REBEL CAST – IncrEMentuM26 Speaker Spotlight : Drs. Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst
Release Date: 01/29/2026
REBEL CAST – IncrEMentuM26 Speaker Spotlight : Drs. Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst
REBEL Cast
📝Introduction Welcome to this special edition of the REBEL Cast, where we unravel key highlights and educational insights from the IncrEMentuM Conference in Spain. This event is a cornerstone for advancing emergency medicine education, drawing esteemed speakers and participants from around the globe. As emergency medicine gains traction in Spain, this conference has become an essential platform for knowledge exchange and professional growth. Today, host Dr. Mark Ramzy shines a spotlight on two phenomenal educators: Drs. Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst who shared their expertise and...
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REBEL MIND Ep3 - Performance Coaching in Medicine
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📌 Key Points 💪 Building Resilience: Rebel MIND, in partnership with Arena Labs, introduces a science-based performance coaching platform specifically tailored for healthcare professionals, focusing on stress management and burnout prevention. 🤝 Personal Insights: Jackie Penn shares her journey from exercise science to digital coaching, highlighting the importance of tailored coaching in high-pressure environments like healthcare. 🎯 Clinician-Centric Approach: Understanding unique challenges faced by ER doctors, the program provides practical tools for stress and transition...
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REBEL MIND Ep2: Performance Under Pressure - What Medicine Can Learn from Elite Teams
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🗝️Key Points 🎯Partnership Focus: New collaboration with Arena Labs aimed at enhancing healthcare worker wellness. 🏃🏽♂️➡️Personalized Coaching: Tools and coaching programs designed for stress management and performance improvement. 📊Data-Driven Insights: Utilizing wearable sensor data to tackle burnout effectively. 🌄Broad Impact: Offers a unique opportunity to contribute to large-scale healthcare improvements. 📝 Introduction Welcome back to Rebel MIND, the podcast series where we dive into crucial aspects of healthcare worker well-being. In this episode,...
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REBEL Core Cast 148.0–Demystifying Non-Invasive Ventilation & HiFlow
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🗝️ Key Points 💨 NIV = Support without a tube: CPAP, BiPAP, and HFNC improve oxygenation and reduce the work of breathing. 🫁 CPAP = Continuous pressure: Best for hypoxemic patients (e.g., pulmonary edema, OSA). ⚖️ BiPAP = Two pressures (IPAP/EPAP): Great for hypercapnic failure (e.g., COPD, obesity hypoventilation). 🌬️ HFNC = Heated, humidified high flow: Reduces effort, improves comfort, and enhances oxygen delivery. 🩺 Supportive, not definitive: NIV stabilizes patients while the underlying cause is treated. 📝 Introduction Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)...
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REBEL MIND: The Dunning Kruger Effect - Why Looking Inward Improves Patient Care
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Welcome to REBEL MIND—Mastering Internal Negativity during Difficulty. In this series, we turn the same critical lens REBEL EM uses for literature inward—into mindset, leadership, and psychological safety—so we can deliver better care outward to patients and teams. In this episode and blog post, host Mark Ramzy and co-host Kim Bambach (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University) explore a deceptively simple question: How accurately can we assess our own performance? The answer hinges on a classic cognitive bias that touches all of us in emergency...
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REBEL Core Cast 147.0–Ventilators Part 5: Key Mechanical Ventilator Pressures & Definitions Made Simple
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📝 Introduction Learn how to interpret PIP, Pplat, PEEP, and driving pressure on the ventilator. Understand lung compliance, VILI prevention, and ARDS ventilation strategies. 🗝️ Key Points 💨 Peak vs. Plateau Pressures: PIP reflects total airway resistance and compliance, while Pplat isolates alveolar compliance—elevations in both suggest decreased lung compliance (e.g., ARDS, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax). 🧱 PEEP Protects Alveoli: Maintains alveolar recruitment and prevents collapse; typical range 5–8 cmH₂O, but higher levels may benefit moderate–severe ARDS. ⚙️...
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REBEL Core Cast 146.0–Ventilators Part 4: Setting up the Ventilator
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Ventilator management can feel overwhelming—there are so many knobs to turn, numbers to watch, and changes to make. But before adjusting any settings, it’s crucial to understand why the patient is in distress in the first place, because the right strategy depends on the underlying cause. In this episode, we’ll walk through three different cases to see how the approach changes depending on the problem at hand.
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REBEL Core Cast: Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies: Beyond Viral Season
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Key Tips for Managing Pediatric Respiratory Cases In this episode of the Rebel Core Content Podcast, host Swami and PEM specialist Dr. Elise Perlman dive into critical insights for managing respiratory cases in infants, babies, and toddlers during the viral season. They discuss important pearls such as assessing patients from the doorway, localizing respiratory sounds, and differentiating between upper and lower airway obstructions. They also elaborate on managing common conditions like bronchiolitis, asthma exacerbations, and identifying zebras among routine viral cases. The episode provides...
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REBEL CAST – IncrEMentuM26 Speaker Spotlight : Drs. Tarlan Hedayati, Jess Mason and Simon Carley
REBEL Cast
📝Introduction Welcome to this special edition of the REBEL Cast, where we unravel key highlights and educational insights from the IncrEMentuM Conference in Spain. This event is a cornerstone for advancing emergency medicine education, drawing esteemed speakers and participants from around the globe. As emergency medicine gains traction in Spain, this conference has become an essential platform for knowledge exchange and professional growth. Today, host Dr. Mark Ramzy shines a spotlight on three distinguished speakers: Dr. Jess Mason, Dr. Tarlan Hedayati, and Dr. Simon Carley, who...
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REBEL Core Cast 145: Understanding QTc Prolongation: Causes, Risks, and Management
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The QT interval is a vital part of ECG interpretation, reflecting the heart’s electrical recovery after each beat. When prolonged, it can set the stage for torsades de pointes. Understanding how to measure and correct the QT interval, identify high-risk medications, and act quickly when TdP occurs is essential for every clinician. This guide walks you through the physiology, interpretation, common causes, and emergency management of QTc prolongation to keep your patients safe.
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Welcome to this special edition of the REBEL Cast, where we unravel key highlights and educational insights from the IncrEMentuM Conference in Spain. This event is a cornerstone for advancing emergency medicine education, drawing esteemed speakers and participants from around the globe. As emergency medicine gains traction in Spain, this conference has become an essential platform for knowledge exchange and professional growth. Today, host Dr. Mark Ramzy shines a spotlight on two phenomenal educators: Drs. Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst who shared their expertise and experiences at this transformative gathering last spring.
🤔What's IncrEMentuM?
A new conference and a pivotal gathering for emergency medicine professionals worldwide, has become an essential platform for education, collaboration, and advocacy, especially in light of emergency medicine’s recent recognition as a specialty in Spain. The conference is praised for its outstanding production quality, engaging speakers, and its capacity to foster a global community of emergency care professionals.
⁉️What's an Essential Question?
Essential questions are open-ended, thought-provoking, and intellectually engaging inquiries that inspire deeper exploration into topics. In the context of medical education, they challenge practitioners to think critically and reflect on their practice deeply. By focusing on essential questions, medical educators aim to inculcate a culture of continuous learning and curiosity, ensuring that medical professionals stay adaptable and insightful in their approach to patient care.
🎮Rapid Sequence (no not the intubating style...)
The Rapid Sequence game is an innovative tool that Sara and Ryan designed to enhance the learning experience for emergency medicine clinicians. It mimics real-life scenarios requiring rapid decision-making in high-pressure situations, such as those faced in emergency medical settings. This clinical case-based game aims to improve cognitive and procedural skills, allowing participants to hone their ability to respond effectively under pressure, thereby enhancing their real-world clinical performance.
You can try it out for free on their website here!
Their work was featured in the September 2025 edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine as a 2025 ACEP Abstract
🌳The Arboretum Teaching Collective.
An arboretum is a space that cultivates a wide variety of diverse, unique, and symbiotic growth. Arboretum provides a creative space to decrease barriers, open opportunities, and support the development of extraordinary teachers. The Arboretum Teaching Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting emergency medicine education in countries where it is a new or evolving specialty. Their aim to facilitate the development of expert teachers by reducing barriers, providing opportunities, and curating talent. Their goal is to create a community of educators around the globe who share a vision of bringing excellent, innovative emergency medicine teaching to where it is most needed. Their approach is driven by curiosity, humility, and sustainability.
If you want to learn more and get involved, check out the Arboretum Teaching Collective Website Here
✈️See you in Spain!
The upcoming conference aims to gather world-class educators once more and promises an enriching experience for all attendees. Drs. Sara Crager and Ryan Ernst, along with many others, will be there at the event. For more information on the IncrEMentuM Conference and to register, visit their website! See you there!