Trauma ICU Rounds

About Trauma ICU Rounds

Medical education podcast dedicated to providing high-quality, concise, and clinically relevant multimedia content spanning the spectrum of surgical critical care, emergency general & trauma surgery

Publisher

Dr. Dennis Kim

Category

education · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Mar 2020

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 60 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Leadership in Surgery: Trust, Culture, and Speaking Up with Dr. Paula Ferrada

   Host Dr. Paula Ferrada discusses surgical leadership, trust, and psychological safety, offering insights on building patient-first teams in this interview.

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Shock: A Physiology-First Approach | Visual Rounds

   This is a Visual Rounds episode — a more foundational crossover from the YouTube side of Trauma ICU Rounds. Shock is not simply hypotension. In this episode, we work through a physiology-first approach to shock: oxygen delivery, cardiac output, arterial oxygen content, MAP versus perfusion, compensated shock, mixed shock, and the four major shock states — hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, and distributive. The goal is to move beyond simply naming a shock category and instead understand w...

3. 

   8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Whole Blood in Trauma Resuscitation: What Did TOWAR and SWiFT Change?

   Whole blood has made a remarkable comeback in trauma resuscitation. Physiologically, the rationale is compelling, and observational studies have suggested improved survival. But the recent randomized TOWAR and SWiFT trials have challenged the assumption that whole blood is clearly superior to component therapy. In this episode of Trauma ICU Rounds, we review the rationale for low-titer group O whole blood (LTOWB), the major observational data supporting its use, what TOWAR and SWiFT actually ...

Inside a recent episode

Whole Blood in Trauma Resuscitation: What Did TOWAR and SWiFT Change?

Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Particularly early in the resuscitation, and as we alluded to earlier, in environments where carrying multiple different components is difficult or simply not possible. I think one of the big takeaways from today's podcast is that whole blood is a product. Damage control resuscitation is the strategy. And that's the most important point I really want to emphasize. Not to get whole blood as a product confused with damage control resuscitation. You can administer whole blood and still provide poor trauma resuscitation. And conversely, you can provide excellent damage control resuscitation using modern component therapy approaches. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

656 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

80 ratings

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