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Critical Care Scenarios

Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM and Bryan Boling, DNP, ACNP, FCCMicuscenarios.com
An educational podcast presenting practical critical care scenarios. By Brandon Oto, PA-C and Bryan Boling, ACNP. New episodes weekly.
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Episodes

Lightning rounds #35: Brain death updates, with Ariane Lewis and Matthew Kirschen

Discussing the new 2023 AAN/AAP/CNS/SCCM Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Practice Guideline, with the joint first authors: Dr. Ariane Lewis, neurointensivist, professor of neurology and neurosurgery at NYU Langone, director of neurocritical care, and chair of the Langone ethics committee, and Dr. Matthew Kirschen, pediatric neurointensivist and associate director of pediatric … Continue reading "Lightning rounds #35: Brain death updates, with Ariane Lewis a...

Dec 20, 202346 min

Episode 68: Liver transplant with Meera Gupta

We learn about liver transplant with Dr. Meera Gupta, transplant surgeon at the University of Kentucky Healthcare Transplant Center, and surgical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program. We discuss eligibility, triage, the peri-operative course, and important post-op complications. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Dec 06, 202346 min

Episode 67: Whipples with Michael Cavnar

We learn about pancreaticoduodenectomy (the Whipple) with Michael Cavnar (@DrMikeCavnar), surgical oncologist at University of Kentucky, with a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology from Sloan Kettering. He specializes in GI surgical oncology (liver, pancreas, stomach, etc), with ongoing research in GI stromal tumors and hepatic artery infusion pump chemotherapy. Find us on Patreon here! … Continue reading "Episode 67: Whipples with Michael Cavnar"...

Nov 08, 202343 min

TIRBO #47: Why do we prone?

A review of the physiological and practical reasons to position patients with ARDS in the prone position.

Nov 01, 202320 min

Lightning rounds #33: Transitioning to academics with Janelle Bludorn

We chat with Janelle Bludorn (@JanelleRBlu), former emergency medicine PA, Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator at the Duke PA program, about transitioning from clinical work into teaching and academia. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Resources

Oct 25, 202354 min

Episode 66: Aortic dissection with Travis Hughes

We explore aortic dissection with Travis Hughes, vascular surgery fellow from the University of Kentucky, including classification, medical management, and nuances of the surgical perspective. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Oct 11, 202353 min

TIRBO #45: SBT failure phenotypes

What are the ways that patients fail breathing trials, and what can they tell us about how to optimize them for next time?

Oct 04, 202314 min

Lightning rounds #32: Creating a POCUS system with Leon Chen

We chat with Leon Chen about his work setting up infrastructure for clinical POCUS at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Leon is an Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the ICU, Clinical Program Manager of Research and Simulated Learning, and an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch … Continue reading "Lightning rounds #32: Creating a POCUS system with Leon Chen"...

Sep 27, 20231 hr 5 min

Episode 65: Obstructive UTI with Ashley Winter

We discuss the nuts and bolts of urinary infection with an obstructing stone with Ashley Winter (@AshleyGWinter), board certified urologist with a fellowship in male and female sexual medicine, and chief medical officer of Odela Health. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Sep 13, 202341 min

Episode 64: Neurologic POCUS with Aarti Sarwal

We explore the cutting edge practice of point-of-care ultrasound of the brain, including optic nerve sheath measurement, transcranial doppler, assessing midline shift, and more, with Aarti Sarwal, neurologist and neurointensivist, director of the neurocritical care unit at Wake Forest, and director of their neurovascular lab and ultrasound courses. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your … Continue reading "Episode 64: Neurologic POCUS with Aarti Sarwal"...

Aug 16, 202344 min

Episode 63: Understanding dialysis, with Paul Adams

We dive into when to initiate renal replacement therapy, the modalities, settings, and physics involved, troubleshooting problems, and more, with Dr. Paul Adams, a dual-trained nephrologist and intensivist at the University of Kentucky. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Jul 19, 202353 min

TIRBO #39: 5 rules for clinical excellence

5 things you pretty much must be doing if you want to be excellent at critical care. See also on the blog: The ten laws of critical care Practicing medicine like an adult

Jul 12, 202316 min

Lightning rounds #28: Online learning with Callie Tennyson

We chat with Callie Tennyson, DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC, CHSE, assistant professor from the Duke University School of Nursing, about the use of the internet and social media for medical education: trends, challenges, and principles for doing it right.

Jul 05, 202349 min

Episode 62: Running a cardiac arrest

Bryan puts Brandon through the paces, discussing the nuts and bolts of managing a code. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Jun 21, 20231 hr 14 min

TIRBO #37: Remote brains

The importance of using an app to keep notes and establish a second, more reliable medical memory.

Jun 14, 202315 min
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