This week the crew gets together to discuss strokes after Josiah and Ryan both have a CVA filled week. As the title infers this episode has rough audio due to some technical difficulties, but rest assured its fixed for next week's episode. If you power through you'll learn a little about one of the leading causes of death and disability in America.

The crew sits down for another segment in their career pathways series to discuss the transition from EMS to Law Enforcement with officer Brian Felling. Listen in to hear about how EMS experience has assisted officer Felling in his day to day operations as well as preparing him for his role as a SWAT team medic, and how Josiah won't shut the hell up about Don't F@#k With Cats!

The crew sits down to discuss sepsis, and the push for EMS to recognize these patients as critical with a high mortality rate. Listen in and hear about signs & symptoms, treatments, and how the hospitals are handling these extremely sick patients.

The crew gets together to discuss the resurgence of the old school medication Ketamine. With its use hitting EMS agencies across the country its time to learn a little bit about Special K without falling too far down a K-hole.

The crew sits down with Skylar Lyons an EMT turned RN to discuss his career path and how one could be striving for the box life then find themselves in form fitting scrubs. Skylar explains the paradigm difference between field and hospital care and enlighten Josiah and Mikey on the complexities of nurse life. Hopefully this is an episode that bridges the gap between field and hospital personnel.

The crew sits down with their very first guest Chris Miller and discuss the state of healthcare education. Chris Miller has over 40 years of patient centric pre-hospital emergency medical services. He is currently the Director of operations for the University of California Riverside School of Medicine's Center for Medical Simulation and Research.

The crew begins to discuss the current potential pandemic Coronavirus that recently hit China, but the conversation goes from everything between Hyperglycemia to philosophy. Be advised this was recorded last week and not up to date on recent developments.

While Mike is off philandering about, Ryan and Josiah sit down to brush off the cobwebs of ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. Learn a little bit about signs, symptoms, treatments, and some problems with the current paradigm.

In the introduction episode get to know your hosts of Holding The Wall. Learn about what the show will entail, and why your hosts care to even tell you about their crazy lives. So grab a drink and join us as we toast our whiskey to the first episode

Introduction to Holding the Wall