ICU Rounds

Jeffrey S. Guy, MD, FACS

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A podcast dedicated to the teaching of critical care. The focus audience is physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, therapists, and paramedics. These are topics that arise while on teaching rounds in the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt Medical Center. A broad scope of critical care and prehospital topics are presented as well as recent journal articles and medical news.

23/04/2020

Splitting a Ventilator: Multipatient Ventilation for COVID?

Throughout the pandemic, there has been considerable discussion about the possibility of running our of ventilators. One potential solution that was brought forward was putting multiple patients on a single ventilator. This is a lot harder than merely attaching a plastic splitter on a ventilator. In this episode, we explain safety and physiological considerations. Also, we briefly discuss specific patient care issues and ventilator settings if your circumstance requires you to adopt this approach.

16 min
12/04/2020

Prone Ventilation for ARDS (COVID-19)

This week we have a brief conversation about prone mechanical ventilation for ARDS. Does it provide a benefit? When should we use it, and why does it work? I hope this is helpful as prone ventilation has been reported to provide benefit to patients with ARDS secondary to Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

20 min
05/04/2020

ARDS and Mechanical Ventilation / COVID-19 Care

Today we discuss the approach to oxygenating and mechanically ventilating a patient suffering from ARDS. We will cover elements relevant and essential in the management of COVID patients and all others with ARDS.

33 min
29/03/2020

ICU Care of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

I'm back. I plan on providing you with some useful information when caring for patients infected with COVID-19 (Coronavirus). In this episode, I will provide you an overview of the current evidence and best practices with some explanation and commentary from the recent Surviving Sepsis COVID-19 guidance.

49 min
09/07/2012

Colloids: Details and Myths

This episode provide some basic description of colloids as will as some myths.

18 min
12/03/2012

Random Serum Cortisol Levels are misleading

A physiological explanation why random cortisol levels are NOT helpful in evaluating adrenal function

17 min
20/02/2012

EARLY use of Tranexamic Acid may improve survival from bleeding in trauma

In this episode we talk about the results of the CRASH-2 trial published in Lancet. This trial showed that the EARLY use of Tranexamic acid may improve survivial, but delayed use may be associated with an increased mortality.

20 min
09/02/2012

Pediatric IVC diameter determination with ultrasound

If you are using ultrasound to evaluate IVC diamter in children, what is considered a normal IVC diameter? You can determine the IVC/Ao ratio or correct the IVC diamter based on the child's body surface area.

16 min

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MedicinemanZA

Great podcast - thanks Jeff. Summarizes & simplifies many essential ICU topics & easy to follow.

A podcast dedicated to the teaching of critical care. The focus audience is physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, therapists, and paramedics. These are topics that arise while on teaching rounds in the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt Medical Center. A broad scope of critical care and prehospital topics are presented as well as recent journal articles and medical news.