Episode list

Cases

Case-based teaching scenarios

2025

April 16 : Episode 86: EEGs in the ICU with Carolina Maciel
March 19 : Episode 88: ICU Liberation SCCM Congress 2025
February 5 : Episode 85: Tracheostomy basics with Vinciya Pandian
January 22 : Episode 84: Acute liver failure with Sergio Navarrete
January 8 : Episode 83: Cardiac arrest with Scott Weingart

2024

December 11 : Episode 82: When it goes wrong
November 13 : Episode 81: Bacterial meningitis with Casey Albin
October 16 : Episode 80: Implementing the A-F bundle with Kali Dayton
September 18 : Episode 79: Transfusion reactions with Joe Chaffin
August 21 : Episode 78: Echoing the RV with Matt Siuba
July 24 : Episode 77: Mastering APRV with Rory Spiegel
June 26 : Episode 76: Rehabilitation psychology, with Megan Hosey
May 29 : Episode 75: Automatic tube compensation, with Ben Fabry
May 10 : Episode 74: Obstructive shock, with Sarah Lorenzini (Nurses’ Podcrawl 2024)
April 24 : Episode 73: POCUS for nephrology, with Abhilash Koratala
March 27 : Episode 72: CPR-induced consciousness with Jack Howard
February 28 : Episode 71: Transplant medications with Olivia Philippart
January 31 : Episode 70: Airway evaluation for non-anesthesiologists, with Jed Wolpaw
January 3 : Episode 69: Head and neck surgery with Alexandra Kejner

2023

December 6 : Episode 68: Liver transplant with Meera Gupta
November 8 : Episode 67: Whipples with Michael Cavnar
October 11 : Episode 66: Aortic dissection with Travis Hughes
September 13 : Episode 65: Obstructive UTI with Ashley Winter
August 16 : Episode 64: Neurologic POCUS with Aarti Sarwal
July 19 : Episode 63: Understanding dialysis, with Paul Adams
June 21 : Episode 62: Running a cardiac arrest
May 24 : Episode 61: ECPR with Scott Weingart
April 26 : Episode 59: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with Vincent Sorrell
March 29 : Episode 58: Toxic alcohols with Jerry Snow
March 1 : Episode 57: Hyponatremia with Paul Adams
February 1 : Episode 56: Resuscitation psychology with Dan Dworkis
January 4 : Episode 55: Undifferentiated encephalopathy and autoimmune encephalitis, with Casey Albin

2022

December 7 : Episode 54: The critically ill patient with pulmonary hypertension, with Ray Foley
November 9 : Episode 53: Documentation and coding with Robert Oubre
October 12 : Episode 52: Pleural effusions in the ICU with Emily Fridenmaker
September 11 : Episode 51: Resuscitating and deresuscitating with hypertonic saline, with Sean Barnett
August 14 : Episode 50: Rib fractures and surgical plating with Ron Barbosa
July 17 : Episode 49: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with Shmuel Shoham
June 19 : Episode 48: Undifferentiated hypotension
May 22 : Episode 47: ICU triage with Eddy Gutierrez
April 24 : Episode 46: Neurologic catastrophe and brain death with Casey Albin
March 27 : Episode 45: Amniotic fluid embolism with Stephanie Martin
March 20 : Episode 44: Physical therapy with Heidi Engel
February 20 : Episode 43: Resuscitative TEE with Felipe Teran
January 23 : Episode 42: Clinical pharmacists with Laura Means Ebbitt

2021

December 26 : Episode 41: Preventing and managing complications (part 2) with Matt Siuba
November 28 : Episode 40: Making the diagnosis with André Mansoor
October 31 : Episode 39: ECMO for COVID-19 with Kim Boswell
October 3 : Episode 38: GI bleeding with Elliot Tapper
September 5 : Episode 37: Airway management for COVID-19
August 8 : Episode 36: Preventing and managing complications
July 11 : Episode 35: When to operate in trauma with Dennis Kim
June 13 : Episode 33: Ischemic stroke with Thomas Lawson
May 16 : Episode 31: Practical mobility, awakening, and delirium prevention with Kali Dayton
May 2 : Episode 30: Diabetic ketoacidosis
April 4 : Episode 28: Diuresis, deescalation, and liberation with Matt Siuba
March 21 : Episode 27: Wilderness medicine with Ross Hofmeyr
March 7 : Episode 26: ICU sedation, mobility, and delirium with Dale Needham
February 21 : Episode 25: Rhabdomyolysis
January 24 : Episode 24: Rural retrieval medicine with Minh Le Cong
January 10 : Episode 23: COVID-19 pneumonia with Nicole King

2020

December 27 : Episode 22: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage with Thomas Lawson
December 13 : Episode 21: Trauma resuscitation with Scott Weingart
November 29 : Episode 20: Post-CABG emergencies with Kris Ramilo and Brendan Riordan
November 15 : Episode 19: Emergency medicine with Seth Trueger
November 1 : Episode 18: Oncologic emergencies with Leon Chen
October 18 : Episode 17: Interventional radiology with Bobby Chiong (part 2)
October 4 : Episode 16: Interventional radiology with Bobby Chiong (part 1)
September 6 : Episode 15: Liver failure with Elliott Tapper
August 23 : Episode 14: Intracerebral hemorrhage and elevated ICP (part 2)
August 9 : Episode 13: Intracerebral hemorrhage and elevated ICP (part 1)
July 26 : Episode 12: Flight medicine with Tyler Christifulli and Sam Ireland (part 2)
July 12 : Episode 11: Flight medicine with Tyler Christifulli and Sam Ireland (part 1)
June 28 : Episode 10: Ventilator dyssynchrony
June 14 : Episode 9: Right heart failure and the SAVIOR protocol with Habib Srour (part 2)
May 31 : Episode 9: Right heart failure and the SAVIOR protocol with Habib Srour (part 1)
May 19 : Episode 8: Palliative care with Jessica McFarlin (part 2)
April 27 : Episode 7: Palliative care with Jessica McFarlin (part 1)
April 27 : Episode 6: Status epilepticus with Gracia Mui
March 29 : Episode 5: Cardiogenic shock and ECMO with Brendan Riordan
March 1 : Episode 4: Venous congestion with Philippe Rola
February 1 : Episode 3: Refractory ARDS
January 1 : Episode 2: Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

2019

December 9 : Episode 1: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Lightning Rounds

Non-case-based discussions

2025

March 5 : Lightning rounds 50: Mastering PA catheter placement with Matt Siuba
February 19 : Lightning rounds 49: The Vortex approach with Nicholas Chrimes

2024

December 25 : Lightning rounds 48: Complete airway closure with Thomas Piraino
November 27 : Lightning rounds 47: Post-op care transitions
October 30 : Lightning rounds 46: Nick Ghionni on combating cognitive bias
October 2 : Lightning rounds 45: Noelia Bischoff on transitioning nursing roles
August 7 : Lightning rounds 43: AI in medicine, with Nawar Shara
July 10 : Lightning rounds 42: Hospital chaplains, with Christine V. Davies
June 12 : Lightning rounds 41: Respiratory therapy with Keith Lamb
May 8 : Lightning rounds 40: Critical care medicine fellowships with Nicholas Ghionni
April 10 : Lightning rounds 39: Understanding flight medicine with Jace Mullen
March 13 : Lightning rounds 38: Working in APP leadership, with Jason Wieland
February 14 : Lightning rounds 37: Weaning the deliriosedated patient (SCCM roundup)
January 17 : Lightning rounds 36: Nurses are from Venus

2023

December 20 : Lightning rounds #35: Brain death updates, with Ariane Lewis and Matthew Kirschen
November 22 : Lightning rounds #34: … When?
October 25 : Lightning rounds #33: Transitioning to academics with Janelle Bludorn
September 27 : Lightning rounds #32: Creating a POCUS system with Leon Chen
August 30 : Lightning rounds #31: How to not get fired
August 2 : Lightning rounds #29: Making APP and physician collaboration work, with Matt Siuba
July 5 : Lightning rounds #28: Online learning with Callie Tennyson
June 7 : Lightning rounds #27: Burnout and career satisfaction
May 10 : Lightning rounds #27: Our favorite FOAM
March 15 : Lightning rounds #26: How we follow the medical literature
February 15 : Lightning rounds #25: FailureFest! (Why we’re bad and so are you)
January 18 : Lightning rounds #24: Getting into leadership roles

2022

December 21 : Lightning rounds #23: How we do end-of-life care
November 23 : Lightning rounds #22: Our drugs of choice
October 26 : Lightning rounds #21: CME, merch, Patreon, and other podcast updates
September 25 : Lightning rounds #20: Being efficient
August 28 : Lightning rounds #19: How to write a journal article
July 31 : Lightning rounds #18: How to give a conference presentation
July 3 : Lightning rounds #17: Reading chest x-rays
June 5 : Lightning rounds #16: How we do case-based teaching
May 8 : Lightning rounds #15: Night shifts
April 10 : Lightning rounds #14: Abdominal compartment syndrome
March 6 : Lightning rounds #13: What’s the deal with nurses?
February 6 : Lightning rounds #12: Co-managing patients in a surgical ICU
January 9 : Lightning rounds #11: Reflections on two years of the podcast

2021

December 12 : Lightning rounds #10: Physical examination in the ICU
November 14 : Lightning rounds #9: Notes and documentation
October 17 : Lightning rounds #8: Five things you’re getting wrong
September 19 : Lightning rounds #7: Operationalizing clinical skill
August 22 : Lightning rounds #6: Point of care ultrasound
July 25 : Lightning rounds #5: Career development for critical care APPs
June 27 : Episode 34: Lightning rounds #4
May 30 : Episode 32: Lightning rounds #3
April 18 : Episode 29: Lightning rounds #2

2020

September 20 : Episode 16: Lightning rounds #1

TIRBOs

Short column-style monologues by Brandon. As of July 2024, new TIRBOs are available on the Intensive Care Academy private feed as “ICA Pearls.” Older TIRBOs are still available on the public feed.

2025

April 23 : Academy bites: The power of disagreeing
January 29 : Academy bites: You were here when we were not

2024

June 5 : TIRBO 62: The sweet spot for learning
May 22 : TIRBO 61: How to use POCUS (our expert consensus)
May 1 : TIRBO 60: They don’t care about you
April 17 : TIRBO 59: How we make the podcast
April 3 : TIRBO 58: Difficult cases
March 20 : TIRBO 57: Volume vs pressure control
March 6 : TIRBO 56: Transfixing vessels
February 21 : TIRBO 55: Bowel regimens
February 7 : TIRBO 54: Documenting POCUS studies
January 24 : TIRBO 53: Who needs an arterial line?
January 10 : TIRBO 52: Reliable is better than perfect

2023

December 27 : TIRBO 51: Critical care problems are syndromes
December 13 : TIRBO #50: Never do anything once
November 29 : TIRBO #49: The universal acuity equation
November 15 : TIRBO #48: Choosing a line site
November 1 : TIRBO #47: Why do we prone?
October 18 : TIRBO #46: Being curious
October 4 : TIRBO #45: SBT failure phenotypes
September 20 : TIRBO #44: The things I carry
September 6 : TIRBO #43: Lying to ourselves (the clinician’s perspective on end-of-life care)
August 23 : TIRBO #42: The mobile locus of control
August 9 : TIRBO #41: Tissue compression and elasticity during procedures
July 26 : TIRBO #40: Ventilating the breathing patient
July 12 : TIRBO #39: 5 rules for clinical excellence
June 28 : TIRBO #38: Why you should follow up
June 14 : TIRBO #37: Remote brains
May 31 : TIRBO #36: Liberty or death
May 17 : TIRBO #35: Vent double-triggering
May 3 : TIRBO #34: What makes it a central line?
April 19 : TIRBO #33: Positioning patients in bed
April 5 : TIRBO #32: Approaching bacteremia
March 22 : TIRBO #31: Giving better lectures
March 8 : TIRBO #30: Experience is lying to you
February 22 : TIRBO #29: Understanding blood transfusion
February 8 : TIRBO #28: How I set PEEP
January 25 : TIRBO #27: The halo effect
January 11 : TIRBO #26: RadioPEEP discordance

2022

December 28 : TIRBO #25: Two things NOT to hear
December 14 : TIRBO #24: Two things people need to hear
November 30 : TIRBO #23: Cultivating clinical calm
November 16 : TIRBO #22: Understanding “weak” trainees
November 2 : TIRBO #21: Locating, securing, and dressing lines
October 19 : TIRBO #20: Understanding the needle
October 5 : TIRBO #19: Guidewire safety
September 18 : TIRBO #18: Mastering dilation
September 4 : TIRBO #17: Being cool is a privilege
August 21 : TIRBO #16: Are PAs as good as doctors?
August 7 : TIRBO #15: Reviewing ultrasound modes
July 24 : TIRBO #14: Trajectories of illness and critical care
July 10 : TIRBO #13: Hospital relativity
June 26 : TIRBO #12: On heroics (or: is critical care hard?)
June 12 : TIRBO #11: Mastering wire guidance
May 29 : TIRBO #10: Put the I back in Team
May 15 : TIRBO #9: Some quotes about why
May 1 : TIRBO #8: What does skin really tell you about hemodynamics?
April 17 : TIRBO #7: Selecting vasopressors
April 3 : TIRBO #6: The many varieties of subclavian line
March 13 : TIRBO #5: Tracheoinnominate fistulas
February 27 : TIRBO #4: Hope
February 14 : TIRBO #3: Weaning vs Titration
February 2 : TIRBO #2: Procedural handedness
January 27 : TIRBO #1: Toughness