Critical+Care

Resources for learning about critical care =General Resources= [|ICU Rounds podcast] - excellent and easy to understand podcast covering all aspects of ICU/critical care [|Wellington ICU] - Notes and diagrams from an Australian ICU, including Mind Maps of things to think about for particular conditions. [|Learnicu.org] Large collection of evidence-based guidelines and other resources from the Society for Critical Care Medicine.

=Patient conditions=

=Equipement and Monitors= [|PACEP] - Pulmonary artery catheter education project - set of very comprehensive lessons in slide format. [|Anesthesia Simulators] - includes web simulations of various respiratory equipment http://prognosis.org/ - Blood Gas simulator. Allows you to manipulate various parameters such as FiO2, Hgb, shunt, and Vt. Very helpful to understand the physiology behind the numbers

=Skills and Techniques=

NEJM Clinical Videos
[] Great set of instructional videos for many skills, including a large number of critical care techniques such as those below: (If you are off-campus, you will need to log in through the library proxy server)
 * [|Emergency Pericardiocentesis]
 * [|Fiber-optic Intubation]
 * [|Ultrasound-Guided IJ Cannulation] (Central line)

Other
[|Perioperative Patient Simulator] - set of SICU patient case simulators.

=Landmark Papers= [|Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock] NEJM, 2001 [|ARMA Trial] NEJM, 2000 (low tidal volume ventilation in ARDS)