SecondShift

In this new episode, Dr. Sahni sits down for a one-on-one interview with Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator, Edward Byers (Seal). We were honored to have Senior Chief Byers as our keynote speaker at FAST18. Senior Chief Byers is the highest decorated active duty Navy Seal and was the recipient of the Congressional Medal Of Honor in 2016. Sit back and listen to his story, the events behind the mission in 2012, being a MOH recipient, and how he honors his fallen Seal brother Nic Checque. You don't want to miss this! Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. If you have never taken a moment to write a short review, would you please do that for us? People love to read your response to what we do, and that helps drive more downloads, which of course results in more podcasts getting produced. Thanks so much for listening! We couldn’t do this without you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this new episode, the guys jump into the booth while at the State of Jefferson Conference in Medford, OR. They jump into some (deeeeep) conversations about men in tights, flutes, brass instruments and band camp! All kidding aside, the boys discuss their time in beautiful Southern Oregon and the Shakespeare Festival. Once they get going, Dr. Dave Slattery, the EMS Medical Director for the City of Las Vegas and Las Vegas Fire, joins Mike and Ritu for a great discussion on the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas Shootings. The boys discuss lessons learned, coping with the aftermath, and the hot topic of dealing with the stress of the job! You don’t want to miss this episode. If you love Mike and Ritu, please help keep them talking! Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. If you have never taken a moment to write a short review, would you please do that for us? People love to read your response to what we do, and that helps drive more downloads, which pays the bills at the restaurant they record the podcast at, which of course results in more podcasts getting produced (as long as there is audio to edit or the music is correct…). Thanks so much for listening! We couldn’t do this without you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a brand new year, and a brand new podcast episode! Welcome to 2018, in case you missed the celebration! The guys hop back into the booth at McMenamins to try to stuff their faces and talk at the same time. (My grandma told me not to do that, but they take the risk of grandma’s revenge for your entertainment!) Ritu fills us in on what is happening at NAEMSP, and desperately wants you to join his PAC… you’ll have to listen to figure out what that means… unless you also attended the NAEMSP Annual Meeting. If you did… listen anyway (it’s important). And the boys hate on the producer who can only produce their podcast when there is a complete audio recording… just saying… so look out for the mysterious podcast they speak of, in the future (maybe). If you love Mike and Ritu, please help keep them talking! Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. If you have never taken a moment to write a short review, would you please do that for us? People love to read your response to what we do, and that helps drive more downloads, which pays the bills at the restaurant they record the podcast at, which of course results in more podcasts getting produced (as long as there is audio to edit…). Thanks so much for listening! We couldn’t do this without you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Around the holidays, some of our staff eat way too much turkey, and mashed taters, then curl up in the corner for a long winters nap. As the tryptophan starts wearing off, it’s time to get back to work. SecondShift has always been the “lighter-side” of our podcast family, and through that lens we have been able to have some very real conversations about difficult EMS policies, and laws, as well as opinion, politics, and life. With our United States in division over so many things, we feel like it’s incredibly important to remember that whatever our differences, we are all people trying to find our way through an ever changing landscape. No matter what your view, conservative, or liberal, we are all discovering that the definition of gender is not as simple as what you were assigned at birth. In this episode of SecondShift, Mike and Ritu welcome Bennett Pendleton, and Taylor Sprecher to the show to discuss life in EMS, and healthcare as a transgender person. The great thing about a microphone is it opens the door for limitless conversation, and conversation is the road to understanding, and respect. Download, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts! If you loved our podcast, please give us a review. Reviews are so important to keeping us high on the charts where your friends and colleagues can find us. Thank you so much for listening. We couldn’t make SecondShift without you.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ritu called in sick to this episode, we think it may be something that rhymes with “Gerpes,” but we haven’t found any of the nurses in Vegas willing to give out HIPPA protected information over the phone. (Guess they have been down that road before.) We will keep trying to figure this out. Mike did happen to run into a guy without too many issues below his equator who agreed to hop on the podcast with him! From the green fields, and purple mountains majesty of Las Vegas, Nevada and the famous EMS World Expo 2017 floor, FlightBridgeED is proud to present Mike Verkest and Eric Bauer! (This is where you applaud…) We have a ton of (uninvited) guests who wandered by the booth to say hello to all you beautiful people out there listening! You won’t want to miss this episode of SecondShift! Download, rate, and review wherever you found us. Remember to help us out and take a couple minutes to review the podcast (we spent hours making this thing… you telling me you don’t have 2 minutes?!). Reviews help keep us high on the charts so Eric doesn’t start firing people again, AND so your friends and family can find us easier. Win-win! Thank you so much for listening! We couldn’t make SecondShift without you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this very special Extended Play episode of SecondShift, Mike and Ritu seem to have taken up residence in the middle of the 2017 Oregon EMS Conference to aggravate passersby. Some of those folks are astonishingly important to the past, present, and future of EMS not only in the Pacific Northwest, but in the nation. If you miss this episode then nothing else in your career will ever make sense again. (Actually that’s not true. That’s what we call clickbait in the business. Supposed to get more downloads, or something like that.) Please, download, rate and review wherever you get our podcast. Reviews are key to keeping us high on the charts so your friends and colleagues can find us when you tell them how amazing your life is now that you are listening to SecondShift. Thanks so much for listening! We couldn’t make SecondShift without you. (Actually that’s also not true, but your desire to download and listen does make it much more appealing for us to make more episodes. We don’t do this thing just to hear ourselves talk… actually that’s also not true…) Download. Listen. You’re incredible! Thanks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.