Critical Care Scenarios

On today’s TIRBO, a couple things worth saying when a patient is struck down with unexpected critical illness: it’s going to take time, and it wasn’t anyone’s fault. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We look at the patient with known pulmonary hypertension admitted for new issues like sepsis and pneumonia, and how they differ from our usual bread and butter, with help from Dr. Raymond Foley, director of the medical ICU and the pulmonary/critical care fellowship at UConn Health, as well as director of their pulmonary vascular disease … Continue reading "Episode 54: The critically ill patient with pulmonary hypertension, with Ray Foley"

Much is made of “staying cool” during emergencies, but what does this really mean? What is calm, what role does it play in a clinical environment, when is it appropriate, and how do we learn it? This and more on today’s TIRBO. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Bryan and Brandon go through their default, go-to drugs for common clinical indications in the ICU: stress ulcer prophylaxis, empiric antibiotics, hypertension, and more.

You have a trainee, orientee, intern/resident/fellow, student, or other learner who just seems slower than the rest. What should that mean to you? A perspective on this week’s TIRBO.

An exploration of clinical documentation and billing/coding with Dr. Robert Oubre (@Dr_Oubre), full-time hospitalist and CDI Medical Director for a community hospital in southern Louisiana. Takeaway lessons References

How to locate, secure, and dress your lines so they’ll stay put and stay clean.

Updates on the podcast, including how to claim credit for continuing education, how to support us by becoming a patron or buying merchandise, and our general perspective on making money through free medical education. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Understanding the various needles in your central line kit, how to get really, really good at ultrasound guidance, what to do when your view stinks, and more needle-related tips.

Discussing pleural effusions in the critically ill, including how and when to drain them, methods of drainage, interpreting laboratory studies, and managing complications, with Dr. Emily Fridenmaker (@emily_fri), pulmonologist and intensivist at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. Continuing education for this episode CME credit provided courtesy of Academic CME. To claim your CME … Continue reading "Episode 52: Pleural effusions in the ICU with Emily Fridenmaker"