In the fourth episode of Critical Chats we are joined by guest host, Johnny Isenberger, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN who speaks with Dawn Carpenter, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FAANP about what the AACN has to offer and how to pursue leadership at your institution. Dawn is a nurse practitioner at Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pennsylvania, and an associate professor at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing. As the author of several books and publications, Dawn has established herself as a distinguished advocate for nurses and advanced practice providers in critical care and is here to share her wealth of knowledge with us!

Join us for a very special episode with our very own Dr. Toomey who is quadruple board certified in critical care, pulmonary medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, and palliative care. He is known to be one of the most down to earth and level headed physicians and is dedicated to patients and familys well being both in sickness and in end of life. We take a deep dive into his life as a new father and how he has managed to be there for his growing family but also for his patients and their families in some of the worst days of their lives.

The host becomes the guest! Join us for a discussion about sleep and delirium with our very own Dr. Sheila Bilica, DMSc, MPAS. Sheila is known for her excellence in clinical care and well rounded background in cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, outpatient internal medicine, urgent care and of course critical care. Aside from her work life, she is a wife, mother of two, and just an overall wonderful human being. As a Green Belt Quality Scholar, Sheila lead a quality improvement project with the goal of ensuring our patients achieve one of our most basic needs: sleep. In conjunction with nurses, PCAs, providers, and DNP students she launched the LabELS protocol in order to shift the culture around sleep and delirium prevention in our ICUs. Tune in to learn more about Sheila and the Quality Scholars program!

In our first episode of Critical Chats we talk with Dr. Mullen who is quadruple board certified in Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine, AND Internal Medicine.

We discuss Dr. Mullens favorite topic - sepsis - including new developments and common pitfalls. Below you will find the resources mentioned in the podcast:

2016 Rivers et al Early Liberal Fluid Therapy

2005 Fall et al Lactic Acidosis: From Sour Milk to Septic Shock

2016 VANISH: Early Vasopressin

2008 VAST Vaso v Levo

2025 OVISS Vaso in Sepsis

2019 ANDROMEDA-SHOCK

2019 Premorbid Metformin Exposure

2023 Methylene Blue Septic Shock

2023 High Dose Hydroxycobalamin in Septic Shock

2024 Mortality in septic patients treated with short-acting beta-blockers

2022 Statin Use and Mortality among Patients Hospitalized with Sepsis

2024 Host gene expression signatures to identify infection type and organ dysfunction in children evaluated for sepsis