I am an ICU doctor who uses TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to educate the public about what happens in the intensive care unit.
"Educating the general public about life support and resuscitation."
Critical Care physician who speaks about life support, advance directives, end of life and physician burnout.
Megan Gooch, MD explains what to expect when a patient’s family opts for end of life care.
Megan Gooch, MD explains what an ICU family meeting is. Why would the medical team or the family request a meeting? What is discussed? How to prepare if you are asked to come to one?
Megan Gooch, MD explains what advance directives are, as well as what a living will is, what a POLST form is, and what the differences are between them.
Megan Gooch, MD explains who makes your medical decisions if you are not able to & the difference between medical power of attorney and next of kin.
Megan Gooch, MD answers the 5 MOST COMMON questions she’s asked about code status, do not resuscitate, and comfort measures when she speaks to patients and their families.
Megan Gooch, MD explains what it means to be full code, do not resuscitate (DNR), do not intubate (DNI) and/or comfort measures. She briefly explain who decides code status and when it is decided.
Megan Gooch, MD discusses what happens after someone’s pulse comes back after cardiac arrest (because the resuscitation period isn’t over).
Megan Gooch, MD discusses everything CODE BLUE: what it is, who the members of the code team are, what we do during a code to attempt to resuscitate, & more.
Critical care physician Megan Gooch, MD, gives a BRIEF overview about the ventilator.
Megan Gooch, MD, explains that ICU medicine is a multidisciplinary effort & briefly breaks down everyone’s role on the team.
The Intensive Care Doctor is an 11-episode series that discusses major issues that arise in the intensive care setting.
Moral injury is an element of physician burnout that needs more attention, so we can work on a solution.
Read about what the ventilator is, why a patient may need the ventilator and how the medical team decides if a patient can come off of the ventilator.
Megan Gooch, MD explains how each code status tells the medical team what a patients wants and does not want in the event of a medical emergency.
A startup wanted a physician advisor.. but not a paid one. Why are doctors still expected to give away expertise that every other profession charges for?
Physicians would never trust a colleague whose training was secret. Should medical AI be held to a different standard?
What if one of healthcare’s biggest problems isn’t policy, but the way we divide the world into “us” and “them”? A physician reflects on identity, belonging, and what the World Cup teaches us about becoming “we.”
For many physicians, resigning from a job feels less like changing employers and more like leaving part of themselves behind.
Silvana Fischman DDS (Intl), MHA, CRC teaches how you document to care for patients, but your charts also drive revenue, shape contracts, and determine what your practice is worth. She’ll show you how.
Lori Werner teaches us cost-effective marketing strategies (websites, SEO for AI search, organic social media, Meta ads, and educational events) to build trust, attract ideal patients, and become the go-to provider locally.
Heather Signorelli, DO teaches the fundamentals of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), the end-to-step claims process, and how to track critical billing metrics to optimize practice financial health.
Michael Foti, DO teaches us how to transform real-life experiences into engaging stories by fictionalizing events, compressing timelines, and combining characters, creating narratives that resonate with readers.
