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A front-line critical care doc talks about why preserving quality of life AFTER an ICU stay matters...a LOT.\nDr. Wes Ely's book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath, is available now. Check out the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center here. Here's our other episodes with Dr. Ely.\nTranscript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/wes-ely-3/\nTopics & Timecodes:\n0:00 Intro\n7:06 Importance of family in ICU care, especially with cultural/language issues\n13:08 Testimonial injustice, the A2F Bundle, and a billionaire in the ICU\n17:17 COVID & nurse burnout\n20:13 Caring nonjudgmentally for patients regardless of their vaccine choices\n24:56 The ethics of fetal stem cell lines in vaccine development (and some surprising truth)\n28:30 Therapeutics analysis: ivermectin, JAK inhibitors, baricitinib\n38:50 Allowing ourselves to feel with our patients, the importance of respecting faith paths\n46:31 ICU delirium may damage higher cognitive systems and leave emotion intact (elephant and rider/system 1 and system 2)\n54:19 The harm of excessive sedation and delirium as a predictor of death\n58:53 PASC, Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (AKA Long COVID)\n01:03:48 Managing delirium and early mobilization in the ICU\n01:09:37 Self-forgiveness, shame in medicine, and closing thoughts\nVideo archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email:\xa0https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd\nSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me:\xa0paypal.me/zdoggmd\nMore about Dr. Z:\xa0zdoggmd.com/about-z\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices