Pushing Pressors in the Periphery

The mantra of the Broome Docs site is "bringing great care, out there." And today's topic goes right to the heart of that theme. It is one of my pet topics – so apologies in advance if the rant is too long or detailed.... read more

Listen to Our Intensive Care Nurses

Listen to Our Intensive Care Nurses

My genuine hope with this podcast is to inspire and empower you to bring your best self to work and to consider adopting some of the habits and behaviours my guests give their perspectives on, with the ultimate purpose of... read more

ECMO in Sepsis

In this episode, Zack talks with Heidi Dalton about ECMO use in Sepsis. This is another controversial area with pediatric literature showing strong results while the adult results have been less impressive. Heidi has been... read more

Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Michael C. McCrory, MD, MS, about the article, "Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality," published in the October 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. McCrory discusses... read more

Airway Management Techniques during Massive Regurgitation, Emesis, or Bleeding

Airway Management Techniques during Massive Regurgitation, Emesis, or Bleeding

Friend to the show, Jim DuCanto has been obsessed with SALAD. Not the leafy greens delicately touched with a tart emulsion, but with Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination (SALAD). Jim DuCanto, MD is an... read more

Papers of the Month March 2018

Gavin Denton and I get together again to review a couple of recent papers that have some bearing on our practice. Welcome to the Papers of the month. This month we cover Check Up- Position- “A Multicenter, Randomized Trial... read more

Practicing Respect in the ICU

Practicing Respect in the ICU

In this episode, we discuss the practice of respect in the ICU. Our guest is Samuel M. Brown, MD, MS, a practicing intensivist and Director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray,... read more

Critical Burn Patients in the ED/ICU

Critical Burn Patients in the ED/ICU

Dr. Djogovic completed training in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine from 1999-2005, and is currently employed at the University of Alberta Hospital as an Emergency Physician, and as an Intensivist in the General... read more

What Role Do Dogs Play in ICUs?

Dr. Megan Hosey PhD speaks about how dogs in the ICU can help lessen patients' pain & make them more hopeful. Getting people out of bed in intensive care units, even when they're being mechanically ventilated, is associated... read more

Alarm and Alert Fatigue in Critical Care

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Bradford D. Winters, PhD, MD, FCCM, about alarm and alert fatigue in critical care. Alarm fatigue is the desensitization that clinicians experience to frequent alarms, particularly those that... read more

Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults

The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anesthetists have combined to provide the "Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically... read more

Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients

Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Wes Ely, MD, MPH, about his talk presented at the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult course in Rosemont, Illinois entitled, "Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients: More to Come."... read more

Mastering Intensive Care – Making an Excellent Start to an Intensive Care Career

Mastering Intensive Care – Making an Excellent Start to an Intensive Care Career

What are the biggest challenges when beginning as a fully-fledged intensive care clinician? How do you best use your senior colleagues when your experience bank is still small? What can you do to help achieve gender equity... read more

Liberal Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Ludwig Lin, MD, speaks with Palash Kar, MBBS, about the article, "Liberal Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: An Exploratory Study," published in Critical Care Medicine. In this article, Dr.... read more