Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

About Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

The information provided in this podcast is general in nature and is intended as a training tool for Children's Nebraska personnel. This podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Each patient is unique and information provided in any educational forum must be tailored to each patient's unique situation. By recording this podcast, neither Children's, nor any provider, is engaged in the practice of medicine, nursing or any other health care service. All rights to this podcast are reserved. Copyright Children's Nebraska 2018.

Publisher

Healing Hearts

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 May 2019

Latest episode

6 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 92 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pulmonary Artery Band

   Dr. Laura Ortman, Critical Care Pediatrics, explains the pulmonary artery banding surgical procedure, offering insights for pediatric critical care providers.

2. 

   8 Apr 2026

   Acute Viral Myocarditis

   In this episode, Dr. Laura Ortman, MD, Critical Care Pediatrics talks about Acute Viral Myocarditis - how it presents, what causes it, how we treat it, and what outcomes to expect.

3. 

   1 Jan 2026

   Meditation with Holly Baynes

   Meditation for Heart Coherence with Holly Baynes Take a few minutes to reset with this guided meditation led by Holly Baynes, Nurse Practitioner and HeartMath-trained practitioner. This session helps you achieve heart coherence—a state that supports stress relief, emotional balance, mental clarity, and resilience. Perfect for mindfulness, heart health, and overall well-being. Background music provided by Sydney Timmons, Music Therapist at Children’s Nebraska, who uses the power of music to support healing and emotional well-being for patients and families.

Inside a recent episode

Pulmonary Artery Band

Published 6 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Ideally, we could just close the hole and end the over-circulation. But in the 1950s, the mortality rate for even simple congenital heart disease repair was high. So surgeons were searching for a safer option. A PA band creates a narrowing in the mid portion of the main pulmonary artery, essentially creating pulmonary stenosis. Now, the resistance going out to the lungs and out to the body are similar. Blood no longer preferentially goes across the VSD to the lungs, reducing the excessive pulmonary blood flow and undoing the compensatory mechanisms that have led to heart failure. It also reduces the risk of developing ventricular dilation and pulmonary hypertension. […]

Who has been a guest on Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Laura Ortman
• Renee Rafferty
• Laurie
• Dr Laura Ortmann

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

5,614,067

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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