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Through the Lens of - The EMS Wizard Podcast
🎙️ Join us as we dive deep into the captivating world of emergency medical services, shining a spotlight on leadership, experiences, and insights of the EMS Officers who navigate the front lines of healthcare.
✨ Each episode will take you on an immersive adventure through the lens of EMS professionals, offering a fresh perspective on their remarkable work.
🎧 Our goal is to share their powerful narratives, highlighting the challenges they face, the lives they touch, and the resilience that drives them forward.
Episodes
57 episodes
2-12: Through the Lens of an ESO rderly
In this episode of the EMS Wizard Podcast, we chat with Dr. Brent Myers, Chief Medical Officer of ESO, to explore his incredible journey from working as an orderly to becoming a national leader in EMS and data-driven healthcare. Dr. Myers share...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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43:46

2-11: Through the Lens of Not Just Logistics
In this episode, John & Terence sit down with Adam Godwin, Assistant Chief of Johnston County EMS, to explore the vital role of logistics in emergency medical services. Adam shares his journey in EMS and how he became involved in logistics,...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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2-10: Through the Lens of Leadership Styles
In this episode, we explore various leadership styles and their impact in the EMS field. Understanding leadership approaches such as autocratic, democratic, transformational, situational, and servant leadership is crucial for improving team dyn...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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33:23

2-09: Through the Lens of Christmas Ghosts
In this festive episode, we embrace the spirit of the season with a reflective journey through the "EMS Ghosts of the Past, Present, and Future." Drawing inspiration from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, we explore the evolution of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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56:27

2-08: Through the Lens of Employee Engagement
Are you ready to party? Would you invite management? Should you? Either way, we coming!
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:19
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2-07: Through the Lens of Difficult Conversations
Join the team as they evaluate conversations that can be difficult.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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28:37

2-06: Through the Lens of EMS-n-Politics
Would EMS personnel make good politicians? Why do they quit EMS? Are the 2 questions related? After suffering a massive defeat in the election, we examine those questions in this episode.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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44:17
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2-05: Through the Lens of The Terry Missing John Show
In the return from the end of summer hiatus, John is not the only thing missing.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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33:02

2-04: Through the Lens of Bringing You What You Need
In this episode the crew welcomes Blair Tyndall from VFIS to talk about... Insurance? But, why? You'll see.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:46
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2-03: Through the Lens of Hinshaw Spontaneity
Spontaneity: the condition of being spontaneous; spontaneous behavior or action. We get all that from a guest that can only be Jeffrey W. Hinshaw, PA-C.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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36:12

2-02: Through the Lens of YOUR 2024 Champions!
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages: The EMS Wizard Podcast proudly brings to you it's 2024 Tag Team Champions of the Wooooooooooooooooorld! You know the rest.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:43

2-01: Through the Lens of Professional Profanity?
Is EMS vulgar? Is profanity a part of the EMS culture? Does that change in management? Is it necessary? Maybe these get answered. Maybe we make it #!@* worse.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:25

1-46: Through the Lens of the Pender Combo
Pender County may not have best friends or sharks, but they do have Chief David Dudding and a flourishing fleet of fire-based EMS. We dive into the pearls of wisdom in leading EMS inside that model in this episode.
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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39:50
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1-45: Through the Lens of When You Need Advice, Go to Hehl
Is it a community college or an EMS agency? Join the band while we talk with Brian Hehl with Bladen Community College as he explains why the answer to that is, yes.
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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1-44: Through the Lens of Dare to be Bold
There may not be sharks at the OBX in Dare County. However, there is an EMS Chief and her name is Jennie Collins and she joins the crew in this episode to talk about everything... except sharks.
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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1-43: Through the Lens of Dr. Bad Boys
Bad boys, bad boys. Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? In this episode we hear from Dr. Mike Lowry about surfing? Well, not exactly, but do we get his insight from the Medical Director perspective.
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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36:10
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1-42: Through the Lens of Service
Customer Service and Communication are related. In this episode we discuss how they coincide with EMS leadership.
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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31:37
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1-41: Through the Lens of OSHA What?
Is this teaser coming soon to a theatre near you? In this episode we discuss the upcoming potential impact of the OSHA changes.
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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28:45
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1-40: Through the Lens of a Letter From the Gaston Chief - Part 2
32 years is a long time to be Chief. How does one maintain the passion and drive? The team chases down that answer and more with the Gaston EMS Chief, Mark Lamphiear in this follow up to part 1.
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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24:00

1-39: Through the Lens of a Letter From the Gaston Chief - Part 1
32 years is a long time to be Chief. How does one maintain the passion and drive. The team chases down that answer and more with the Gaston EMS Chief, Mark Lamphiear in this first of two special edition episodes.
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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1-38: Through the Lens of Lawson's Creek
Join us as we speak with the newest Wizard, Brad Lawson, as we discuss everything EMS under the sun, moon, and stars focusing on education, change, and tactics - but not creeks.
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1-37: Through the Lens of Landsharks
Landsharks aren't real. But the Chief of Rowan County Emergency Services is. In this episode we welcome Bryan Edwards as we explore and navigate the waters of EMS on land.
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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37:42
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1-36: Through the Lens of E-I-E-I-O
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. Nope. Just a farmer that moonlights as the Assistant Chief of the North Carolina Office of EMS (or something like that). Chief Chuck Lewis joins the group to give insight to the status of EMS post...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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