Episode #3
Doug Kupas: Lights, Sirens and Nearly 50 Years of EMS
Mike and Ritu sit down with your NAEMSP President Dr. Doug Kupas, for a conversation that starts with questionable college football calls and eventually gets around to EMS. (per usual) Doug shares how he got his start on an ambulance at 16, his path into EMS medicine, and why lights and sirens should be treated like any other clinical intervention: use them when they might actually help—and recognize that they come with real risk. They also talk about moving beyond response times, trusting EMS clinicians to make good decisions, Doug’s work as NAEMSP president, and what the organization is doing for the next generation of EMS physicians and professionals. It’s part EMS history, part safety lesson, and part “getting to know Doug”—with the usual amount of wandering along the way.
