ICU Doc Talk

Answering a bunch of random questions. Book discussion: Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein.

Discussing a crazy day in the OR. Book discussion: The Tragedy of Liberation by Dikotter.

Discussing how to be confident on the job. Book discussion about cyberwarfare: The is How They Tell Me the World Will End by Perlroth

Very important protocol to get people out of the ICU. Book: The Right by Parenti

Discussing how to live meaningfully and also be gainfully employed. Book discussion: The Atlas of the Heart by Brown.

Talking about my experience working with surgeons. Books discussion: Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti which gives a reframing of communist regimes.

Discussing stories about end of life and the book How to Hide an Empire by Immerwahr.

Discussing my opinions about US medical education and book discussion The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Zeihan.

Talking about all the things that can go wrong during surgery. Also discussing the profit seeking model of American healthcare with book American Sickness by Rosenthal.

Everything you need to know about brain death. Most important episode I’ve done. Discussing how corruption works with Corruptible by Klaas.

Treatment and management of patients hospitalized with various substance use disorders. Discussing Woke Inc. by Ramaswamy and how many try to rebrand corporate tokenism as Wokeism.

I share stories about patient experiences (all anonymized in both space and time) and discussing the book Evil Geniuses by Andersen about neoliberalism in the US.

Talking about problems with the lungs and hypoxia. Discussing flaw and foibles of American liberalism with book Listen Liberal by Frank.

Talking about the heart as an organ system in critical care. Discussing the nature of debt with the book Debt: The First 5,000 years by the late Graeber.

Going into detail about all the members of an ICU team. Book discussion is Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Freire.

Discussing different types of medical shock. Book discussion of The Triumph of Injustice by Sáez and how the ultra wealthy dodge taxes and what to do about it.

Talking about the importance of physical exam and ultrasound. Book review Hate Inc. by Taibbi.

A fairly detailed discussion about acidosis and book discussion: The Road to Serfdom by Hayek.

Brief glimpse of around 100 books about power, economics and race. The end has some sci fi and fantasy books, too!

My personal views about abortion. Two book discussions: Dead Blondes by Doyle and Hood Feminism by Kendall

How do medical shows match up to real life? Book discussion: Border and Rule by Walia.

How to safely sedate and treat pain in many scenarios. Book discussion: Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Stoller.

I get personal talking about my path to medicine and what I do today. Book analysis: Bullsh*t Jobs by Graber.

Trigger warning: talking about death and dying. How do we approach dying and what to do for loved ones. Book discussion: Cynical Theories by Pluckrose and Lindsay.

Treating patient pain in many settings and also those with substance use disorder. Book discussion is Kill Switch by Jentleson about the rise and use of the American Filibuster.