The FlightBridgeED Podcast

Nov 13 2024 276 ep. 30 mins 4.3k
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The FlightBridgeED Podcast provides convenient, easy-to-understand critical care medical education and current topics related to the air medical industry. Each topic builds on another and weaves together a solid foundation of emergency, critical care, and prehospital medicine.

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MDCAST - Obstetric Critical Care Transport Series - Preterm Labor

Nov 13 2024 37 mins  
In this episode of the FlightBridgeED MDCAST Podcast, Dr. Michael Lauria and Dr. Elizabeth Garchar delve into a vital topic for EMS and critical care: managing preterm labor in transport. They tackle the complexities of diagnosing preterm labor, the nuances of patient risk factors, and the pillars of effective preterm care. Discover how understanding these principles can make a pro

The Bleeding Edge: Finger Thoracostomy in the Field

Nov 01 2024 38 mins  
Join us for another captivating episode of The FlightBridgeED MDCAST as Dr. Michael Lauria explores trauma medicine's most critical and evolving skill: the finger thoracostomy. Featuring special guest Dr. Bryce Taylor, a seasoned emergency physician, and flight medicine fellow currently doing a retrieval medicine fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Med Flight. This episode ta

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Oct 25 2024 48 mins  
Welcome to another essential episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast: MDCAST, where we dive deep into the complexities of critical care and continue our high-risk OB transport conversation. This episode focuses on the often overlooked yet rapidly increasing crisis of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Host Dr. Mike Lauria and maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. Elizabeth Garchar

Ventilator Jiu-Jitsu

Oct 17 2024 49 mins  
In this episode of our series on respiratory critical care called Every Breath They Take, Dr. Lauria is joined by EM/Critical Care and Flight Physician Brittney Bernardoni as they discuss how to grapple with optimizing lung protective ventilation in ARDS. Lung protective ventilation at 6 cc/kg and maintaining plateau pressures of less than 30 cmH2O have been the cornerstones of in

Every Breath They Take: REALLY Delivering Lung Protective Ventilation

Oct 09 2024 37 mins  
In this episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast, part of our "Every Breath They Take" series on respiratory critical care, Dr. Michael Lauria explores whether we truly protect the lungs during mechanical ventilation. While the best evidence suggests keeping tidal volumes at 6 cc/kg and plateau pressures below 30 cm H2O, is that enough? ARDS is a complex lung pathology, and as we unra

Maternal Sepsis

Oct 02 2024 31 mins  
In this compelling episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast, Dr. Michael Lauria delves into one of the most critical yet underappreciated aspects of emergency and critical care medicine: maternal sepsis and septic shock. As maternal mortality rates rise across the U.S., critical care transport providers are increasingly faced with the challenge of managing septic mothers and post-part

Maternal and Fetal Physiology in Flight

Sep 25 2024 29 mins  
In this episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast: MDCAST, Dr. Michael Lauria is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Garchar, MD, FACOG, an OB/GYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) specialist who has a particular interest in obstetric critical care and is unique in that she flies regularly with ourcritical care transport teams as a retrieval OBGYN/MFM. They are also joined by Dr. Alixandria Pfeiff

CRASH & BURN: Airway Management in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients - Part 2

Sep 19 2024 60 mins  
In Episode 264 of the FlightBridgeED Podcast: MDCAST, Dr. Mike Lauria, Dr. Jeff Jarvis, and trauma anesthesiologist Dr. Chris Stevens return for Part 2 of their deep dive into airway management in profoundly hemodynamically unstable patients. In this episode, the trio explores controversial topics such as the use of pressors in trauma patients, mechanical ventilation in the pre-hos

CRASH & BURN: Airway Management in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients - Part 1

Sep 12 2024 48 mins  
In this thought-provoking episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast: MDCAST, Dr. Mike Lauria is joined by Dr. Jeff Jarvis and Dr. Chris Stevens to tackle the critical and potentially controversial topic of airway management in hemodynamically unstable patients. The discussion dives into complex scenarios, decision-making challenges, and balancing the benefits of sedation with the risks

PHACTORS: Impacting the "Platinum 10" Post-Intubation

Aug 20 2024 87 mins  
In this engaging and insightful episode of the FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric Bauer is joined by Dr. Michael Lauria as they delve into the intricacies of post-intubation care and the critical factors that impact patient outcomes during the first 10 minutes after intubation. Building on the well-established concepts of airway management and resuscitation, the discussion introduces the