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Sara Crager

Emergency critical care fundamentals. Visit ICUedu.org for video versions of the talks as well as infographics that can be used as visual aids while listening to the podcasts.

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  • 20 episodes
  • Updated June 17

Episodes20

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  • June 17 · 39 min

    Vent Management in the Critical Trauma

    How do you manage the vent in a critical polytrauma patient who is hypoxemic? Link to the visuals for this episode: https://bit.ly/traumavents. Also, checkout Rapid Sequence, our new choose-your-own-adventure resuscitation game at rapidsequence.org (coupon code for ICUedu listeners: ICUEDU2026)

  • May 4 · 41 min

    Diuretics: Why, When, and How

    When, how, and most importantly WHY we should be using diuretics. Also, checkout Rapid Sequence, our new choose-your-own-adventure resuscitation game at rapidsequence.org (coupon code for ICUedu listeners: ICUEDU2026)

  • Apr 18, 2025 · 43 min

    Valvulopathy Part II: Stenosis

    Acute medical management of valvulopathy. Part II talks about the pathophysiology and management of stenotic valves: AS and MS. Check out Rapid Sequence, ICUedu's new education project at rapidsequence.org Great Core Ultrasound post on POCUS assessment of valvulopathy: https://coreultrasound.com/valves-2/ Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • Jan 20, 2025 · 42 min

    Valvulopathy Part I: Regurgitation

    Acute medical management of valvulopathy. Part I talks about the pathophysiology and management of regurgitant valves: AI, MR, and TR. Great Core Ultrasound post on POCUS assessment of valvulopathy: https://coreultrasound.com/valves-2/ Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • Nov 1, 2024 · 41 min

    Fluids in Sepsis

    Updated talk on fluids in sepsis! Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/fluids-in-sepsis

  • Oct 21, 2024 · 33 min

    Resuscitation & the Science of Expertise

    How can the science of expertise inform our ability to attain excellence in resuscitation? Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org References for the papers mentioned in the episode: Kovacs & Croskery. Clinical Decision Making: An Emergency Medicine Perspective. Academic Emergency Medicine, 1999; 6(9): 947-952 The Neuroscience of Expertise. Bilalic (2017), Cambridge University Press Jeon et al. What does “being an expert” mean to the brain? Functional specificity and connectivity in expertise. Cerebral Cortex, 2017; 27(12): 5603-5615 Gobet & Simon. Recall of random and distorted chess positions: Implications for the theory of expertise. Memory & Cognition, 1996; 24(4): 493-503 Gold & Ciorciari. A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World. Behav Sci (Basel), 2020;10(9):137

  • Jun 21, 2024 · 46 min

    Electrical Storm

    Management approach for electrical storm! For a deep dive into EKGs in wide complex tachycardias, take a look at this awesome lecture by Amal Mattu. References to articles mentioned in the podcast: Cheskes et al. Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 24;387(21):1947-1956 Ortiz et al. Randomized comparison of intravenous procainamide vs. intravenous amiodarone for the acute treatment of tolerated wide QRS tachycardia: the PROCAMIO study. Eur Heart J 2017;38(17):1329-1335 Song et al. Association of Dexmedetomidine With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Critical Illness. JAMA Netw Open 2023;6(4):e239955 Wang etc. Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Tachyarrhythmias After Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2022;79(3):315-324 Zhong et al. Dexmedetomidine Reduces Incidences of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis. Cardiol Res Pract 2022;5158362 Do et al. Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Can Be Effective for the Short-Term Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Storm. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Oct 27;6(11):e007080 Tian et al. Effective Use of Percutaneous Stellate Ganglion Blockade in Patients With Electrical Storm. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2019;12(9):e007118 Batnyam et al. Safety and Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Sympathetic Blockade by Proximal Intercostal Block in Electrical Storm Patients. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2024;10(4):734-746

  • May 3, 2024 · 41 min

    Physiologically Difficult Airway

    ICUedu Physiologically Difficult Airway Pocket Intensivist Card ICUedu.org page with video lecture, references, and a downloadable link to key visuals: https://www.icuedu.org/physiologicallydifficultairway

  • Apr 27, 2024 · 21 min

    Permutations of Sick + Hypotensive

    We know what to do with the patient who is sick and hypotensive. But what about the patient who is sick but not hypotensive? Or the patient who is hypotensive but not sick? References for the papers mentioned in the podcast on use of midodrine in the ED: Puissant et al (2022). Wait, What? Oral Midodrine Instead of Pressors for Septic Shock? Annals of Emergency Medicine;80(4):S94 Zada et al (2024). Midodrine in Early Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):S708 Lal et al (2021). Oral Midodrine Administration During the First 24 Hours of Sepsis to Reduce the Need of Vasoactive Agents: Placebo-Controlled Feasibility Clinical Trial. Critical Care Explorations 3(5):e0382 Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • Jan 12, 2024 · 25 min

    Beyond the ABCs

    ICUedu Approach to the Acutely Ill Patient Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • Dec 17, 2023 · 59 min

    Acid-Base 2.0

    ICUedu Acid-Base 2.0 Pocket Intensivist Card This lecture has a lot of important visuals. Here is is a link to the ICUedu.org subpage with the video lecture and a downloadable link to the key lecture visuals: https://www.icuedu.org/approachacidbase

  • Nov 22, 2023 · 20 min

    Vasoplegia

    ICUedu Vasoplegia Pocket Intensivist Card Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • May 26, 2023 · 13 min

    The Sepsis Survey

    Like the Trauma Survey... but for sepsis! Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org

  • May 14, 2023 · 50 min

    Approach to Cardiac Arrest

    Updated talk on approach to cardiac arrest! Access to video version of lecture, supplemental materials & references at: https://www.icuedu.org/cardiacarrest

  • May 12, 2023 · 32 min

    Critical Cases #4: SCAPE with WCT

    Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org More discussion of unstable A-fib: https://www.icuedu.org/unstableaf

  • Mar 28, 2023 · 6 min

    Blood Gas Reading Skills: ABG #3

    Blood Gas Reading Skills series Additional content and educational resources at ICUedu.org If you have ABGs you are interested in submitting for possible discussion, you can send along the ABG, the basic metabolic panel, and the albumin (if you have it) as well as a one-liner summary of the clinical context through the ICUedu comments section