TIRBO 61: How to use POCUS (our expert consensus)

We chat with Nick Ghionni, pulm/crit attending at MedStar Baltimore Hospital, about identifying and combating cognitive biases in our clinical decision-making. Check out the Intensive Care Academy here! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We discuss the practical barriers to implementing the A-F ICU liberation bundle, with Kali Dayton, ACNP-BC (@daytonicu), host of the Walking Home from the ICU podcast, and consultant to ICUs working on these issues. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We chat with Noelia Bischoff, recently off orientation in the medical ICU at Johns Hopkins as a nurse practitioner, about the transition from her role as a bedside ICU nurse. Check out the Intensive Care Academy here! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We discuss transfusion reactions, risks, and management, including infection, consent, TRALI, TACO, and hemolytic reactions—with Dr. Joe Chaffin (@bloodbankguy), the “Blood Bank Guy” and transfusion medicine specialist. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

Experts in critical care share their approach to post-intubation sedation. Contributors: Check out the Intensive Care Academy here! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We talk the nitty-gritty of assessing the right heart using echocardiography, with our friend Matt Siuba (@msiuba), intensivist at the Cleveland Clinic and master of zentensivism. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

We explore the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and its role in medicine, with Nawar Shara (@NawarShara), PhD, Chief of Research Data Science at Medstar Health Research Institute and cofounding director of the AI Collab between Medstar and Georgetown. Check out the Intensive Care Academy here! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!

We share our grand new project, the Intensive Care Academy, an online, video-based, subscriber-only educational platform. Check it out at icu101.com!

We discuss the practicalities of using airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) with Dr. Rory Spiegel (@EMnerd_), emergency physician and intensivist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (and EMNerd at Emcrit). Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here! Takeaway lessons

We learn about the training, role, and benefits of hospital chaplains, with Christine V. Davies, MDiv, MSW, Director of Chaplaincy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!