
The FlightBridgeED Podcast
The FlightBridgeED Podcast provides convenient, easy-to-understand critical care medical education and current topics related to the air medical industry. Each topic builds on another and weaves together a solid foundation of emergency, critical care, and prehospital medicine.
Latest episodes

Mar 23, 2015 • 12min
E54: Passive Oxygenation: What Do The Studies Say?
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, we take an in-depth look at the concept of passive oxygenation and camp out in the literature and studies regarding it. Join us for the podcast and discover together how to apply the concept of passive oxygenation to your practice!

Mar 13, 2015 • 13min
E53: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, below the tempest-driven surface of the deep and plunging into the murky, gray depths, a struggling soul descends to join the silence of fate. Join us to discover the horrifying fate and as death wraps its icy hand around the lungs of our patient. What is this terror? Find out in this nightmare series podcast episode, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.

Mar 2, 2015 • 31min
E52: Get Rid of Dopamine in EMS
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, dopamine comes under fire in the pre-hospital setting. Is this old-school medication finished? Join us as we investigate the issues surrounding why we should Get Rid of Dopamine in EMS.

Feb 23, 2015 • 15min
E51: 3 Amazing Concepts
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric draws the map to some interesting and controversial new research. What is REBOA? Do you need that cervical collar? Does dopamine deserve to be ditched? Join us for this and the next three episodes for the complete dialogue in this series of three Amazing Concepts!

Feb 16, 2015 • 29min
E50: Hypoxic Status Seizure
Claustrophobic and dark hallways surround our patients as they hysterically shake and fly to free themselves from the ever-tightening grasp of a hypoxic straightjacket. There are worse things than death, and as time fights against the minds of the providers, the insane realization that this critical patient may very well be toeing the edge of oblivion sets in. Join your host, Eric Bauer, as he walks with you down the terrifying corridors of the newest Nightmare Series podcast... The Hypoxic Status Seizure.A Nightmare Series Podcast

Feb 2, 2015 • 10min
E49: Update 2015 - BIG NEWS!
Come and taste what's been cooking in the FlightBridgeED kitchen for 2015! During this podcast, Eric talks about a few things that are in the works, made possible by the suggestions we have collected from our community! We are proud to roll out the new FlightBridgeED YouTube channel with 13 brand-new videos for you to enjoy right now. Check it out now...

Jan 26, 2015 • 32min
E48: The Post-Arrest Nightmare
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, THE DEAD WALK... join us to learn more about this terrifying episode and discover the perilous struggle of one lone patient against overwhelming odds in an upside-down world.

Jan 12, 2015 • 20min
E47: Ventilator Strategy: Hypotension
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric unpacks and examines a new ventilator strategy for hypotensive trauma patients. This strategy involves reducing intrathoracic pressure and optimizing gas exchange. Join us via MP3 download or Enhanced podcast.

Dec 5, 2014 • 26min
E46: Neo-Sticks: Push Dose Pressors in RSI
In this episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast, we discuss how to use push dose pressors to offset the effects caused by sedation and paralysis on hemodynamically unstable patients requiring RSI.

Aug 8, 2014 • 41min
E45: The Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve: A Resuscitation Paradigm
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric helps us develop the concept of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve, left and right shifts, and other important principles of oxygen delivery at the tissue level. Although this is a difficult subject, it’s incredibly relevant and enlightening, and it has real applications for our patients. Join us as we study the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve - A Resuscitation Paradigm.