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Episode 006 – A Pair Of Pet Peeves In Patient Care Dec 30, 2019

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Working in both the ICU and OR settings, I’ve come to learn the workflow and considerations unique to each environment. However, with all the required tasks one must complete, I feel like patient care is sometimes jeopardized. Join me in this episode where I discuss two of my biggest pet peeves related to patient care.

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Episode 005 – Dealing With Mistakes And Death In Healthcare Dec 23, 2019

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Despite all the positive aspects of working in healthcare, it doesn’t take long before one experiences mistakes and patient deaths. In this week’s podcast episode, I’ll delve into how I handle these two, independent situations by promoting a culture of forthcomingness, patient safety, honesty, and supporting (rather than scolding) each other.

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Episode 004 – What Are Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) And Cardioplegia? Dec 16, 2019

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As a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, I have been trained extensively in cases which require cardiopulmonary bypass (“the heart-lung machine”). CPB is similar to VA-ECMO in many ways, but for the purposes of surgery, it allows the surgeons to have a motionless and bloodless field when combined with cardioplegic arrest. Listen to this week’s episode to learn […]

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Episode 003 – Cardiovascular Pharmacology Dec 09, 2019

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Cardiovascular pharmacology in acute care settings involves a variety of medications ranging from vasopressors and inotropes to inodilators and inhaled pulmonary vasodilators. Listen in on this podcast as I discuss how I use agents like epinephrine, norepinephrine, vasopressin, milrinone, phenylephrine, calcium, methylene blue, and more in my practice. Keep in mind that I individualize everything […]

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Episode 002 – Thank You, Surgical Techs! Dec 02, 2019

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Surgical scrub technicians (“scrub techs”) are incredibly important individuals in the course of an operation. They facilitate surgical workflow by providing instruments, positioning the patient, ensuring sterility, assisting with tissue retraction, etc. I remember when I first scrubbed in as a medical student on my ob/gyn core rotation, the entire operating room had drawn cross-hairs […]

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Episode 001 – The Rebirth Dec 01, 2019

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After taking a hiatus for over a year from podcasting as a critical care fellow, I’m finished with my formal training and ready to hit the ground running as an attending physician with the rebirth of my podcast. Drop me a comment below with feedback!

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