ICU Doc Talk

Answering emails and questions. Books: The Man Who Broke Capitalism by Gelles, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Pappe

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

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

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

One big story about a complex patient. Books: Nixonland by Perlstein, The Lathe of Heaven by Le Guin

Talking about work place conflict, defensiveness and effective communication. Books: The Anxious Generation by Haidt, The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Talking about anesthesia for conscious sedation. Book: To End All Wars by Hochschild

Answering random medical questions from listeners. Book discussion is How Civil Wars Start by Barbara F. Walter

Talking about central lines. Book discussion: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis.

Talking about IV basics. Book Discussion is about the Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson.

Discussing tracheostomy management in a critical setting. Book: The Value of Everything by Mazzucato

Going over about 75 books I read in 2023: politics, economics, history, sci fi and fantasy.

Quick chat about ketamine

Sharing stories about a particularly crazy week I had in the ICU. Book discussion: American Midnight by Hoschild and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Sanderson.

Talking about the practice of tele ICU. Books: The Rape of Nanking by Chang, Wellness by Hill.

Talking about liver disease during critical illness. Books: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Blood Song by Ryan, The Name of the Wind by Rothfuss

How to have hard conversations with people. A little ECMO chat. Books: Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Novella, Think Again by Grant, Jade City by Lee, The Grace of Kings by Liu.

The discourse is dead. Here are my thoughts if you want them. Thank you.

Talking about propofol, etomidate and ketamine. Books: Cobalt Red by Kara, King Leopold's Ghost by Hochschild. Also dicussiom about religious faith.

My experience being a dad. Book discussions are Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by Gottman and Good Inside by Becky Kennedy.

The Roman Empire, paralytics, skepticism

Talking about obesity and anti-fat bias in medicine. Book discussions: What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Gordon and The Utopia of Rules by Graeber

Me ranting about America. You've been warned.

Just random questions and answers. Books: The Will to Change, Factfullness and surprise!

Talking about how career should not be your priority. Book discussion: How Liberalism Failed, A Day of Fallen Night

Discussing how to triage patients into the ICU. Book discussions: The Shadow Docket by Vladeck and Hyperion by Simmons

Discussing the impact and treatment of patient anxiety. Books: The Storm Before the Calm by Friedman and Dreams of Dying by Lietzau

Discussing how I go about writing books and how to pursue creative aspirations. Book discussion: Poverty, by America by Desmond

Different types of patients in a cardiac ICU. Discussing books The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and The Sword of Kaigen by Wang.

Talking about religion, spirituality and faith in critical care. Book discussion: The French Revolution by Davidson; The Winter King by Cornwall

Discussing how to think in a crisis. Book review is Babel by Kuang

Talking about point of care ultrasound and discussing the book The Road to Unfreedom by Snyder.

Talking about ECMO during CPR. Book discussion: The Coming of the Third Reich by Evans and discussing political extremism.

Discussing teaching in a clinical setting, Damar Hamlin arrest and book discussion is Invisible Women by Pérez

Answering a bunch of random questions. Book discussion: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein.

Discussing a crazy day in the OR. Book discussion: The Tragedy of Liberation by Dikotter.

Discussing how to be confident on the job. Book discussion about cyberwarfare: The is How They Tell Me the World Will End by Perlroth

Very important protocol to get people out of the ICU. Book: The Right by Parenti

Discussing how to live meaningfully and also be gainfully employed. Book discussion: The Atlas of the Heart by Brown.

Talking about my experience working with surgeons. Books discussion: Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti which gives a reframing of communist regimes.

Discussing stories about end of life and the book How to Hide an Empire by Immerwahr.

Discussing my opinions about US medical education and book discussion The End of the World is Just the Beginning by Zeihan.

Talking about all the things that can go wrong during surgery. Also discussing the profit seeking model of American healthcare with book American Sickness by Rosenthal.

Everything you need to know about brain death. Most important episode I've done. Discussing how corruption works with Corruptible by Klaas.

Treatment and management of patients hospitalized with various substance use disorders. Discussing Woke Inc. by Ramaswamy and how many try to rebrand corporate tokenism as Wokeism.

I share stories about patient experiences (all anonymized in both space and time) and discussing the book Evil Geniuses by Andersen about neoliberalism in the US.

Talking about problems with the lungs and hypoxia. Discussing flaw and foibles of American liberalism with book Listen Liberal by Frank.

Talking about the heart as an organ system in critical care. Discussing the nature of debt with the book Debt: The First 5,000 years by the late Graeber.

Going into detail about all the members of an ICU team. Book discussion is Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Freire.

Discussing different types of medical shock. Book discussion of The Triumph of Injustice by Sáez and how the ultra wealthy dodge taxes and what to do about it.

Talking about the importance of physical exam and ultrasound. Book review Hate Inc. by Taibbi.