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Critical Care Time is the podcast for everyone who cares for the critically Ill. Whether you work in an ICU, a Med-Surg unit, an ED, a PACU or the back of an ambulance - Dr. Cyrus Askin & Dr. Nick Mark provide practical insights and useful tips to enhance your skillset. They are triple board-certified intensivists who love patient care and teaching. Journey with them through deep dives into physiology and practical pearls, leaving no stone unturned in the world of critical care medicine. Through their own insights, expert interviews and targeted reviews of the literature, Nick and Cyrus provide practical, relevant critical care pearls. If you bill for critical care time, you must make time for Critical Care Time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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68. Sleep for ICU Clinicians: Functioning Better on Night Shifts

2026/02/02

On this week’s BONUS episode of Critical Care Time, Cyrus & Nick flip the coin on sleep and discuss the importance of sleep for those of us that have to work nights. We also discuss how to find ways to still get rest even when your whole world is flipped upside down! Be prepared to keep taking excellent care of your patients using some of the tricks we review here. Give it a listen - or a watch and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

67. Sleeping in the ICU: Why is it critical and how do we help our patients get more of it?

2026/01/26

On this episode of Critical Care Time we delve into the fascinating world of sleep with a focus on the importance of sleep in our ICU patients and how we can promote good quality sleep in the sickest patients in the hospital. Try not to sleep through this one as we provide some valuable insights and high quality pearls to get you geared up and ready to be a champion for sleep in your ICU! As always, listen and let us know what you think. Special thanks to The Difficult Airway Course: Critical Care, for sponsoring this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

66. Rheumatology Emergencies with Dr. Marcela Ferrada

2026/01/12

On this episode of Critical Care Time, we tackle the enigma - shrouded in mystery and caped in uncertainty - know as rheumatologic emergencies in the critically ill patient! We sit down with Dr. Marcela Ferrada - a QUADRUPLE boarded intensivist/rheumatologist/ID specialist and internist - who guides us through her approach to rheumatologic emergencies in the sickest of the sick. As we often do, we approach this via a pragmatic, cased-based journey for your listening pleasure. Please check it out, learn all you can, and as always - let us know your thoughts and leave a review! Special thanks to returning sponsor, Seastar Medical for supporting us with this production! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

65. Journal Club: The RSI Trial

2025/12/29

This Critical Care Time bonus is our ode to RSI... that is the RSI Trial! In this episode, we'll unpack all the important elements of the recently released RSI Trial by the Pragmatic Critical Care Research Group exploring whether there is a signal favoring etomidate vs ketamine for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults. Does one drug reign supreme? Is this practice changing, practice affirming or perhaps the devil's in the details? Listen, learn and let us know YOUR thoughts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

64. Journal Club: End of 2025 Roundup

2025/12/15

This week we drop a journal club extravaganza! Should we do away with the A-Line? Is Bicarb a sure-fire way to treat metabolic acidosis in the setting of AKI? What about selective decontamination and all that capillary refill business!? We tackle all these topics through thoughtful journal discussion, provide our $0.02 and a little witty repartee, of course! Check it out and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

63. Leading in the ICU… and Beyond!

2025/12/01

The importance of leadership in the hospital setting is critically important yet often overlooked. It’s even more important to have sound leaders and adhere to well-founded leadership practices when taking care of the critically ill. Join us as we sit down with Dr. Josh Hartzell - internist, infectious disease physician, author, veteran and physician-leader - as we discuss Leading in the ICU and Beyond!As always, please leave us feedback and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

62. Burnout & Moral Injury

2025/11/17

For those who work in an ICU - or with any patients for that matter -the concepts of burnout and moral injury are no stranger. In order to mitigate the effects of these forces, it’s important to understand them. Join Nick and Cyrus, as they sit down with an incredible guest, Dr. Venktesh Ramnath, with the hopes of doing just that. On this episode we step away from the pressors and central lines and focus on the contributors to burn out and moral injury in the medical field while developing some strategies to combat them. Listen, watch, learn and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

61. Vents 101

2025/11/03

Join Cyrus & Nick as the FINALLY tackle mechanical ventilation. In this episode - first of many we suspect - we lay the foundations for mechanical ventilation. If you stick with us through this one you'll come away with a great introduction to vents to include why we use them, what we adjust, and about a number of the primary vent modes you'll likely seen in your ICU. We've got something for everyone with this episode so please give it a listen and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reboot - Hypoxemia Masterclass

2025/10/20

Join Nick and Cyrus as they teach a master class on hypoxemia for everyone and anyone who is ICU adjacent! We discuss why oxygen is so crucial, share some very interesting animal physiology and - perhaps most importantly- discuss the 6 causes of hypoxemia you MUST know… and what you can do about them! Take a listen, let us know what you think, and leave us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

60. Journal Club: Should We Save The Right IJ?

2025/10/06

This week on Critical Care Time, Nick & Cyrus discuss the recent article in the Journal of Critical Care titled “Impact of initial jugular vein insertion site selection for central venous catheter placement on hemodialysis catheter complications.” Is this bunk or is this practice changing? Did they select the right population for this study or is the question they asked and answered... maybe not such a great question? We'll cover all this and more during this week's episode! Please take a listen, react, reach out & as always - don't forget to leave a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

59. Airway Controversies with Dr. Jarrod Mosier, MD

2025/09/22

Join us this week on Critical Care Time as we take on Airway Controversies with Dr. Jarrod Mosier - course director for The Difficult Airway Course: Critical Care! We talk induction agents, pre-oxygenation and cover so much more in this episode! If you love this - consider attending the upcoming Difficult Airway Course at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in sunny San Diego, California from November 14th to the 16th and use our Discount Code CCTIME25 at checkout and save $250! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

58. Cases in Congestion with Dr Ross Prager

2025/09/15

On this mini-sode, Cyrus & Nick are once again joined by Dr. Prager as they follow up on last week's episode with some cases & practical pearls to really hammer home some of the points previously discussed. Here we look at practical uses for the volume assessment tools discussed in our prior show, along with some commentary on when such assessments may or may not be warranted. This is a great, practical, rubber-meets-the-road episode for folks looking for a quick review/refresher. Listen and let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

57. Venous Congestion, Volume Tolerance and Bedside Assessments

2025/09/08

What is the microcirculation? How are terms like volume-status and fluid-responsiveness misleading? Join us as we sit down with Dr. Ross Prager to unpack and de-mystify the concepts of congestion and volume tolerance along with our survey of the tools of the trade as it relates to these terms. On this Critical Care Time episode we really get into the weeds on this stuff and even get theoretical at some points so it's NOT for the faint of heart! However, if you listen to us for the deep dives into physiology and if you want to level-up your ICU patient care, this is the episode for you! Listen, leave us some feedback and drop us a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

56. Tales from the ICU: BRASH Syndrome

2025/08/25

This week, Nick & Cyrus try something a little different with Tales from the ICU. Here, we explore clinical reasoning in the ICU in the context of a mystery case! Don't worry, we'll reveal the diagnosis and go through all the pitfalls, pearls and pathophysiology! This way, you get to play along for a while AND learn some cool medicine. As this is a new episode format, PLEASE leave us feedback and let us know if you like it or if we should send this one to the crypt! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

55. Cirrhosis & Variceal Bleeds

2025/08/11

On this week's episode of Critical Care Time, Dr. David Dulaney rounds out GI bleeds in the ICU by taking on cirrhosis & variceal bleeds! During this show we discuss the unique challenge associated with managing a patient with cirrhosis - specifically focusing on the coagulopathy of advanced liver disease. We then delve into the nuances associated with managing a variceal bleed, both in terms of the unique critical care elements but also the challenges faced by the endoscopist when trying to saves these patients in extremis. Tune in, leave us a review and most importantly - leave us some feedback! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Heather DeMeno 2026/01/14

Very high value listening!

I’m an acute care nurse practitioner doing palliative care with a love for critical care and this podcast is incredible. There is so much information ...

★★★★★

BBSebens 2025/10/27

Valuable, high quality information

I’m an RN studying for my ARNP, and critical care time has been a great listen.

★★★★★

kdawsophy 2025/10/24

Just discovered

Love this show as an ICU RN. Have recommended to all coworkers.

★★★★★

Wolters Kluwer 2025/07/06

Love it

Very high yield information for a new resident like me who started with ICU. Thank you for this!

★★★★★

Puppy.salami 2025/04/26

Love this!

I am a nursing student and I absolutely love this podcast. I love that they break down case studies after introducing the material. By far my favorite...

★★★★★

MCM* 2025/03/28

MMandziara

So good! Couldn’t ask for anything more out of a critical care podcast, honestly. Content is on point and the guests are great. I appreciate the insig...

★★★★★

Critically motivated 2025/02/23

Outstanding podcast

“Critical Care Time is a must-listen for anyone in emergency and critical care medicine. The podcast delivers insightful discussions, expert interview...

★★★★★

AMcD23 2025/01/24

Great podcast

I’m an ICU nurse, and I feel like I’m learning so much that is relevant to my practice. My favorite critical care podcast I’ve found. Love the discuss...

★★★★★

Boisenberryy 2025/01/09

Amazing show

Loved the diuretics episode. Lots of great information to pull out. Would love an entry to critical care pearls episode for new practitioners!

★★★★★

AQWPQ 2024/12/25

Beneath the drape

Listened to this podcast on Christmas morning, so moving and perfect for this time of year when we all need a little reminder of why we went into medi...

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