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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)

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)

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

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

Updated talk on fluids in sepsis! Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/fluids-in-sepsis

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 Universi...

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. intraveno...

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

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...

ICUedu Approach to the Acutely Ill Patient Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

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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

ICUedu Vasoplegia Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

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Like the Trauma Survey... but for sepsis! Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

Updated talk on approach to cardiac arrest!  Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/cardiacarrest

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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 

Update content January 2024!  New (and hopefully improved...) version. Pocket Intensivist Card: 3-Pressures Hemodynamic Physiology Map 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/reframingshock-2

Chapter 1: Clinical Context Chapter 2: Physiology Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis Chapter 4: Spiral of Death Chapter 5: Management Chapter 6: Recap ICUedu Pocket Intensivist Card: RV Failure Pathophysiology ICUedu Pocket Intensivist Card: RV Failure Management ICUedu Pocket Intensivist Card: Pressors in RV Failure Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & ref...

Chapter 1: Why Start Vasoactives? Chapter 2: When Start Vasoactives? Chapter 3: Which Vasoactive to Start? ICUedu Pocket Intensivist Card - Vasoactive Properties Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/pressorsvasoactives

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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