
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

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.

May 22, 2014 • 31min
E44: The Subarachnoid Bleed
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, creeping and crawling, silently weaving a web of destruction, a small, venomous disease unleashes its deadly bite on an unsuspecting woman. Join Eric and the flight crew as they pull down the webs of confusion and unravel the secrets of The Subarachnoid Bleed.

May 7, 2014 • 20min
E43: Takotsubo Apical Ballooning Syndrome
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, terror from the deep rises from the blackest abyss to wrap its tentacles around an innocent woman who has lost everything. The flight crew struggles to comprehend the twisted and strange horror but presses on in search of escape. Join us to discover the ending and what happens to our suffering victim. - A Nightmare Series Podcast -

Apr 14, 2014 • 36min
E42: The Nightmare Patient: Advanced Hemodynamic Case Study
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, a patient comes precariously close to disaster as a microscopic fiend unleashes its fury on an unsuspecting patient. Seeking out this horrible monster will take skill as the crew follows the clues found in strange, cryptic waveforms. Join the podcast as we seek answers and unravel the mystery of advanced hemodynamics.

Mar 17, 2014 • 25min
E41: The Nightmare Patient - Neonatal Respiratory Arrest
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, a looming shadow is cast over an innocent crib as an unseen hand holds the fate of a tiny child in its icy grasp. Will disease prevail? Join us... maybe you can be the hero!

Mar 1, 2014 • 6min
E40: FlightBridgeED Early 2014 Update
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric discusses new product roll-outs and a few plans for the future! Thanks, and congratulations to the FlightBridgeED community on moving into our 2nd year of learning together!

Feb 3, 2014 • 13min
E39: Sedation = Delirium: A Recipe for Disaster
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, we pick up a conversation we began in a previous podcast (Forget the PARALYSIS and Treat the PAIN). Now, we will discuss the need for choosing appropriate medications and correctly managing their dosing to improve patient outcomes in critical care environments.

Jan 11, 2014 • 37min
E38: The Nightmare Patient: IABP Cardiac Arrest
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, a perfect storm is rising over a terribly complicated case. Juggling a multitude of therapies and way behind, the flight team must fight to keep their heads above water. Find out what happens as the flight team and patient struggle for survival!

Dec 16, 2013 • 17min
E37: aVR - The Forgotten Lead
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast we discuss aVR as a diagnostic 12-lead tool and apply this to a patient case study. Find out more about this EKG misfit.

Nov 18, 2013 • 17min
E36: The Nightmare Patient: Left Main Dominant
In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, a cardiac patient with a genetic anomaly is in a precarious battle for life against a deadly attacking disease. Conventional wisdom may not be the best medicine, and the flight crew has a choice to make. Will they fend off certain doom, or is there a second chance waiting for the victim? Find out now!