EMCrit Podcast artwork

EMCrit Podcast

546 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings

Help me fill in the blanks of the practice of ED Critical Care. In this podcast, we discuss all things related to the crashing, critically ill patient in the Emergency Department. Find the show notes at emcrit.org.

Medicine Health & Fitness Society & Culture Philosophy emergency resuscitation care critical trauma
Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Episodes

Podcast 92 – EMCrit Intubation Checklist

February 05, 2013 19:14 - 28 minutes - 72.5 MB Video

Since Peter Pronovost's landmark study on how a simple checklist can nearly abolish central line infections, checklists have been the darling of the medical literature

2012 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines

January 24, 2013 17:48 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

2012 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines from my Practical Evidence Podcast

Podcast 91 – Treatment of Aortic Dissection

January 24, 2013 02:25 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

You can't pick a more critical diagnosis than acute aortic dissection. Mess it up and the patient dies.

Episode 10 – Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) Guidelines 2012

January 24, 2013 02:12 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

SSC Guidelines 2012

Podcast 90 – Mind of the Resuscitationist Series: Cliff Reid’s Own the Resus Room

January 08, 2013 00:41 - 15 minutes - 233 MB Video

Cliff Reid on owning the resuscitation room

Natural Seven for 2012

December 30, 2012 23:08 - 6 minutes - 5.63 MB

The rundown of things I liked from 2012

Podcast 89 – Lessons from the STOP Sepsis Collaborative

December 26, 2012 04:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

We have hit the 10,0000 patient mark in the NYC STOP Sepsis collaborative. Here are some of the lessons learned...

EMCrit Wee – MOPETT Trial

December 12, 2012 01:57 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MB

A new trial on half-dose thrombolysis for PE for sub-massive PE

EMCrit Podcast 88 – Oxygen Physiology with Daniel Davis

December 10, 2012 18:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

One of the last few airway topics for a little while: Pulse Ox Lag and an Understanding of the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Episode 9 – Blunt Cardiac Injury from EAST

December 07, 2012 06:33 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

EAST Trauma Guidelines on Blunt Cardiac Injury

SMACC Conference

December 07, 2012 00:53 - 4 minutes - 3.89 MB

SMACC Conference and SIMWars

Podcast 87 – Mind of the Resuscitationist: Stop Points

November 26, 2012 23:40 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

In this Mind of the Resuscitationist Episode, I discuss stop points: one for when you are using multiple vasopressors and especially about a cognitive stop point whenever things are going south.

Podcast 86 – IVC Ultrasound for Fluid Tolerance in Spontaneously Breathing Patients – EAT IT STONE

November 12, 2012 00:23 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

Can the Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound guide our fluid administration in the ED? Of course it can!

Episode 8 – ACEP Opioid Prescription Policy

November 03, 2012 03:51 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MB

ACEP 2012 Opioid Prescription Policy

Podcast 85 – A Confirmation of Prejudices: Chloride and Pressure Poisoning

October 29, 2012 22:05 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB

In this Hurricane Sandy episode of the EMCrit podcast, I talk about the confirmation of two of my clinical prejudices.

Podcast 84 – The Post-Intubation Package

October 16, 2012 19:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

There is a ton of stuff to do post-intubation besides confirming the tube and giving the team high-fives. What we do in the ED has ramifications on the patient's course in the hospital.

Podcast 83 – Crack to Cure – ED Thoracotomy

October 02, 2012 05:37 - 37 minutes - 230 MB Video

Crack to cure; in the right circumstances you may save a life. ER thoracotomy--do it improperly and you put you and your team at risk.

Episode 7 – Rule-Out Criteria and Screening

September 25, 2012 01:49 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MB

The difference between screening, rule-out, and risk prediction criteria.

Podcast 82 – Mind of the Resuscitationist with Cliff Reid

September 17, 2012 17:25 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Today, I put on my head-shrinker cap (it is a fez) and get Cliff Reid on the coach

Episode 6 – ACCP Antithrombotics and VTE Guidelines

September 07, 2012 06:47 - 8 minutes - 8.01 MB

Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed Guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians

Podcat 081 – An Interview on Severe Trauma with Karim Brohi

September 02, 2012 21:23 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Let's talk trauma. I interview Karim Brohi on traumatic arrest, massive transfusion and hypotensive resuscitation.

Podcast 80 – Uhmmmm, Maybe Groin Lines Are Not So Bad with Paul Marik

August 20, 2012 00:14 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

When I read a recent meta-analysis by Paul Marik on femoral central lines, the first thing I did was bang my head against the wall 10 or 20 times.

Podcast 79 – Reducing Door to tPA Time in Ischemic Stroke

August 06, 2012 00:16 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

Reducing door to tPA time in Ischemic Stroke. Strategies and tips to optimize patient care.

Podcast 78 – Increased Intra-Cranial Pressure (ICP) and Herniation, aka Brain Code

July 22, 2012 23:51 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

Today we are going to discuss increased intracranial pressure (ICP) and herniation

EMCrit Wee – Airway Outsourcing and Suction Henching

July 16, 2012 22:00 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MB

Further discussion of prepassing the bougie and why fiberoptic laryngoscopy may obviate all of the classic teaching on bimanual laryngoscopy.

Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADS)

July 09, 2012 00:21 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

LVADs are complicated especially when the patient starts going downhill. Zack Shinar is going to attempt to make it a bit easier.

Episode 5 – Upper GI Bleed Guidelines

July 07, 2012 07:14 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MB

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Acute upper GI bleeding: NICE guideline

EMCrit Wee – Bougie Prepass and CricCon for Difficult Airway

July 05, 2012 03:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

So my friend, Darren Braude and a colleague had a horrible airway case, which they presented on EM:RAP. I wanted to comment on the case.

Podcast 76 – Severe Pediatric Trauma with Michael McGonigal

June 24, 2012 20:52 - 5 MB

I got to speak with Michael McGonigal, MD of the Trauma Professional's Blog about severe pediatric trauma in the ED.

Are Extraglottic Airways Harmful in Cardiac Arrest?

June 17, 2012 21:23 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MB

Are we creating a blockage of blood flow to the brain with EGAs in cardiac arrest?

EMCrit Podcast 75 – Live Show # 2

June 13, 2012 05:07 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MB

The 2nd EMCrit Live Show

Episode 4 – Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Guidelines

June 07, 2012 07:19 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MB

The New AHA/ASA SAH Guidelines

EMCrit Podcast 74 – Who the Heck to Cool after Cardiac Arrest with Ben Abella

May 29, 2012 00:26 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Today we are joined by Benjamin Abella, MD to discuss who to cool after cardiac arrest.

Pain and Terror as Effective Pressors

May 16, 2012 22:42 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MB

Psychic Terror as an Effective Pressor

Podcast 73 – Airway Tips and Tricks with Jim DuCanto, MD

May 14, 2012 00:15 - 29 minutes - 203 MB Video

James DuCanto on fiberoptics and airway management in general.

Episode 3 – ACEP 2012 Management of Early Pregnancy

May 07, 2012 07:47 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

ACEP's Policy on the Management of Early Pregnancy Presenting to the ED

How to Post a Case or Question to EMCrit Google Plus

May 01, 2012 19:08 - 5 minutes - 7.26 MB Video

How to Post a Case or Question to EMCrit Google Plus

Severe Pelvic Trauma

April 30, 2012 20:59 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

Hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures are a talk-and-die situation. These folks require aggressive, rapid treatment if they are going to survive the injury. Inspired by my mentor, Thomas Scalea, I discuss the management of the unstable pelvic trauma patient.

EMCrit Wee – ETCO2 with EGA?

April 22, 2012 15:18 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MB

Can we monitor ETCO2 with extraglottic airways? The answer is definitively: I don't know.

Podcast 71 – Critical Questions on Massive Transfusion Protocols with Kenji Inaba

April 16, 2012 16:33 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Today, I got to interview Kenji Inaba; an incredibly prolific trauma surgeon from LA County, California.

EMCrit 071 – Critical Questions on Massive Transfusion Protocols with Kenji Inaba

April 16, 2012 16:33 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Today, I got to interview Kenji Inaba; an incredibly prolific trauma surgeon from LA County, California.

Episode 2 – ACEP 2011 Clinical Policy on Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

April 07, 2012 07:22 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MB

Welcome to the second episode of Practical Evidence, a podcast about the evidence you NEED to know but may not have time to read.

EMCrit Wee – Abandon Epinephrine?

April 05, 2012 21:42 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MB

Should we stop using Epi in the field for cardiac arrest

Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan

April 01, 2012 19:38 - 1 hour - 207 MB Video

Rich Levitan is one of the best teachers on the skills of airway management and laryngoscopy--or as he would probably put it, epiglottoscopy. Here is an hour long lecture he delivered last month at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

EMCrit Wee – On Editing Comments and Ad Hominem Attacks

March 19, 2012 22:15 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

On the editorial policy of EMCrit

EMCrit Podcast 69 – The Future of CPR with Keith Lurie and Demetris Yannopoulos

March 19, 2012 04:16 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Drs. Keith Lurie and Demetris Yannopoulos elaborate on the future of CPR

EMCrit Wee – Cliff Reid’s Tips for Occasional Intubators

March 14, 2012 16:47 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MB

Prehospital Doc Cliff Reid's tips for intubation

Episode 1 – Penetrating Neck Trauma Guidelines

March 07, 2012 07:23 - 9 minutes - 8.77 MB

Welcome to the first episode of Practical Evidence, a podcast about the evidence you NEED to know but may not have time to read.

EMCrit Live Show # 1

March 07, 2012 04:16 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

The first ever live EMCrit Podcast

Podcast 67 – Tranexamic Acid (TXA), Crash 2, & Pragmatism with Tim Coats

February 20, 2012 01:21 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

One of the most exciting and underutilized therapies for trauma is tranexamic acid (txa).

Guests

Jacob Avila
2 Episodes