Critical Care

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UCNS Neurocritical care boards awful test?

November 5, 2021, 1:35 pm

Just took the UCNS neurocrit board exam. Did anyone else think this exam was as awful as I did? Vague questions, asking for esoteric knowledge, poor images?

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CCEeXAM tomorrow?

January 30, 2022, 2:19 pm

Anyone else taking it?

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Hello all, I am considering some options for my first job out of fellowship, and one of the opportunities I am seriously considering is though ICC (Intensive Care Consortium) which is a subsidiary of...

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Possible to switch from CCM to PCCM?

February 5, 2022, 7:55 pm

Current PGY-4 CCM fellow. One of our Pulmonary Fellows may transfer out. We have CCM, Pulm, and PCCM tracks at our institution. Is it possible to get credit for PGY-4 in CCM and still complete PCCM in...

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Anyone used this for CCM boards?

February 6, 2022, 9:02 am

Graduating soon and thinking about boards. Anyone used this? The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine - Oakstone Any other good recs?

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Job Interview

February 9, 2022, 7:03 am

Hi all, I have my first attending job interview soon, it's just a zoom with two of the directors of each hospital I could potentially be at. I was just wondering if you all had pointers or suggestions....

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Dual ACNP/CRNA

February 10, 2022, 6:09 am

I am a licensed ACNP, primarily educated in critical care, and a present CRNA student. My end goal is to find a position that would allow me to function in a mid-level anesthesia/critical care type...

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PCCM Job Market for IMGs

February 10, 2022, 11:23 am

Hi everyone, I'm an IMG (MBBS from India) who is currently a PGY-1 in an IM residency program in the US. I'm leaning towards PCCM and was wondering how my status as an IMG would affect my job offers...

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Any private practice critical care people who work with HCA?

February 15, 2022, 3:55 am

If you’re willing to talk numbers mind DMing me? Looking at an RFP from them and am wondering what others are doing and how it went after the first few years.

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W2 salary question

February 22, 2022, 3:35 am

currently in the job market negotiating a few contracts, I know there is MGMA data and medscape data it ranges between 366k to 447k What does this translate into hourly W2 rates? I’m sure it depends on...

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Critical Care board review videos?

February 23, 2022, 2:45 pm

I'm an internal medicine doc working in a rural icu. Would like to consider a concise critical Care review video/audio series. Are there any video series out there that people have found to be good and...

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RSI medication preferences

February 23, 2022, 5:32 pm

For those of us intubating ICU patients on the reg, what are your prefered RSI meds? I’m talking about your COVID pts satting in the 60s, septic shock with BPs in the 60s etc

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How to address anti-vax families requesting certain medications?

February 26, 2022, 1:02 pm

I am sure that everyone here has encountered similar situations. Patient doesn't get vaxxed. Patient ends up intubated in ICU or on HFNC/bipap etc. Family is crazy and scrutinizing/criticizing medical...

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Centers where intensivists perform ECMO cannulations.

March 3, 2022, 5:39 am

Apart from ECPR in ED, I'm gathering information of places where intensivists perform cannulations in the ICU. Looks like the Australians (e.g. Alfred) and Europeans have been doing this for a while...

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Job outlook for intensivists?

March 4, 2022, 4:08 am

Was reading some threads that said CC will be the new EM in the future. As someone hoping to pursue Pulm/CC in the future, I was hoping for any current fellows/attendings to shed some light on this.

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Religious preference and practice

March 4, 2022, 9:46 pm

I work in a Catholic Hospital and of course our ICU gets a variety of patients from all different religions like everyone else. As Intensivists, we get very frustrated with families of patients who are...

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Locums Private Practice Idea

March 6, 2022, 6:15 am

Hi folks, I think the timing is right to be more aggressive with the critical care job market, and pursue higher compensation for our work. Specifically focused on the locums critical care job market,...

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Anesthesia Crit Care 2023-2024 Application Thread

March 11, 2022, 5:49 pm

Didn't see one of these up yet. How's everyone doing? I have one interview so far, applying primarily Cali and Midwest. Based on old threads seems like these next few weeks will be when the bulk of...

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CCM in the Community

March 12, 2022, 9:01 am

I'm EM and debating CCM pathways. I love the physiology, I love the science, I enjoy the practice of ICU medicine. I also still think EM is worthwhile and instead of doom and gloom the residents a year...

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PTO?

March 19, 2022, 4:10 pm

Hello! I’m in the process of interviewing for post fellowship jobs. Is it typical to be offered no PTO at all? I have a place telling me that they don’t offer PTO to any shift workers because “you get...

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Marik and Data Fraud

March 28, 2022, 12:42 am

Evidence of Fabricated Data in a Vitamin C trial by Paul E Marik et al in CHEST Blog on surgery, medicine, medical ethics, health policy and health politics. kylesheldrick.blogspot.com Obviously...

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