
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

Apr 12, 2021 • 10min
E189: Prehospital Ketamine Use for Rapid Sequence Intubation - RCT Review
In this episode, Eric discusses the current evidence and analysis of the RCT on Ketamine use in RSI as published in the Air Medical Journal. Does this RCT show us anything we didn't already know? How can we optimize a neutral hemodynamic response in our sickest patients? Join us for "Prehospital Ketamine Use for Rapid Sequence Intubation - RCT Review"! Please like and review on your current podcast app, including Spotify, Google Play, iTunes, PodBean, and many more.

Apr 2, 2021 • 19min
E188: Blankets are for Naps, Not Medicine: Metabolic Acidosis - Calculated Discrimination
In this episode, Eric discusses the current evidence, approach and opinions on treating patients in metabolic acidosis w/ partial compensation. How do we determine the correct minute ventilation? Does education cause us to have calculated discrimination for these patients? How do we best approach this type of patient and how often do we really see a patient that needs high minute ventilation? Should education focus more on critical thinking and the identification of these patients? Join us for "Blankets are for Naps, Not Medicine: Metabolic Acidosis - Calculated Discrimination"!

Feb 3, 2021 • 41min
E187: ECMO in out of hospital cardiac arrest with Dr. Dimitri Yannopoulos
In this episode, Mike Verkest joins Eric and Dr. Dimitri Yannopoulos to discuss the role of ECMO in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Dr. Yannopoulos’s research involves cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hypothermia, and myocardial salvage during acute coronary syndromes. He is considered an authority in cardiorespiratory interactions and hypothermia during CPR. His work in the laboratories of Dr. Keith Lurie (at the University of Minnesota) and Dr. Henry Halperin (at Johns Hopkins University) has helped change current CPR practices. We will discuss the ARREST trial and learn about the trials he is blazing in cardiac arrest care.

Sep 29, 2020 • 1h 33min
E186: Implementing Helmet-based Ventilation in the COVID-19 Era
This is a special edition podcast that was recorded from a live broadcast on September 24th, 2020 featuring Sea-Long Medical Industries and their partnership with Life Link III. This discussion will cover the unique collaboration that all started with a news story on ABC Nightly News. Hear how the relationship formed and how Life Link III took on the task of implementing this nontraditional, yet groundbreaking treatment modality for COVID-19.

Jul 21, 2020 • 48min
E185: The Asthma Nightmare Case
You are called for an 18-year-old male who was intubated at a community hospital. That is probably the best thing they could have done. Listen to Eric as he describes the challenge of this patient and the associated ventilator strategies. Join the conversation! Download, subscribe, listen, and share this podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Jul 14, 2020 • 14min
E184: Does Glucose Predict Hypotension?
Eric discusses a recent paper on the predictive values of POC Glucose and its relationship to hypotension in the adult trauma patient. Join the conversation! Download, subscribe, listen, and share this podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

May 25, 2020 • 12min
E183: The FlightBridgeED Podcast - Episode 183 - PEDS with COVID
Ashley Bauer continues her COVID conversation, with a focus on the pediatric population. The number of cases involving children and changes in symptoms have sparked a worldwide discussion as to what to do with these cases. Join the conversation! Download, subscribe, listen and share this podcast. We couldn’t make this podcast without you. Please rate, and review wherever you download the podcast. Thanks so much for listening!

Apr 19, 2020 • 32min
E182: Special Episode: The Nightmare Patient - COVID-19 Case Study
In this special episode, Ashley has kicked Eric out of the podcast studio and has gone solo. Join Ashley Bauer as she hosts the podcast and takes you through a Nightmare case study of a COVID-19 positive patient. She breaks down the initial presentation and moves through diagnostic studies, including labs, chest x-ray findings, and much more! This is a can't miss episode! We couldn’t make this podcast without you. Please rate, and review wherever you download the podcast. Thanks so much for listening!

Apr 7, 2020 • 1h 6min
E181: Advanced Hemodynamics: Tips and Tricks... Looking Past The Numbers
Join Mike Verkest, Eric Bauer, and Bruce Hoffman as we discuss all things Advanced Hemodynamics. This topic can be complex and is often not used enough to get proficient. Join us as we discuss "tips and tricks" and answer your common questions. We finish with a look at the application and how to make the correct pharmacology decision based on the hemodynamic numbers you are seeing. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Reviews help us stay high on the chart where your friends and co-workers can find us. If you love our free podcast, help us spread the word!

Apr 6, 2020 • 24min
E180: The Oxylator w/ Dr. Jim DuCanto
As we continue through this COVID-19 pandemic, mechanical ventilation and the available equipment needed to manage these intubated patients are dwindling fast. Join Dr. DuCanto as he introduces the Oxylator as a tool to manage intubated patients who need mechanical ventilation support. The device is simple to use and may be a great option in this COVID-19 fight. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Reviews help us stay high on the chart where your friends and co-workers can find us. If you love our free podcast, help us spread the word!