EMRA Cast Host Peter Lorenz Podcasts

Peter Lorenz, MD

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EM/IM Combined Residency Class of 2027
EMRA*Cast Episodes

Primary Care in the ED

Oct. 1, 2025

The emergency department offers critical access to health care in our broken system. An important skillset of the modern emergency physician is a set of low-risk, low-time commitment, high-benefit interventions for the management of chronic diseases. In this episode, Peter Lorenz, MD, and guest Bobby Ries, MD, discuss the diagnosis and management of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, asthma, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco use disorder from the emergency department.

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In Defense of Succinylcholine

June 15, 2025

When it comes to the airway, roc rocks and succ sucks, right? You've heard it more than once. But EMRA*Cast host Peter Lorenz, MD, presents a nuanced argument in defense of succinylcholine, with guests Mike Perza, PharmD, and Patricia Simmer, MD.

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Intubated and Hypoxic

March 10, 2025

Refractory hypoxemia in the intubated patient is a worst-case scenario that requires a rational, stepwise approach. In this episode, host Peter Lorenz, MD, discusses ventilator management, patient positioning, bedside procedures, and adjunctive medications with Steven Haywood, MD, RRT, FACEP.

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Everybody Eats!

NPO in the Emergency Department

Nov. 15, 2024

What is your practice for allowing, or prohibiting, people from eating in the emergency department? Host Peter Lorenz, MD, and guest Chris Reilly, MD, MS, dig into the literature (spoiler alert: it's weak), best practices, and the humanity behind keeping patients NPO in the ED.

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