Critical Care Scenarios

Critical Care Scenarios


Latest Episodes

Lightning rounds 38: Working in APP leadership, with Jason Wieland
March 13, 2024

We talk about working in critical care APP leadership positions, with Jason Wieland, PA, Lead Pulmonary & Critical Care APP at WakeMed Health System in Raleigh, NC. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your m

TIRBO 56: Transfixing vessels
March 06, 2024

You poked through the deep wall of a vessel. Now what? Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Episode 71: Transplant medications with Olivia Philippart
February 28, 2024

We discuss the medications typically used after organ transplant, their impact on critical illness, and how to manage them when these patients show up sickwith Olivia Philippart, transplant clinical

TIRBO 55: Bowel regimens
February 21, 2024

How I make patients poop. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Lightning rounds 37: Weaning the deliriosedated patient (SCCM roundup)
February 14, 2024

A roundup of opinions from attendees at SCCMs 2024 Critical Care Congress in Phoenix on strategies for rescuing the patient stuck in a loop of deep sedation and agitation. Thanks to Pat Posa, Martha

TIRBO 54: Documenting POCUS studies
February 07, 2024

How to document your ultrasound findings. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

Episode 70: Airway evaluation for non-anesthesiologists, with Jed Wolpaw
January 31, 2024

We discuss assessing patients prior to intubation or other airway management, including both elective and emergent circumstances, with Dr. Jed Wolpaw, anesthesiologist and intensivist from Johns Hopki

TIRBO 53: Who needs an arterial line?
January 24, 2024

Arterial lines are resuscitative tools.

Lightning rounds 36: Nurses are from Venus
January 17, 2024

Bedside nurses and providers (physicians, PAs, NPs) tend to see the world differently, much of it driven by their training and the systems they work within. We chat about reconciling this and how to b

TIRBO 52: Reliable is better than perfect
January 10, 2024

In general, medical decisions that avoid error are better than those that optimize care.