Host Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, is joined by Joy Peterson, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, Neha Paranjape, MD, MPH, to discuss the article, "Outcomes and Adverse Effects of Baricitinib Versus Tocilizumab in the Management of Severe COVID-19," (Crit Care Med. March 2023 51(3):337-346) which delves into the comparative outcomes, mortality rates, and adverse effects of baricitinib and tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 cases. Dr. Peterson is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in infectious disease, and D...
Mar 25, 2024•22 min
This is the third episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Aaron Goodwin, PA-C, MS, and Brett Hogan, ACNP, BSN, MS, RN, to discuss updates in toxidromes and illicit drug abuse in the ICU. The guests explain why this is an important topic and share their surprising discoveries while researching the topic.
Jan 11, 2024•31 min
This is the second episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, in which authors unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Nasim Motayar, MD, to discuss updates in hemostatic resuscitation for traumatic and nontraumatic hemorrhage. Dr. Motayar offers a concise overview of this Current Concepts chapter, providing valuable takeaways for healthcare professionals looking to enhance their clinical practice.
Jan 04, 2024•24 min
Gain valuable insights and tools on topics including mentorship, leadership, and workplace relationships that are specific to practitioners in critical care. Experts from SCCM’s Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (LEAD) Committee discuss the leadership and management skills to enhance your professional role.
Dec 28, 2023•24 min
SCCM volunteers traveled twice to Lviv, Ukraine, in 2023 to train nearly 500 clinicians on lifesaving education focused on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical, and ICU Liberation. In this very special 500th episode of the SCCM Podcast, these volunteer faculty share insights into their inspiring and educational mission.
Dec 21, 2023•23 min
Mentorship has been used within critical care for the transfer of specialized knowledge and expertise. Critical care practitioners have leaned on mentorship to acquire not only technical skills but also clinical decision-making abilities that come with experience. But is mentorship a thing of the past or a necessity for the future of healthcare? Host Kyle B. Enfield, MD, is joined by Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM and Kenneth E. Remy, MD, MHSc, MSCI, FCCM, to discuss whether mentorship is...
Dec 14, 2023•29 min
Dive into the inaugural episode of SCCM’s Current Concepts Series, where we unveil exclusive insights into the 2024 Current Concepts Course, directly from the authors themselves. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA is joined by Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN as they discuss the latest developments in the realm of coma, delving into essential aspects vital for the intricacies of critical care management. Don't miss this riveting exploration of cutting-edge knowledge in the fie...
Dec 07, 2023•27 min
Discover how our evolving healthcare landscape is shaped by the interplay between experienced veterans and emerging talents, and how these generational shifts influence decision-making, communication, and the development of future critical care professionals. In this follow-up to the intriguing session held at the 2023 Critical Care Congress LEAD pre-course, titled "Generational Differences in Practice and Learning,” host Ludwig Lin, MD, is joined by Sergio L. Zanotti-Cavazzoni, MD, FCCM, to exp...
Nov 09, 2023•38 min
Millions of people have long COVID and may experience cognitive, mental health, and physical side effects. Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by James C. Jackson, PhD, PsyD, to discuss practical strategies to move patients from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on research and vast clinical experience with ICU survivors with long COVID, Dr. Jackson highlights the value of acceptance, self-care, boundary setting, social support, and posttraumatic growth - coping strategies that can he...
Oct 19, 2023•22 min
Join host Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, as she delves into the critical topic of acute kidney injury (AKI) and its significant impact on critically ill patients. Guest Javier Neyra, MD, MSCS, offers a comprehensive overview of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in AKI, exploring the preferred modalities and technical considerations. With a focus on the benefits of continuous therapy versus hemodialysis, the discussion sheds light on indications for continuous RRT (CRRT), emphasizing the im...
Oct 12, 2023•23 min
Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, is joined by Rajesh Speer, PharmD, MSHA, MS, to delve into continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and anticoagulation. Unravel the intricacies of anticoagulation options, with an emphasis on citrate variations. Understand low- versus high-concentrate citrate and the nuances between compounding and commercially available products. Gain invaluable insights from a pharmacist’s standpoint about the ideal anticoagulation strategies for CRRT. This podcast is ...
Oct 05, 2023•18 min
The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) is unique because it can be applied to every patient, every day, by the full team. By fostering a holistic approach to treating patients and improving ICU team communication, the ICU Liberation Bundle has been proven in multiple studies to reduce: the likelihood of hospital death, delirium and coma days, physical restraint use, ICU readmissions, and discharges to rehabilitation facilities. Ludwig H. Lin, MD, was joined by...
Sep 29, 2023•28 min
COVID-19 survivors who experience severe critical illness are at risk even when they leave the ICU. Long COVID is becoming recognized as a widespread problem, resulting in lower quality of life and productivity. Ludwig H. Lin, MD, is joined by E. Wesley Ely, MD, MHP, MCCM, to discuss the range of symptoms encompassing long COVID, as well as the latest research and treatment. Dr. Ely is a subspecialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine who conducts patient-oriented health services research ...
Sep 23, 2023•33 min
COVID-19 transformed healthcare and presented specific long-term challenges for the nursing profession. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, was joined by Norma J. Shoemaker Honorary Lecturer Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the shortage of critical care nurses. Survey results reveal that nurses continue to experience burnout and frustration. They discuss how to leverage data to best support nurses now and in the future.
Sep 14, 2023•33 min
Can healthcare professionals use social media to enhance delivery of medical education and deliver the same educational content to a larger, more diverse, and more engaged audience? Ludwig H. Lin, MD, was joined by Nicolas M. Mark, MD, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the role of social media in medical education. Dr. Mark is a board-certified intensivist at Swedish Medical Center First Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sep 08, 2023•30 min
The Assessment of Implementation of Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure (AIMS) Study seeks to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention using the evidence-based Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Marylin N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Mitchell M. Levy, MD, MCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the goal of the AIMS Study and the elements of both the Hour-1 and 3-Hour bundles. Dr. Levy is chief of the Division of Critical Care, Pu...
Aug 30, 2023•23 min
The National Board of Echocardiography has developed an examination to assess echocardiography and ultrasound skills, which are required by many medical programs. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, was joined by Sara Nikravan, MD, FASE, FCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss advanced echocardiography and the National Board of Echocardiography examination. Sara Nikravan, MD, FASE, FCCM, is director of point-of-care ultrasound and associate program director of residency ...
Aug 23, 2023•25 min
According to the United Nations, climate change is the defining crisis of our time and is happening more quickly than anticipated. Can critical care professionals be the spark that lights the fire of change? Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by Srinivas Murthy, MD, MDCM, MHSc, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the intersection of climate change and critical care. Dr. Murthy is a pediatric infectious diseases and intensive care physician at the University of British Columbi...
Aug 16, 2023•17 min
Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM, to discuss optimal strategies for preventing sepsis and septic shock in the hospital setting. Explore the challenges faced in integrating these strategies into hospital workflows and gain insights into the significant contributions made by multiple team members. This podcast is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty ...
Jul 26, 2023•35 min
The power of scientific collaboration has a broad reach. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 7000 clinical trials were registered, with more than 100 different countries represented. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, was joined by SCCM Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient John C. Marshall, MD, FRCSC, FACS, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the importance of research and scientific collaboration. Dr. Marshall has been involved in research programs with researchers arou...
Jul 20, 2023•27 min
The ICU Liberation Campaign aims to liberate patients from the harmful effects of an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. The campaign is expanding to include more resources for children and infants. Host Ludwig Lin, MD, was joined by Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss ICU Liberation and how it is being adapted to improve care in the pediatric ICU. Dr. Zimmerman is an attending physician in the pediatric ICU at Seattle Children’s Hospital and professor of pe...
Jul 14, 2023•30 min
Implicit bias is a form of automatic and unintentional bias that affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors. Implicit bias can pose a barrier to the diagnosis and treatment of critical illness. Ludwig H. Lin, MD, is joined by Varun U. Shetty, MD, to discuss ways that critical care professionals can mitigate diagnostic delays and errors by being aware of their own implicit biases. Dr. Shetty is an adult intensivist who focuses on caring for critically ill patients in global health settings. He h...
Jul 05, 2023•27 min
Guidelines recommend against red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in hemodynamically stable children without cardiac disease who meet certain criteria. Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Katherine Steffen, MD, MHS, to discuss the clinical and economic impacts of compliance with RBC transfusion guidelines, as discussed in "The Impact of Restrictive Transfusion Practices on Hemodynamically Stable Critically Ill Children Without Heart Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the Age ...
Jun 15, 2023•23 min
For more than 10 years, the Society of Critical Care Medicine has offered an in-person critical care ultrasound course that spanned two days, interspersing lectures with interactive training. This format has now been replaced by a hybrid format, allowing more countries to host the course, virtually or in person, to ensure that healthcare professionals continue to receive optimized ultrasound training and education. Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, was joined by Sarah E. Bain, MD,...
Jun 07, 2023•22 min
Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, and Daleen Penoyer, PhD, RN, CCRP, FCNS, FAAN, FCCM, discuss how to develop and operationalize performance improvement teams to implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s (SSC) Hour-1 Bundle, which was developed in 2021 to minimize time to treatment for patients with sepsis and septic shock. Explore how to overcome barriers teams encounter in implementing the bundle, including inflexibility, lack of awareness about the bundle, competing priorities, and insu...
May 17, 2023•35 min
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals implemented tele-critical care medicine to help patients while keeping staff safe from exposure. Now that patient care has gone back to normal, what is the role of tele-critical care medicine? Donald S. Prough, MD, FCCM, was joined by Krzysztof Laudanski, MD, PhD, FCCM, and Sonia S. Everhart, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM, during the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how tele-critical care medicine was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and its cont...
May 17, 2023•33 min
Although the variety of noninvasive interfaces for pediatric patients has grown in the past 10 years, they are still limited. Pediatric interfaces are typically scaled down from adult to child sizes, which does not consider the contours of a growing child’s face, causing poor fit in patients of certain ages. Donald S. Prough, MD, FCCM, was joined by Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, during the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss how clinicians’ need to have the right equipment for their patie...
May 09, 2023•23 min
The Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study and registry of all eligible adult and pediatric patients who are admitted to a hospital. Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, was joined by Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry. Dr. Kashyap is an assistant professor and clinical research scientist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
May 01, 2023•23 min
From the earliest days of critical care medicine, the importance of measuring cardiac output and hemodynamic monitoring were recognized in understanding the physiology of critically ill patients, especially those in shock. However, methods for measuring cardiac output were cumbersome or not widely available. Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, is joined by Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, to discuss the evolution of the pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients, as discussed in "The Story ...
Apr 19, 2023•24 min
Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, is an SCCM program that aims to expand research and improve outcomes. Discovery has launched the Data Science Campaign to leverage large-scale (big) data for research, seeking to apply these data in a clinical environment through standardized models and shared resources. Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by J. Perren Cobb, MD, FACS, FCCM, and Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, NP, FAAN, FCCM, at SCCM's 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the futu...
Apr 13, 2023•22 min
