ICU Doc Talk: Recent Episodes
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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
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
Answering random medical questions from listeners. Book discussion is How Civil Wars Start by Barbara F. Walter
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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 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.
A fairly detailed discussion about acidosis and book discussion: The Road to Serfdom by Hayek.
Brief glimpse of around 100 books about power, economics and race. The end has some sci fi and fantasy books, too!
My personal views about abortion. Two book discussions: Dead Blondes by Doyle and Hood Feminism by Kendall
How to safely sedate and treat pain in many scenarios. Book discussion: Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Stoller.
I get personal talking about my path to medicine and what I do today. Book analysis: Bullsh*t Jobs by Graber.
Trigger warning: talking about death and dying. How do we approach dying and what to do for loved ones. Book discussion: Cynical Theories by Pluckrose and Lindsay.
Treating patient pain in many settings and also those with substance use disorder. Book discussion is Kill Switch by Jentleson about the rise and use of the American Filibuster.
My experiences with COVID patients, putting them on ECMO, the tragedy of vaccine disinformation and book discussion: Calling Bullshit by Bergstrom
What to do when someone’s heart stops. Discuss difference between average and median. Analysis of the book Thinking, Fast and Slow by Khaneman.