On this episode of Skeptico, how to save someone's life in the emergency room.

They still can't stop the bleeding.

Give me your time naked, please.

She is in and out of consciousness.

You're in the right place, okay?

Exactly four minutes in, Dr. Gandhi reaches for the black phone.

That's the direct link to the OR.

And how to do it with no hands?

For example, to a lady in ventricular tachycardia, potentially lethal heart arrhythmia,

where the nurses off to get the medicine, I'm sitting there, I got nothing to do, get rapport

with her, breathe with her, and

say, you know, your heart has been beating in a regular way for a long, long time. And she'd

nod. And it still knows how to do it.

That first clip was from a news report in Fort Worth, I think.

I just pulled it off of YouTube.

But the second one was from today's guest, quite amazing guest, Dr. Steve Bierman,

who joined me to talk about hypnosis, NLP, and a bunch of other cool stuff.

Hope you enjoy the interview.

Welcome to Skeptica, where we explore controversial science and spirituality with leading researchers, thinkers, and their critics.

I'm your host, Alex Akaris, and wow, we have a good one for you today.

I'm joined by Dr. Steve Bierman.

Steve is the author of Healing Beyond Pills and Potions.

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