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

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    Ep. 59 UHC, Mental Health, Hemodynamics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 42:55


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

    Ep. 58 What Even is Blood Pressure?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 51:14


    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

    Ep. 57 How to Vote

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 71:52


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

    Ep. 56 How to School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 47:16


    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

    Ep. 55 Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 42:57


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

    Ep. 54 Communicating in Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 44:54


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

    Ep. 53 Conscious Sedation & WWI

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 40:31


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

    Ep. 52 Random Q&A, Civil Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 40:09


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

    Ep. 51 Central Lines

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 44:27


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

    Ep. 50 Placing an IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 46:57


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

    Ep. 49 Tracheostomy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 44:26


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

    Ep. 48 My Book Reads from 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 66:16


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

    Mini #3 Matthew Perry & Ketamine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 11:24


    Quick chat about ketamine

    Ep. 47 Crazy ICU Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 43:36


    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.

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    Ep. 46 Tele ICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 39:44


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

    Ep. 45 The Liver

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 49:57


    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

    Ep. 44 How to Argue

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 46:56


    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.

    Mini #2 Palestinian and Israeli Victims

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 18:23


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

    Ep. 43 Induction Agents, Congo, Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 66:19


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

    Ep. 42 Being a Parent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 42:35


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

    Mini #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 14:46


    The Roman Empire, paralytics, skepticism

    Ep. 41 Obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 44:45


    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

    Ep. 40 What is Wrong With America?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 61:09


    Me ranting about America. You've been warned.

    Ep. 39 Random Q&A and Compassionate Feminism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 49:13


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

    Ep. 38 Life > Career & The Fall of Liberalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 45:56


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

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    Ep. 37 Staying Out of the ICU & The Supreme Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 41:00


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

    Ep. 36 Patient Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 46:48


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

    Ep. 35 How to Write a Book & Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 43:29


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

    Ep. 34 Cardiac ICU & The Dawn of Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 47:52


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

    Ep. 33 God, Medicine & The French Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 48:19


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

    Ep. 32 Crisis Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 40:18


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

    Ep. 31 POCUS & Putin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 42:38


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

    Ep. 30 ECPR & Political Extremism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 45:27


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

    Ep. 29 How to Teach, Damar Hamlin, Invisible Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 41:30


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

    Ep 28. Happy New Year & Polarization

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 40:09


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

    Ep. 27 Crazy Day in the OR & Maoism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 38:14


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

    Ep. 26 Confidence & Cyberwarfare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 39:30


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

    Ep. 25 ICU Liberation & American Conservatism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 40:23


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

    Ep. 25 How to Work and Be Happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 46:26


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

    Ep. 24 Surgeons & Reframing Communism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 44:58


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

    Ep. 23 End of Life Care & The American Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 41:55


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

    Ep. 22 US Medical Education & Global Collapse

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 46:58


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

    Ep. 21 Crisis in the OR & Profits Over Patients

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 44:23


    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.

    Ep. 20 Brain Death & Corruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 49:02


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

    Ep. 19 Substance Use Disorder and Corporate Wokeism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 40:42


    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.

    Ep. 18 Patient Story Time & Neoliberal Takeover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 40:47


    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.

    Ep. 17 Hypoxia and Liberal Flaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 45:26


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

    Ep. 16 The Heart and Debt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 43:44


    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.

    Ep. 15 The ICU Team and Liberation From Oppression

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 43:19


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

    Ep. 14 Shock and Taxing the Ultra Wealthy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 39:32


    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.

    Ep. 13 Ultrasound and the News Media Complex.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 41:29


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

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