The Undifferentiated Medical Student Ep 042 - Critical Care Medicine (via Anesthesiology) with Dr. Beverly Newhouse
Jun 9, 2017
Dr. Beverly Newhouse, a critical care physician and anesthesiology professor at UC San Diego, discusses life in the ICU. She describes daily workflow, common conditions like sepsis and respiratory failure, and hands-on procedures such as intubation and ventilator management. She also covers training pathways into intensivist roles, teamwork in multidisciplinary rounds, emotional challenges, and strategies to avoid burnout.
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Burnout And Resource Strain Will Shape ICU Future
- Big challenges include burnout and finite resources; ICU costs are high and raise ethical/resource allocation questions as demand and advanced surgical options grow.
- Demand for intensivists should increase with aging populations and more complex surgeries despite resource pressures.
Use SCCM and SOCCA For Early Critical Care Exposure
- Explore resources early: join Society of Critical Care Medicine and Society for Critical Care Anesthesiology (student membership cheap) and use LearnICU and PulmCCM.org for clinical content and networking.
- Attend one-day meetings like SOCCA's student day for focused exposure.
One ICU Month Created An Intensivist Conversion
- Beverly initially thought she wanted surgery but discovered anesthesiology during a surgical clerkship and later found ICU love during internship ICU month.
- Her ICU month kept her at bedside for hours and gave the 'aha' that led to choosing an anesthesia-critical care fellowship.
