The EMS Lighthouse Project

The EMS Lighthouse Project

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Episodes 112
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (133)
Since May 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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66%
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About This Podcast

The EMS Lighthouse Project Podcast exists to foster knowledge translation from peer-reviewed scientific journals to the street. Join Mike Verkest and Dr. Jeff Jarvis as they shine the bright light of science on EMS practice in an informative and fun way.

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Recent Episodes

Ep112 - TOWAR with Dr Frank Guyette, Part 2

Jun 08, 2026 45m

Whole blood is the current bright, shiny thing in EMS medicine. It works in the hospital and is what our patients are bleeding out onto the road so it just seems to make sense that we should put back…

Ep 111 - The TOWAR Trial w Dr Frank Guyette, Part I

May 26, 2026 38m

Whole blood is the current bright, shiny thing in EMS medicine. It works in the hospital and is what our patients are bleeding out onto the road so it just seems to make sense that we should put back…

Ep110 - Smida Defends Resuscitation, Part II

May 03, 2026 51m

Join Dr. Jeff Jarvis for part II of his interview with podcase friend and frequent contributor, now-Dr Tanner Smida where we discuss his defense of his PhD. Dr Smida discusses four papers that inform…

Ep109 - Smida Defends Resuscitation, Part I

Apr 12, 2026 58m

Join Dr. Jeff Jarvis as he interviews podcase friend and frequent contributor, now-Dr Tanner Smida for the first of a two-part interview where we discuss his defense of his PhD. Dr Smida discusses…

Ep108 - 3 Pods In 1

Mar 18, 2026 51m

This is a special version of the EMS Lighthouse, live from Ashland, OR. We are joined by Mike Verkest and Dr Ritu Sahni from The EMS Show, and Jimmy Apple from The EMS Avenger at the State of…

Ep107 - 3 Papers With Dr Crowe

Feb 15, 2026 57m

Dr Remle Crowe returns to the podcast to discuss three new papers with Dr Jarvis: Two papers on epinephrine in cardiact arrest (including one on trauma!) and one on pulse oximetry in hypoxemic…

Ep 106 - Succ vs Roc in Hyperkalemia

Jan 27, 2026 30m

We were all taught succinylcholine is contraindicated in hyperkalemia because it can cause potassium release, exacerbating the problem. But does it? Does it really?Dr. Jarvis discusses a recent paper…

Ep 105 - The RSI Trial

Dec 14, 2025 40m

You've read about how this groundbreaking trial on ketamine vs etomidate for RSI "Changes Everything!" on the socials. Or perhaps "it's horribly biased and unnecessary... we're already knew all…

Ep 104 - The IV vs IO Trials

Nov 04, 2025 26m

Right on the heels of the release of the 2025 AHA guidelines, including one on preferentially using IVs over IOs, comes two RCTs in the same edition of NEJM that compare intial attempts with IVs to…

Ep 103 - Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and Postpartum Hemorrhage

Oct 02, 2025 49m

ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, recently published EMS guidelines for treatment of hypertension in pregnancy/pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, and postpartum hemorrhage. Drs.…

Ep 102 - Ketamine for Agitation with Dr Crowe

Aug 30, 2025 40m

You use ketamine. I use ketamine. We all use ketamine. But… how safe it is, really? A new study out of Toronto suggests 30% of patients who receive ketamine have adverse events, a rate higher than…

Ep 101 - PreOxygenation and Why Words Matter

Aug 18, 2025 34m

We've covered pre-oxygenation strategies and intubation alot on this podcast, mayber more than anyting else. We covered the definition of FPS in E74, the DEVICE trial on DL vs VL in E75, and the…

Ep 100 - Amio v Lido in OHCA w Tanner Smida

Jul 21, 2025 42m

The 2017 NEJM study, ALPS, compared amiodarone, lidocaine, and placebo for refractory shockable rhythms in adults with out of hospital cardiac arrest. They found no significant difference in survival…

Ep 99 - Adenosine or Diltiazem for SVT?

Jul 08, 2025 34m

We just got a new paper that compares initial treatment with adenosine compared with diltiazem for the treatment of adults with SVT in the ED. Wouldn’t it be great if it turned out that diltiazem was…

Ep 98 - Does the Sequence of RSI Medications Matter

Jun 15, 2025 32m

The next time you go to intubate a patient, should you give the sedation before the paralytic or the paralytic before the sedative? Does it matter? And what the hell does Bayes have to do with any of…

E97 - Bayes and Calcium Before Diltiazem in Atrial Fibrillation

May 30, 2025 38m

We covered a paper in episode 81 that suggested treating atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response in the field could lower mortality. But it also drops BP a bit. Could pretreating these…

E96 - MCD Wrap Up

Mar 31, 2025 32m

Wrapping up a series of 5 episodes, Dr Jarvis finishes his discussion of mechanical CPR devices (MCDs) talking about papers from Utah, Vienna, Anchorage, and Cincinnati and then gives his take on how…

E95 - LUCAS Literature

Mar 03, 2025 32m

Last episode we described the literature showing no survival benefit to patients with the AutoPulse device. Fear not, I wasn’t ignoring the LUCAS, I just felt it deserved it’s own episode. We’ll…

E94 - AutoPulse Literature

Feb 11, 2025 36m

Our story so far.. episode 92 looked at a study showing lower survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest in patients treated with mechanical compression devices. Episode 93 discussed an implementation…

E93 - LUCAS: The Austin Experience

Jan 23, 2025 22m

Ever wonder what would happen to cardiac arrest survival after a system implements LUCAS devices and trains really hard to deploy them appropriately? Wonder no more. Dr Jarvis reviews a paper from…

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The EMS Lighthouse Project has published 112 episodes since May 2019, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Medicine.

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The EMS Lighthouse Project is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 36m.

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