Critical Care Scenarios

What does bacteremia mean to you? A brief overview of how this affects the picture of an infected patient.

We look at evaluating the patient with encephalopathy and unexplained anion gap, including the workup and treatment of toxic alcohol poisoning, with guest Dr. Jerry Snow (@ToxicSnowEM), medical toxicologist and director of the toxicology fellowship at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Click here to claim … Continue reading "Episode 58: Toxic alcohols with Jerry Snow"

Some basic tactics for keeping attention in your live talks, presentations, and lectures. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We discuss our approach to keeping up with research, learn about new studies, interpret them, and some general thoughts on how to apply new literature to our practice. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

When the lessons of memory, clinical experience, and time may be more deceptive than instructive. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We tackle the knotty dilemma of diagnosing and treating hyponatremia, with Dr. Paul Adams, a dual-trained nephrologist and intensivist at the University of Kentucky. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons Resources

A review of the basics of blood donation, storage, typing, screening, matching, and transfusion. Transfusion medicine series at Critical Concepts Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

A candid discussion of our flaws, mistakes, weaknesses, and errors, and a look at why it’s important to reflect on these things in medicine, acknowledge them, and try to improve. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Dive into the nuances of setting PEEP in critical care! Explore the ideal balance between alveolar recruitment and over-distension. Discover the limitations of PEEP-FiO2 tables and how the stress index reveals vital ventilation insights. Learn to use pressure-volume loops to pinpoint optimal settings and the role of esophageal manometry in refining decisions. Gain practical tips for conducting driving-pressure trials to find the best PEEP, and understand the importance of frequent reassessment. It's a must-listen for those in critical care!

Discussing the psychology of emergency response, team dynamics, and debriefing with Dan Dworkis, MD, PhD, FACEP. He’s the Chief Medical Officer at the Mission Critical Team Institute, a board-certified emergency physician, and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC where he works at LAC+USC. He performed his emergency … Continue reading "Episode 56: Resuscitation psychology with Dan Dworkis"