About this episode

Dr. Michael Kuhn and John discuss the significance of the body in the context of emergency care with Buck Johnson, a seasoned first responder.

Christ is Risen! In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John welcome Buck Johnson of the Counterflow Podcast to open the new Orthodox Health “Body Arc.” Buck is known to many as a podcaster, but he has spent over 2 decades as a first responder, making him the perfect first guest for a post-Pascha conversation on the body, because Pascha is not an escape from the body. Christ rises bodily, & the Resurrection reveals that the body is not disposable. This conversation explores the proper place of emergency care & the Western medical model, the physical/mental toll of first responder work, the brotherhood of firefighters, occupational toxic exposures, trauma, EMDR, prayer in the face of death, fasting, discipline, & what it means to steward the body without turning health into vanity or self-obsession. Takeaways: Emergency care is one of the clearest strengths of the Western medical model: rescue, stabilization, trauma response, & buying time in crisis; but saving a life in the moment is not the same as restoring health over time. Buck’s work as a firefighter/EMT reveals both the fragility & resilience of the human body…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michael Kuhn

Guest: Buck Johnson

Topics covered

• bodily resurrection
• emergency care
• first responders
• Western medical model
• mental health
• brotherhood
• trauma

Keywords

• emergency care
• first responders
• mental health
• trauma
• Pascha
• body
• Western medical model
• firefighter culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Counterflow Podcast

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