ICU Doc Talk

By icudoctorMedicine Health & Fitness

ICU Doc Talk episodes

February 19 Ep. 75 How to Think in a Crisis
My new YouTube channel!
https://youtube.com/@wickwelkerreads?si=UbAlSGZmqqR0pcww

My new website!
https://wickwelker.com/
43 min
December 11, 2025 Ep. 74 Cardiac Arrest After Heart Surgery
Talking about cardiac arrest in a patient after they’ve had heart surgery.

Books discussed:
Metabolical by Lustig
The Glorious Cause by Middlekauff
Original of Political Order by Fukuyama
The Stand by Stephen King

Buy my books here:

https://www.amazon.com/Wick-Welker/e/B00J21FNRI
1 hr 18 min
May 19, 2025 Ep. 73 Neuro Critical Care
Discussing high yield neuro critical care topics.

Hot Takes From the Void: Trump Qatar Jet, Biden Dementia, Putin.

Books: Chokepoint by Fishman, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by El Akkad, Lord of the Flies by Golding

My new book is out!!
👇
https://a.co/d/crihSjb
54 min
May 05, 2025 Ep. 72 V/Q Mismatch
Discussing V/Q mismatch, dead space ventilation and hypoxemia.

Hot Takes From the Void: Pope Trump, Deportation ‘travel assistance’, Alcatraz

Book discussion: Money, Lies and God by Stewart, Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury.

Wick Welker’s books

https://www.amazon.com/Wick-Welker/e/B00J21FNRI
40 min
April 21, 2025 Ep. 71 Type A Dissection
Talking about management of Type A Dissection.
Hot Takes From the Void: Pope Francis, JD Vance, Tarrifs

My author panel with Mary Robinette Kowal
https://www.youtube.com/live/YRybNHh-YfM?si=SO2IgFMEbuvcQW1e

Wick Welker’s science fiction novels:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J21FNRI
49 min
April 03, 2025 Ep. 70 Choosing a Specialty, Pregnancy and ECMO
How to choose a medical specialty, discussing pregnancy and ECMO use.

Hot Takes From the Void: Tariffs, Cory Booker, Susan Crawford.

Books: Supremacy by Olson, Why Taiwan Matters by Brown, Worlds Without End by Impey, Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut, All Quiet by Remarque

My next book out May 15th!
DARK PROPHET
https://a.co/d/0zWgmlP
50 min
March 03, 2025 Ep. 69 Critical Care Story Time
Sharing bedside stories of the critically ill.

**New segment**
Hot Takes From the Void: A brief discussion of current news. This episode: SCOTUS pause on USAID funding, measles outbreak, Trump tariffs.

Book reviews: Sourdough Culture by Pallant, Ejaculate Responsibly by Blair.
43 min
February 24, 2025 Ep. 68 My Book Reads of 2024
Brief overview of the 90+ books I read in 2024. First half is nonfiction, second half fiction.

The full list is here 👇
https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024/53069903
1 hr 2 min
February 17, 2025 Ep. 67 Trauma Surgery
Talking about trauma resuscitation in the emergency department, the operating room and the ICU. Book discussion: Genghis Khan by Weatherford, A City on Mars by the Weinersmiths.
49 min
February 11, 2025 Ep. 66 American Fascism
Talking about current fascist insurgency in the US. Books: The Third Reich at War by Evans, The Handmaid’s Tale by Atwood.
56 min

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