In this first episode of a three-part series, Eric Bauer unpacks a difficult critical care case scenario and begins to explain how we can better identify pH balance disturbances in our patients. Learn how to identify acidosis even without blood gasses, how to protect your patients from further sliding into a worsening state, and much more. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Reviews help us stay high on the chart where your friends and co-workers can find us. If you love our free podcast, help us spread the word!

Eric continues our update of ventilator application in part 2 of this series. Discover the proper use of I:E ratios and I-time, a breakdown of manipulating PIPs and pPlats, and much more! Download, subscribe, and rate wherever you get our podcast! Don’t forget to check out the brand new Ventilator Management: A Pre-hospital Perspective (2nd Edition) book available now!

In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric presents a key concept in reducing mortality in ARDS that is being used in the ICU. Does it have application in the air medical world? Download, rate, and review from wherever you get our podcast! Help us stay high on the charts so intelligent folks like yourself can better find us!

Have you ever had a hypoxic patient on a ventilator that you just couldn’t get to oxygenate properly? Spinning dials can be frustrating for you and deadly for your patients. In this episode, we present a practical, and logical application of transport ventilation for optimizing oxygenation. Help keep this podcast and podcasts like it high on the charts so people can find us! Rate us wherever you download, or subscribe to our podcast!

As we approach the 4th anniversary of FlightBridgeED, Eric takes some time to reflect on one of the earliest and most popular podcast series we produced - Ventilator Management. It has always been one of our company goals to help clarify the mysteries of ventilator management in pre-hospital medicine. In this retrospective glance mixed with new strategy and science, you will refresh and renew your understanding of cellular respiration and ventilator management. Download, subscribe, and rate wherever you get our podcast! Don’t forget to check out the brand new Ventilator Management: A Pre-hospital Perspective (2nd Edition) book available now at FlightBridgeED.com.

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When it comes to ventilator management, and critically ill patients it can sometimes get a little scary. Have you ever had a patient on a ventilator who starts declining only to pull them off and go back to that good old BVM? Why does the magical BVM work and not the ventilator? Join us for this episode to find out! Download, subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcast goodness!

Join Eric for a quick explanation of the shock index and how it applies to your practice in this Teachable Moment Mini Episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast.

When it comes to RSI in the pre-hospital setting, Ketamine is our new best friend. There are many more benefits to using this medication within several subgroups of patients for RSI than our old standby, etomidate. We have read the accolades and positives in several studies, and trials, but what are the negatives? Are there any negatives? Could Ketamine be the perfect drug? Is it all just hype? Join the podcast as Eric discusses a new study and you will not believe what it says about your new favorite drug. Download, listen, rate, and review! Help FlightBridgeED keep our podcasts at the top of the charts so your friends and colleagues can find us!

In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric unpacks the often complicated subject of clinical trials. We all want to know the latest and greatest treatments, and best practices so we can apply them to our clinical practice. To know that, we have to see what’s going on in the realm of research medicine. Clinical trial papers have a lot to offer, but how do we know the information we are reading is accurate and appropriate for us? Join us for this episode to learn more! Help keep us high on the charts so your friends and co-workers can find our podcast! Download, rate, and comment wherever you get your podcasts!