115. Zero Warning | Scott Weingart on frameworks for no-notice critical patients

When a critical patient lands on your department's doorstep without prior notice, even the most seasoned professionals can find themselves momentarily at a loss — wondering what steps to take first and how to prioritize actions in those crucial initial seconds. What do I do first, what do I do next? What’s REALLY important in the first few seconds? In this episode, emergency intensivist and physician coach Scott Weingart breaks down how to get your mind unstuck and move into action.  Guest Bio: Scott Weingart, MD is a physician coach and emergency department intensivist from New York. He did fellowships in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and ECMO. He is best known for talking about Resuscitation and Critical Care on the EMCRIT podcast , which has been downloaded > 40 million times. Awake and Aware | Our 2024 Live Event Join us at Awake and Aware 2024, a transformative 3-day workshop from May 1st to 3rd in Bend, Oregon. Mitigate stress and stay cool under pressure. Create the mindset you want and lock it in. Limited slots. Website: Awakeandawarebend.com 16.25 Hours Category 1 AMA CME The Flameproof CourseCohorts 1 and 2 sold out. Cohort 3 begins Sept 10, 2024. This is the hidden anti-burnout curriculum we all should have learned in training. Get the deets Coming soon: Out on TimeStay out of chart debt. Document like a legend. Get home on time! Love medicine, but the job itself leaves a lot to be desired? I work with many docs in your shoes. To learn more about 1-on-1 coaching, start here.

For full show notes of this episode and all sorts of other goodies, visit our podcast website We Discuss: Temporizing vs. Stabilizing: Why Seconds Count but Don't Really CountThe Emergency Action DrillGet Off the Spot: Taking Action to Get Out of the White NoiseBeat The Stress Fool: Breathe, Self Talk, See (Mental Rehearsal), Focus with a Trigger WordUsing Operant Conditioning to Train a De-escalating Trigger WordYou Don't Need to Be Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: The Critical Steps to Start UnfreezingThe transition from temporizing to definitive care in a trauma arrestWhy ACLS Fails as an Emergency Action Drill: Strategy vs LogisticsThe Reason Why Cognitive Freeze Happens in a Zero Warning Critical SituationHow to Craft Your Own Emergency Action Drills: The Difference Between Thinky Time and Pure ActionBuilding an Emergency Action Drill from the Ground Up for a New DiseaseA Hospital's Resuscitation Readiness Contributes to an Individual Clinician Freezing in a Zero Warning SituationMaking an Emergency Department Resuscitation Ready on an Individual LevelEmergency Department Resuscitation Readiness on a Systems Level: The Four Steps to Become a Resus World ChampionPotential Objections to Becoming Resuscitation ReadyHow to Communicate Uncertainty in a Critical Situation

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