Kegan "Smurf" Gill (Aviation, Writing, Traumatic Brain Injury and his Healing Journey) - Episode 1039
Behind The Shield
James Geering
4.9 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
LT Kegan "SMURF" Gill miraculously survived the fastest ejection in Naval Aviation history. Despite severe injuries, he overcame the impossible to return to the cockpit of the F/A-18E Super Hornet, and that was just the beginning of his journey. Despite years of struggle with physical and mental health challenges, Kegan has unlocked the key to overcoming the impossible.
In this second conversation, we discuss the tolls he's amassed to continue healing after a pyschedelic retreat, writing his autobiography "Phoenix Revival", hormone therapy, sleep and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Global Medical Response, yet another sponsor that I have tracked down |
| 0:05.8 | because they have a solution to one of the biggest problems we have in emergency medicine and |
| 0:10.5 | healthcare. We often hear the term 911 abuse, but what I love is the concept that this should be |
| 0:16.7 | a three-tier system, ALS, BLS, and then the non-emergent element. |
| 0:22.9 | With the evolution of telehealth and telemedicine, that third tier is now possible virtually. |
| 0:29.1 | In 2018, Global Medical Response pioneered 911 Nurse Navigation. |
| 0:35.7 | In communities across the country, GMR's nurse navigators use evidence-based |
| 0:40.5 | clinical protocols to screen a patient's current condition, providing an appropriate resource |
| 0:46.0 | to meet the patient's unique health care needs, whether that's dispatching a ride share to an |
| 0:51.4 | urgent care, an appointment at a federally qualified health center, |
| 0:55.9 | or virtual care with a physician on the spot. The five-level screening system ensures |
| 1:01.1 | patients receive the right resource at the right time in the right setting to achieve the right |
| 1:06.5 | outcome at the right cost. So as a huge advocate for our first responders' health and of course |
| 1:12.2 | the people that we serve, this solves three issues. It allows the patient to have a far less |
| 1:18.3 | expensive option when it comes to their non-emergent issue. It stops a firefighter or a paramedic |
| 1:24.3 | being woken up for that call and it frees up in ER bed for a true |
| 1:29.2 | emergency. So if you want to hear more about how GMR can integrate nurse navigation in your |
| 1:35.7 | 911 system, listen to episode 9198 with Joshua Rose and Dr. Jared Troutman, or go to |
| 1:43.8 | global medical response.com. |
| 1:47.5 | I'm extremely excited to announce a brand new sponsor for the Behind the Shield podcast, |
| 1:52.4 | and that is Rescue One CBD. |
| 1:55.2 | For any of you have listened to this podcast for the last eight years, |
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