Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Of the many things I poorly understand, I suspect that haematology holds a special place. Knowing the intricacies of the haematological malignancies was not exactly core knowledge for emergency medicine ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’re looking at a small section of Oh Chapter 58 covering myasthenia gravis. I don’t think I’ve ever looked after a true myasthenic crisis in the ICU. Likely because ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we look at everyone’s favorite mould – aspergillus. We see a number of fungal infections in the ICU, most commonly it’ll be the yeasts – forms of candida. Yeasts ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. This time round we’ll look at an oldie but a goodie: salicylate poisoning. I have not seen one of these in quite some time but it is a classic tox ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. This time round we’re going to have a look at some chest wall injuries you should know about. The main reference here is Oh’s manual chapter 79. The vast majority ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Usually the topics here follow the well trodden path of Oh’s manual, but we’re looking at something primarily because it is  an ideal question for a fellowship exam. In this ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. There’s not a huge amount of notes on procedural stuff that I accumulated for the exams but I did collect some interesting bits on bronchoscopy, particularly because it was so ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Sometimes the tasty morsels are exam sized snippets of my knowledge on a given topic. More frequently they are literally all I know on the subject. Today’s topic of parenteral ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. This is number 50, so for all 7 of you out there, well done for making it this far especially when you can’t even get CPD points for it. Today ... Read More »

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Today we’ll look at everyone’s favourite yeast – Candida. Firstly, remember the distinction between yeasts and moulds. Yeasts, like Candida species are single celled critters whereas moulds like aspergillus are ... Read More »