EMRA Cast Host Peter Lorenz Podcasts
Peter Lorenz, MD
Christiana Care
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.
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.
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.
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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