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• Vent Management in the Critical Trauma 16.06.2026 39min

  How do you manage the vent in a critical polytrauma patient who is hypoxemic? Link to the visuals for this episode: https://bit.ly/traumavents. Also, checkout Rapid Sequence, our new choose-your-own-adventure resuscitation game at rapidsequence.org (coupon code for ICUedu listeners: ICUEDU2026)
• Diuretics: Why, When, and How 03.05.2026 41min

  When, how, and most importantly WHY we should be using diuretics. Also, checkout Rapid Sequence, our new choose-your-own-adventure resuscitation game at rapidsequence.org (coupon code for ICUedu listeners: ICUEDU2026)
• Valvulopathy Part II: Stenosis 17.04.2025 43min

  Acute medical management of valvulopathy. Part II talks about the pathophysiology and management of stenotic valves: AS and MS. Check out Rapid Sequence, ICUedu's new education project at rapidsequence.org Great Core Ultrasound post on POCUS assessment of valvulopathy: https://coreultrasound.com/valves-2/ Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Valvulopathy Part I: Regurgitation 19.01.2025 42min

  Acute medical management of valvulopathy. Part I talks about the pathophysiology and management of regurgitant valves: AI, MR, and TR. Great Core Ultrasound post on POCUS assessment of valvulopathy: https://coreultrasound.com/valves-2/ Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Fluids in Sepsis 01.11.2024 41min

  Updated talk on fluids in sepsis! Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/fluids-in-sepsis
• Resuscitation & the Science of Expertise 20.10.2024 33min

  How can the science of expertise inform our ability to attain excellence in resuscitation? Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org References for the papers mentioned in the episode: Kovacs & Croskery. Clinical Decision Making: An Emergency Medicine Perspective. Academic Emergency Medicine, 1999; 6(9): 947-952 The Neuroscience of Expertise. Bilalic (2017), Cambridge University Press Jeon et al. What does “being an expert” mean to the brain? Functional specif...
• Electrical Storm 21.06.2024 46min

  Management approach for electrical storm! For a deep dive into EKGs in wide complex tachycardias, take a look at this awesome lecture by Amal Mattu. References to articles mentioned in the podcast: Cheskes et al. Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 24;387(21):1947-1956 Ortiz et al. Randomized comparison of intravenous procainamide vs. intravenous amiodarone for the acute treatment of tolerated wide QRS tachycardia: the PROCAMIO study. Eur ...
• Physiologically Difficult Airway 03.05.2024 41min

  ICUedu Physiologically Difficult Airway Pocket Intensivist Card ICUedu.org page with video lecture, references, and a downloadable link to key visuals: https://www.icuedu.org/physiologicallydifficultairway
• Permutations of Sick + Hypotensive 26.04.2024 21min

  We know what to do with the patient who is sick and hypotensive. But what about the patient who is sick but not hypotensive? Or the patient who is hypotensive but not sick? References for the papers mentioned in the podcast on use of midodrine in the ED: Puissant et al (2022). Wait, What? Oral Midodrine Instead of Pressors for Septic Shock? Annals of Emergency Medicine;80(4):S94 Zada et al (2024). Midodrine in Early Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):S708 Lal et al (202...
• Beyond the ABCs 12.01.2024 25min

  ICUedu Approach to the Acutely Ill Patient Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Bedside Echo Physiologic DDX 10.01.2024 20min

  Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Acid-Base 2.0 17.12.2023 59min

  ICUedu Acid-Base 2.0 Pocket Intensivist Card This lecture has a lot of important visuals. Here is is a link to the ICUedu.org subpage with the video lecture and a downloadable link to the key lecture visuals: https://www.icuedu.org/approachacidbase
• Vasoplegia 21.11.2023 20min

  ICUedu Vasoplegia Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• The Big 5: Misses That Matter 25.05.2023 17min

  Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• The Sepsis Survey 25.05.2023 13min

  Like the Trauma Survey... but for sepsis! Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Approach to Cardiac Arrest 14.05.2023 50min

  Updated talk on approach to cardiac arrest! Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/cardiacarrest
• Mistakes #2: Agitation, CRRT & Trachs 11.05.2023 28min

  Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Critical Cases #4: SCAPE with WCT 11.05.2023 32min

  Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org More discussion of unstable A-fib: https://www.icuedu.org/unstableaf
• Mistakes #1: Fourniers, A-fib & Cholecystitis 27.03.2023 21min

  Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org
• Blood Gas Reading Skills: ABG #3 27.03.2023 6min

  Blood Gas Reading Skills series Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org If you have ABGs you are interested in submitting for possible discussion, you can send along the ABG, the basic metabolic panel, and the albumin (if you have it) as well as a one-liner summary of the clinical context through the ICUedu comments section