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icudoctor

Critical care, anesthesiology, and social reform rambling from ICU Doctor on TikTok. Not medical advice. Educational only. @icudoctor; icudoctorecmo@gmail.com

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  • February 19 · 42 min

    Ep. 75 How to Think in a Crisis

    My new YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@wickwelkerreads?si=UbAlSGZmqqR0pcww My new website! https://wickwelker.com/

  • Dec 11, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min

    Ep. 74 Cardiac Arrest After Heart Surgery

    Talking about cardiac arrest in a patient after they’ve had heart surgery. Books discussed: Metabolical by Lustig The Glorious Cause by Middlekauff Original of Political Order by Fukuyama The Stand by Stephen King Buy my books here: https://www.amazon.com/Wick-Welker/e/B00J21FNRI

  • May 19, 2025 · 53 min

    Ep. 73 Neuro Critical Care

    Discussing high yield neuro critical care topics. Hot Takes From the Void: Trump Qatar Jet, Biden Dementia, Putin. Books: Chokepoint by Fishman, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by El Akkad, Lord of the Flies by Golding My new book is out!! 👇 https://a.co/d/crihSjb

  • May 5, 2025 · 39 min

    Ep. 72 V/Q Mismatch

    Discussing V/Q mismatch, dead space ventilation and hypoxemia. Hot Takes From the Void: Pope Trump, Deportation ‘travel assistance’, Alcatraz Book discussion: Money, Lies and God by Stewart, Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury. Wick Welker’s books https://www.amazon.com/Wick-Welker/e/B00J21FNRI

  • Apr 21, 2025 · 48 min

    Ep. 71 Type A Dissection

    Talking about management of Type A Dissection. Hot Takes From the Void: Pope Francis, JD Vance, Tarrifs My author panel with Mary Robinette Kowal https://www.youtube.com/live/YRybNHh-YfM?si=SO2IgFMEbuvcQW1e Wick Welker’s science fiction novels: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J21FNRI

  • Apr 3, 2025 · 49 min

    Ep. 70 Choosing a Specialty, Pregnancy and ECMO

    How to choose a medical specialty, discussing pregnancy and ECMO use. Hot Takes From the Void: Tariffs, Cory Booker, Susan Crawford. Books: Supremacy by Olson, Why Taiwan Matters by Brown, Worlds Without End by Impey, Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut, All Quiet by Remarque My next book out May 15th! DARK PROPHET https://a.co/d/0zWgmlP

  • Mar 3, 2025 · 42 min

    Ep. 69 Critical Care Story Time

    Sharing bedside stories of the critically ill. **New segment** Hot Takes From the Void: A brief discussion of current news. This episode: SCOTUS pause on USAID funding, measles outbreak, Trump tariffs. Book reviews: Sourdough Culture by Pallant, Ejaculate Responsibly by Blair.

  • Feb 24, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    Ep. 68 My Book Reads of 2024

    Brief overview of the 90+ books I read in 2024. First half is nonfiction, second half fiction. The full list is here 👇 https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024/53069903

  • Feb 17, 2025 · 48 min

    Ep. 67 Trauma Surgery

    Talking about trauma resuscitation in the emergency department, the operating room and the ICU. Book discussion: Genghis Khan by Weatherford, A City on Mars by the Weinersmiths.

  • Feb 11, 2025 · 55 min

    Ep. 66 American Fascism

    Talking about current fascist insurgency in the US. Books: The Third Reich at War by Evans, The Handmaid’s Tale by Atwood.

  • Jan 20, 2025 · 46 min

    Ep. 65 Epidurals

    Talking about epidurals and neuraxial anesthesia. Books: Gangsters of Capitalism by Katz, It by Stephen King.

  • Dec 17, 2024 · 55 min

    Ep. 64 Pulmonary Hypertension

    Discussing the dangers and management of acute pulmonary hypertension. Also talking about insurers trying to limit anesthesia reimbursement and the United Health CEO assassination. Books: Psychopolitics by Han, Ubik by Phillip K Dick, Lancelot by Giles Kristian.

  • Nov 25, 2024 · 45 min

    Ep. 62 Leaving Social Media

    My thoughts on why I’ll no longer create social medial content. ECMO case study. Some life philosophy stuff. Book: Age of Revolutions by Zakaria.

  • Nov 17, 2024 · 54 min

    Ep. 61 Heart Arrhythmias

    Discussing management of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. Books: The Singularity is Nearer by Kurzweil, Inferno by Hastings, Empire of Silence by Ruocchio.

  • Nov 11, 2024 · 40 min

    Ep. 60 Trump & Sleep

    Just a small discussion about the election and talking about sleep hygiene. Books: How Emotions Are Made by Barrett, Of Boys and Men by Reeves, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by PKD.

  • S3 · E18
    Jul 15, 2024 · 51 min

    Ep. 58 What Even is Blood Pressure?

    Discussing the math (just a lil) and clinical application of blood pressure and shock. Basic and complex topics to get you started or if you are actively managing patients. Book discussions: 1984 and Homage to Catalonia by Orwell, Spain in Our Hearts by Hochschild, My Disillusionment with Russia by Emma Goldman

  • S3 · E7
    Jun 10, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min

    Ep. 57 How to Vote

    Talking about US politics and history and how to be an informed voter in 2024. Lots of book recommendations.

  • S3 · E6
    Jun 3, 2024 · 47 min

    Ep. 56 How to School

    Talking about how to study, take tests and be a successful student. Book discussion: Why Civil Resistance Works by Chenoweth, Travelers in the Third Reich by Boyd

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