This commentary suggests extinction medicine competencies, who might become an extinction medicine clinician, and how the specialty might be launched.

Lio Barnhardt joins Ethics Talk to discuss their pair of illustrations: Radiation Rejuvenation and Anemia and Necrosis.

This diptych is a satirical advertisement for a fictional face cream, inspired by and based upon a radium health craze during the early 20th century.

Dr Joseph G. Hodgkin joins Ethics Talk to discuss why clinicians should care about nuclear proliferation, and Dr Farah Hussain explains why health professions education curricula need to include planetary health.

Barriers to maintaining EMS in rural areas include personnel shortages, long travel times, and austere settings.

Dr Casey Patrick joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “According to Which Criteria Should a Return EMS Trip of Long Duration and Distance Be Deemed Ethically Justifiable?”

Ethics and science inform EMTs’ and paramedics’ decisions to initiate, continue, or terminate resuscitation.

EMS responses are critical functions of local governments, yet, in rural areas, many EMS systems are staffed by licensed volunteers.

James Small joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Should Rural EMS Funding Streams Be Improved?”

Assessing and adequately documenting a patient’s decision-making capacity is a responsibility and skill required of all EMS personnel.