Critical Care Scenarios
Brandon Oto, PA-C, FCCM and Bryan Boling, DNP, ACNP, FCCM
An educational podcast presenting practical critical care scenarios. By Brandon Oto, PA-C and Bryan Boling, ACNP. New episodes weekly.
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Lightning rounds 71: The story of HFOV, with Brian Cuthbertson
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Lightning rounds 70: Jumping ship for private industry, with Theresa Human
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Lightning rounds 69: Does PRVC suck? with Nick Ghionni
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Lightning rounds 68: Setting PEEP in the obese with Olivia Serigano
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Episode 103: Basic intracranial hemorrhage
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Episode 102: Tox files #1 with Andrew Sheen and Jerry Snow
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Lightning rounds 67: IV fluids
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Lightning rounds 66: ED vs ICU with Namita Jayaprakash
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Lightning rounds 65: Global health with Kwame Boateng
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Episode 101: Acalculous cholecystitis with Dennis Kim
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Episode 100: Autoimmune encephalitis testing with Tammy Smith
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Lightning rounds 64: The new Surviving Sepsis guidelines with Hallie Prescott
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Lightning rounds 63: How to be right, with Scott Weingart
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Episode 99: RV failure in the MICU
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Lightning rounds 61: Credentialing and privileging, with Christopher Newman
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Lightning rounds 60: The nuances of insulin, with Melissa Nestor
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Episode 98: Running rapid responses
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Lightning rounds 59: The nuances of nebulizers, with Keith Lamb
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Episode 97: Managing ICP crisis
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Episode 96: Understanding ammonia, with Prem Kandiah
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Academy bites: Do you want to feel special?
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Lightning rounds 58: Steroids for septic shock with David Janz
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Lightning rounds 57: Burn critical care with Clint Leonard
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Episode 95: Spontaneous breathing trials with Martin Tobin
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Episode 94: Mastering seizure pharmacology with Tom Bleck
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Episode 93: Fluid in sepsis and the FloPatch, with Jon-Emile Kenny
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Episode 92: PRIS and propylene glycol toxicity, with Jerry Snow
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Episode 91: A simulated goals of care conversation
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Episode 90: Sugammadex in the ICU, with Sara J Hyland
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Lightning rounds 56: The CHEST Critical Care APP cert, with Leeah Sloan
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Special announcement: ICA 1-year anniversary
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Academy bites: Specialization is breadth, not depth
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Lightning rounds 55: APP fellowships with Melissa Bridges
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Lightning rounds 54: Medical musicians with Andrew Schulman
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Lightning rounds 53: GI Q&A with Elliot Tapper
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Special announcement: Academy CME accreditation
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Lightning rounds 52: Echo tips with Michael Lanspa
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Episode 89: Thrombectomy for stroke, with Justin Fraser
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Episode 87: Maternal-fetal monitoring with Stephanie Martin
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Academy bites: The power of disagreeing
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Episode 86: EEGs in the ICU with Carolina Maciel
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Lightning rounds 51: Hemodynamic interfaces with Philippe Rola
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Episode 88: ICU Liberation SCCM Congress 2025
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Lightning rounds 50: Mastering PA catheter placement with Matt Siuba
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Lightning rounds 49: The Vortex approach with Nicholas Chrimes
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Episode 85: Tracheostomy basics with Vinciya Pandian
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Academy bites: You were here when we were not
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Episode 84: Acute liver failure with Sergio Navarrete
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Episode 83: Cardiac arrest with Scott Weingart
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Lightning rounds 48: Complete airway closure with Thomas Piraino
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