Critical Care Scenarios

Critical Care Scenarios

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

Episodes

Lightning rounds 55: APP fellowships with Melissa Bridges

July 9, 2025
Melissa Bridges, director of PA fellowships at Atrium Health and president of the Association of Post-graduate PA Programs (APPAP), chats with us (Bryan is president of APGAP, the Association of Post Graduate APRN programs) about PA/NP residencies/fellowships in critical care. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy!
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Lightning rounds 54: Medical musicians with Andrew Schulman

June 25, 2025
Andrew Schulman, medical musician, former ICU patient, and president of the Medical Musician Initiative, tells us how music can help the critically ill. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy!
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Lightning rounds 53: GI Q&A with Elliot Tapper

June 11, 2025
From constipation to hepatorenal syndrome. Fan favorite Elliot Tapper (@ebtapper, @ebtapper), gastroenterologist, transplant hepatologist, academic chief of hepatology, and director of the cirrhosis program at the University of Michigan, returns to answer a grab-bag of GI questions. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Takeaway lessons
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Special announcement: Academy CME accreditation

June 1, 2025
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Lightning rounds 52: Echo tips with Michael Lanspa

May 28, 2025 • 59 mins
We chat with Dr. Michael Lanspa, intensivist and director of the Intermountain Critical Care Echocardiography Core Lab, about common pitfalls among bedside POCUS users and tricks for doing it better. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Takeaway lessons
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Episode 89: Thrombectomy for stroke, with Justin Fraser

May 14, 2025 • 59 mins
We explore the world of thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with Justin F. Fraser (@doctorjfred), MD, FAANS, FAHA, Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurological Surgery and Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Neuro-interventional Radiology at University of Kentucky, where he specializes in cerebrovascular, endovascular, skull base, and endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreo...
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Episode 87: Maternal-fetal monitoring with Stephanie Martin

April 30, 2025 • 51 mins
We learn about the basics of fetal monitoring in the critically ill pregnant woman and how to integrate them into our ICU workflows, with Stephanie Martin, MFM obstetrician and host of the Critical Care Obstetrics podcast and teacher at the Critical Care Obstretrics Academy. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon … Continue reading "Episode 87: Maternal-fetal monitoring with St...
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Academy bites: The power of disagreeing

April 23, 2025 • 8 mins
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Episode 86: EEGs in the ICU with Carolina Maciel

April 16, 2025
We discuss the basics of EEG in the ICU, including when to do it, selecting the appropriate study, and the basics of bedside interpretation, with Carolina B Maciel, MD, MSCR, FAAN, triple boarded in neurology, neurocritical care, and critical care EEG. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your … Continue reading "Episode 86: EEGs in the ICU with Carolina Maciel"
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Lightning rounds 51: Hemodynamic interfaces with Philippe Rola

April 2, 2025 • 43 mins
Philippe Rola, intensivist, master of the VEXUS scan, and founder of the Hospitalist and Resuscitationist conference, shares his recent model of four hemodynamic interfaces to describe the entire circulatory system. Register for the H&R conference (May 22-23 2025) here with the discount code provided in the show. (No, we’re not sponsored, just a cool event.) … Continue reading "Lightning rounds 51: ...
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Episode 88: ICU Liberation SCCM Congress 2025

March 19, 2025 • 13 mins
A roundup from members of the SCCM’s ICU Liberation committee, recorded at SCCM Congress 2025. Included:
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Lightning rounds 50: Mastering PA catheter placement with Matt Siuba

March 5, 2025 • 64 mins
We learn the vanishing art of placing the PA (Swan-Ganz) catheter, with intensivist and friend of the podcast Matt Siuba (@msiuba). Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway points References Insertion video Wedge distance How measurement technique affects diagnosis Thermo in TR review POCUS for … Continue reading "Lightning rounds 50: Mastering...
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Lightning rounds 49: The Vortex approach with Nicholas Chrimes

February 19, 2025 • 67 mins
We learn about the Vortex approach to airway management, as well as airway algorithms and mental models in general, with Vortex creator and anesthesiologist Dr. Nicholas Chrimes, anaesthetist and cofounder of the Safe Airway Society. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! References
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Episode 85: Tracheostomy basics with Vinciya Pandian

February 5, 2025 • 46 mins
We discuss the basics of evaluation for tracheostomy placement, periprocedural care, and post-procedure complications with Vinciya Pandian, PhD, ACNP, FCCM, tracheostomy nurse practitioner and researcher. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!
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Academy bites: You were here when we were not

January 29, 2025 • 15 mins
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Episode 84: Acute liver failure with Sergio Navarrete

January 22, 2025 • 56 mins
We discuss assessment, monitoring, medical stabilization, and when to consider transplant of the patient with acute liver failure. We are joined by Dr. Sergio Navarrete, anesthesiologist and intensivist with fellowship training in transplant anesthesia. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons References
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Episode 83: Cardiac arrest with Scott Weingart

January 8, 2025 • 70 mins
We talk about the nitty-gritty details of a well-run cardiac arrest, with Scott Weingart of Emcrit (@emcrit), ED intensivist. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons Resources
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Lightning rounds 48: Complete airway closure with Thomas Piraino

December 25, 2024 • 73 mins
We talk about the phenomenon of airway closure during mechanical ventilation, with Thomas Piraino, RRT, FCSRT, FAARC, adjunct lecturer for the Department of Anesthesia at McMaster University, editor of The Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation Blog, and a member of the editorial board of Respiratory Care. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on … Continue reading "Lightning rou...
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Episode 82: When it goes wrong

December 11, 2024 • 55 mins
Our approach to common problems and troubleshooting: Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!
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Lightning rounds 47: Post-op care transitions

November 27, 2024 • 44 mins
We chat about the post-op transition of care from the OR to the ICU, including questions to ask, workflows, and pitfalls. Check out the Intensive Care Academy here! Bryan’s textbook: Concepts in Surgical Critical Care Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!
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