We explore mechanical circulatory support, including balloon pumps, Impella, and ECMO, in the new CCU lesson at icu101.com. #medsky #emimcc

The basics of liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants and their post-ICU care. Now at icu101.com. #medsky #emimcc

How to approach a toxicology case - now in the MICU course at ICU101.com. #medsky #emimcc

Caring for the post-op cardiac surgery patient - now at icu101.com.

We dive into the subtle art of placing, understanding, and interpreting the PA (Swan Ganz) catheter, on a new lesson at icu101.com. #emimcc #medsky

New lesson on Pacemakers at the Intensive Care Academy - TCP, TVP, epicardial, PPMs, and more, including management in critical illness, the problem of false capture, and more. #medsky #emimcc

Looking to subscribe to the Academy? To celebrate our 1-year anniversary, we're running a sale for the month of August: use the code AUG25 for 20% off all new subscriptions. Check it out! #medsky #emimcc

From our new lesson in the SICU program: Abdominal emergencies and damage control surgery Available at icu101.com #medsky #emimcc

New lesson in our POCUS program: Vascular ultrasound! From DVTs to aortic pathology and everything in between. at icu101.com #medsky #emimcc #POCUS

New lesson in the POCUS course: Abdominal ultrasound! #medsky #emimcc #POCUS

New lesson on lumbar punctures (when, how, and when not to do it) - now at icu101.com. #medsky #emimcc

BIG NEWS! At last, the Intensive Care Academy is CME accredited! We know you've been waiting patiently, and today's the day. Academy members can claim continuing education credit for videos watched. Members: check out your email! #medsky #emimcc

Don't forget to consider liver transplant in the sick patient with liver failure! From our new Liver and Biliary Diseases lesson at icu101.com. #medsky #emimcc

Who goes into alcohol withdrawal? How do you recognize it? What are you approaches to treatment, ranging from prophylaxis, to routine care, to refractory cases? All that and a bag of chips in the new lesson in our MICU program (icu101.com). #medsky #emimcc

Should you be prepared to do a cric? We wrap up our airway management series with a deep dive into cricothyrotomy, over at icu101.com. #medsky #emimcc

PAC use in medical ICUs is a dying art form. Don’t always need them, but you still should be able to work with them in select situations. Even if you’re experienced, get all you can out of the data! It’s not about any 1 #. And context is everything.

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Our old friend @zentensivist.bsky.social gives us a masterclass in the advanced tricks of PA catheter placement icuscenarios.com/lightning-ro... #medsky #emimcc

Our old friend @zentensivist.bsky.social gives us a masterclass in the advanced tricks of PA catheter placement icuscenarios.com/lightning-ro... #medsky #emimcc

Intubation with DL, regular geometry VL, hyperangulated VL, the bougie, failed airways, and more—all in the new Airway lesson. Check it out in the Procedures course.

If you've been thinking of subscribing to the Intensive Care Academy, now would be a clever time - until March 15, we're offering a 10% discount for new subscribers. Just use the code FEB25 at checkout. Tell your friends, tell your family...

At long last, our airway program starts to tackle how to intubate. We talk about positioning, induction meds, pre-oxygenation, and more, this week in the Academy. #medsky #FOAMcc #FOAMed #meded #emimcc

Part two of our POCUS course is live - Bryan reviews the basic views and concepts of echocardiography. Check it out in the Academy! #FOAMcc #FOAMed #POCUS #medsky #emimcc

Part 2 of our series on airway management is live: using the BVM, airway adjuncts, and LMAs!

Hooray, it's here! Part one of our airway management lesson has hit the Procedures course -- how think about airways, creating your internal airway algorithm, how to train and practice, assessing the patient to predict difficulty, and more. #medtwitter #FOAMcc #FOAMed #meded #pulmcc

What does it mean to be "tough," resilient, or robust in the clinical setting? It means you can handle... whatever. How to learn this skill, on this week's Pearl.

Sudden dilute polyuria in hyponatremia? Check for overcorrection! For icu101.com #medsky #emimcc

Mystified by the many variegations and vicissitudes of hyponatremia? Join us in the latest MICU lesson as we break down the physiology, how to assess, and the different considerations behind treatment.

Everyone has different goals of care, but enough patients have the same initial take that it's useful to know about... we discuss the "default goals of care" on this week's Pearl.

New lesson in the Procedures course: mastering the micropuncture kit! How, why, and when to use these lovely little devices. Also: Q&A tonight at 8:00 Eastern! Check email (or the FB group) for the link. If you can't make it live, send your Q by email, social, etc and we'll answer live.

One of the most difficult skills for early trainees is to switch from mere observation to a more normative, prescriptive stance. Don't ask, "what's happening?" Ask, "what SHOULD be happening?" On this week's Pearl.