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If you’ve ever stared at an ABG like it’s ancient hieroglyphics or wondered why critical care providers geek out over lactate levels, welcome home. At Pulmcast, we make ICU education accessible, engaging, and yes—even fun (well, as fun as sepsis protocols and ventilator settings can be).
Born from our popular critical care podcast, this blog is designed for every healthcare provider in the ICU trenches — from nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists to advanced practice providers (APPs), med students, and critical care fellows. Whether you’re refreshing your knowledge on foundational topics like ARDSnet or diving into the latest critical care research, Pulmcast is here to support your learning journey..
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Explore Pulmcast, Georgia’s top APP fellowship and critical care podcast based at Piedmont. Train with experts and elevate your ICU career today.
Dive into real world critical care scenarios that our team has experienced. Today, Lane talks through a blown cuff.
Placing a central line is routine—until it’s not. Read this gripping (and sweaty) tale of an unexpected central line complication.
It was drilled into you in school over and over. Go 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line . But should we go elsewhere?
This episode is all about DIAGNOSIS.
Does a piece of subjective or objective data have value ruling IN or ruling OUT a condition? How valuable is it? What tools can we use to determine this?
In the past, advanced macrolide monotherapy (azithromycin and clarithromycin) was recommended for outpatient treatment of CAP and COPD AE with acute bronchitis. I'm starting to question if this is consistent with best practice recommendations.
How many of you have been signed out the following?
"He's just on low dose Neo…"
"He's got his Levo running through a midline"
"I was hoping to wean off his pressors to avoid placing a central line but we just had to go up…sorry!"
"I wish I were better at ultrasound."
"I'm not as good at ultrasound as people on my team."
"I keep meaning to practice scanning on shift, but there are so many other things I could be doing."
Thanks for participating! Here you can find our consensus from our discussion during our first virtual podcast club.
No wait! Keep reading — promise this isn’t another hand hygiene campaign (though for the record, we fully support that type of foam as well)
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