictionary definition, our definition of shock, and the four categories of shock.
Episode 2: The Framework – An approach to medicine and patient care
On the first episode of Match on a Fire, we focused on the number 86,400 but today, we are talking about the number 3: 3 big pillars needed to work in the emergency medicine and EMS field and 3…