Behind the Drapes: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

In this episode, I delve into a scenario that happened on my last night float of 2023. Most patients at nighttime are either vented and sedated and you don’t have to worry about them, or are actively crashing in front of you. This scenario was somewhere in the middle. And it’s these cases that take hours to declare themselves that can be some of the trickiest to decide on a treatment. Remember, just because you can do an intervention, doesn’t always mean it’s the right thing to do in the moment.

In this episode of CMO, I talk with our Clinical ECMO Program Coordinator and nursing specialist, Malory Butera. She is someone who is heavily involved in the care of patients at BIDMC who are on ECMO support. She is also very involved in education around the speciality of mechanical circulatory support, including for my fellowship program and the days we spend in the simulation lab.

In this episode, I introduce a new method of providing feedback that I picked up from a recent BIDMC Academy workshop from an expert in feedback. My goal is to hopefully convince you that this new method is going to replace the “sandwich” technique of giving feedback. And to convey the importance of valuable and actionable feedback.

In this episode, I bring back friend of the show and expert in burnout, Dr. Erin Richman, to discuss this topic more in depth and a bit about career longeivty. Listen along as we break down how to recognize burnout, how she overcomes burnout, and how she's been able to sustain a trying but rewarding career.

In my second round of night float, the theme of early morning codes continued. I refer back to one particular code where I felt like the leader of the code did an exemplary job, inspiring this episode. Listen along as I describe three characteristics that make for an effective code team leader.

In this episode, we get to hear from one of our ICU clinical pharmacist about her role in the ICU and the importance and nuances of antibiotic usage in the ICU.

In this episode, I bring you inside what our shock/MCS course looked like this week in conjunction with the Cardiology department. Mechanical Circulatory Support is an evolving field in medicine, especially in the critically ill population. Meaning managing patients with these devices will be a huge part of my future career. Listen along to hear some of my biggest take aways from the day!

In this episode of Collecting My Observations, I take you behind the scenes of what night float looks like in the ICU. Listen along through my delirious thoughts as I take you through my 3 biggest lessons, all applicable to nights in the ICU and all applicable to one particular patient situation.

In this episode, I talk with my good friend Kyle Andrew, creator of @thirty_minute_workouts on Instagram. As the name implies, his page is a library of thirty minute workouts that you can do at home. Listen along as we talk about what motivated him to start this project, lessons it’s taught him along the way, and why he keeps going with it. Find him on Instagram: @thirty_minute_workouts (https://instagram.com/thirty_minute_workouts?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

In this episode, I give you my thoughts on how AI is changing the medical education landscape and discuss ways that I use ChatGPT in my everyday life.