SCCM Podcast

Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FCCM, discusses acute care surgery, its relation to surgical critical care, and his predictions for the future of acute care surgery, trauma surgery and surgical critical care.

Joseph F. Dasta, MSc, FCCM, discusses his article published in the February 2010 issue of Critical Care Medicine.

Amelia Hopkins, MD, FCCM, discusses her article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

John A. Kellum, MD, FCCM, discusses how one uses RIFLE to take care of patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).

Anthony Carlese, MD, DO, discusses management of the patient after cardiac surgery, specifically his approach to caring for patients in the ICU who have just undergone coronary artery bypass surgery.

Ruth Kleinpell, RN, PhD, RN-CS, FCCM, discusses her experience as a nurse practitioner as well as her research into the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the ICU.

Michael Cheatham, MD, FCCM, director of the surgical intensive care units at Orlando Regional Trauma Center in Florida, discusses his latest paper.

Michael West, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses his unique career path into critical care and his background as a trauma/critical care surgeon. West is chief of surgery at San Francisco General Hospital and professor and vice chair in the department of surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He served as chair of the 39th Critical Care Congress

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Society of Critical Care Medicine president Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, discusses her goals and vision for the Society during her 2010 term.

Barbara McLean, ACNP, CCNS-NP, a nurse from Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses her recent volunteer efforts in Haiti following the January 12, 2010, earthquake that devastated the area. McLean discusses general disaster management strategies as well as patient populations and care challenges specific to the event.

Robert Tasker, MD, MBBS, discusses two editorials related to neurological issues in critical care.

Bradley D. Freeman, MD, discusses his article published in the December 2009 Critical Care Medicine, titled: Examination of Non-clinical Factors Affecting Tracheostomy Practice in an Academic Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

Wynne Morrison, MD, discusses an article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, which highlighted the results of a national survey of pediatric critical care medicine fellowship clinical and research time allocation.

Leticia Castillo, MD, FCCM, assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, discusses an article published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, discusses her article published in the January 2009 Critical Care Medicine.

Michelle Gong, MD, MS, discusses her recent articled published in the August 2009 issue of Critical Care Medicine.

Elaine Meyer, RN, PhD, discuss a paper published recently in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Constantine A. Manthous, MD, associate clinical professor of medicine at Bridgeport Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut, discusses his article published in the April 2009 issue of Critical Care Medicine.

Phillip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FCCM, discusses decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in an attempt to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. He discusses a recent article published in The New England Journal of Medicine, "Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Oropharynx in ICU Patients." Barie is Immediate Past President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), as well a...

Michael Diringer, MD, FCCM, discusses his article published in Critical Care Medicine about the management of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Diringer is professor of neurology, neurosurgery, anesthesiology and occupational therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also section chief of neurological critical care. Diringer discusses the anticipatio...

Rosemarie Fernandez, MD, an assistant professor at Wayne State University in Michigan, discusses an article published in the June 2009 issue of Critical Care Medicine, "The Presence of a Family Witness Impacts Physician Performance During Simulated Medical Codes." This is second iCritical Care Podcast to address this topic; listeners also may reference SCCM Pod-72 PCCM: Family Presence During Pedi...

When faced with the complex conditions of critically ill and injured patients, eye care can sometimes be overlooked in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, attention to the eye is important, as these patients are at increased risk of exposure keratopathy.

Jeffrey P. Burns, MD, MPH, discusses an article from the March 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Simulation at the Point-of-Care: Reduced cost, in-situ training via a mobile cart." Burns is chief of the division of critical care medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston as well as an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009;10(2):176 Released: 5/21/...

Naomi O'Grady, MD clarifies the strain of the current virus, discusses the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic, and outlines the prescription therapies available specific to H1N1 Influenza. O'Grady is a senior staff physician in the Clinical Center's Critical Care Medicine Department and the medical director of the department's Vascular Access and Conscious Sedation Services. She also is...