Episode 42

How many tubes to competence | VBG > ABG

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of October 13-17, 2025.

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Monday’s Spoon Feed:

This secondary analysis found that intubation success correlated with experience, and competency likely is achieved between 35-50 intubations.


Friday’s Spoon Feed:

This summarizes data supporting use of venous blood gas (VBG) screening for hypercarbic respiratory failure and avoiding an arterial blood gas (ABG).

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Nicholas Zelt

The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Clay Smith

Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!