The COVID-19 vaccine is here! Many celebrate this as a miracle of science. Yet others remain skeptical of the vaccine. Episode 5 seeks to assuage and answer many of those concerns with our special guest star: Dr. Stephen Liang MD MPHS, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Infectious Disease.

This year the But Why EMS Podcast is thankful for you, our listeners, for being part of our family. Thank you! In this episode, we hear about Gina and John's hilarious sedation story and John's personal experience with Versed. We also have a special guest: Valerie Lew MD, who enlightens the crew about the most up to date evidence of sedation usage in the prehospital world!

In this episode, we discuss the dramatic rescue in Thailand, Ketamine’s pharmacology, indications, responsibilities of prehospital sedation, and what you should know about this medication in your own practice of medicine. Using Ketamine affords you great power. And with great power...

In the last episode, we explored the role heat emergencies played in the deaths of Tour de France cyclist Tom Simpson and Kentucky high school football player, Max Gilpin. But why were Tom Simpson and Max Gilpin the only athletes to suffer heatstroke? The "But Why (@EMSBut)" team answers this question with guests: Evan Schwarz MD @TheSchwarziee and Kevin Baumgartner MD.

Our first episode explores why a Tour De France Cyclist, Tom Simpson, and high school football player, Max Gilpin, died competing in the sports they loved. We also have a guest physician, Dr. Salvador Rios, who explains the pathology that can cause death if not treated in a time-sensitive manner.