Educational Links

The web links below are provided for your convenience. They are in no particular order.

If you have or know about interesting links relevant to intensive care, then please forward them to us to include in our website.

Acid-base links:

• Acid-Base Tutorial - via Tulane University Department of Anesthesiology
• Acid-Base Physiology via anesthesiaMCG.com
• Capnography
  

Repiratory links:

• Respiratory System
• ARDSNet

Hemodynamics:

• Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts
• Hemodynamic Monitorig - Via ATS

Procedure Links

• Fiberoptic Endotracheal Intubation Procedure - via ATS
• Endotracheal Intubation by Direct Laryngoscopy - via ATS
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage - via ATS
• Ultrasound-guided Internal Jugular Cannulation - Video via NEJM
• Placement of Femoral Venous Catheter - Video via NEJM
• Central Venous Catheterization- Subclavian vein - Video via NEJM
• Arterial Line Placement - Video via NEJM
• Positive Pressure Ventilation with a Face Mask and Bag-valve Device - Video via NEJM
• Orotracheal Intubation - Video via NEJM
• Chest Tube Insertion - Video via NEJM
• Nasogastric tube insertion - via Univ of Ottawa
• Intravenous catheter insertion and phlebotomy - via Univ of Ottawa
• Paracentesis - via clinicalcases.org
• Central Line Insertion with Ultrasound - via clinicalcases.org

Professional Societies:

• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• American College of Chest Physicians
• AnesthesiaUK
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
• Critical Care Tutorials - via U Penn
• The Cochrane Collaboration - evidence based practice database
• National Neurotrauma Society
• Trauma.org
• Brain Trauma Foundation
• Neurocritical Care Society
• American Thoracic Society - educational material
• American College of Cardiology - guidelines
• The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) - Educational downloads
• Critical Care Cases - via ATS
• ClinicalTrials
• CDC Wonder

Infectious Links:

• Antibiotic Guide - via Johns Hopkins (free registrtion required)
  

Ultrasound in the ICU:

• Echocardiography in the ICU
• The Learning Center - via Philips Medical (free registration needed)
• Online CME - via GE Healthcare (free registration required)
• E-Learning Academy - via siemens/Acuson (free registration required)
  

Book, Journals, Podcasts, Presentations:

• Eskind Biomedical Library Critical Care links includes books, journals and other pertinent material
• Eskind Biomedical Library Intensive Care links includes books, journals and other pertinent material
• Public Library of Science (PLOS)
• Virtual Anesthesia Textbook
• Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
• Clinical Evidence - via BMJ
• Intensive Care (adult) articles - via BMJ
• Medical Rounds - webcasts
• Medscape e-Medicine - articles on critical care
• SuperCourse
• Society of Critical Care Medicine - podcasts

Guidelines, Protocols and Algorithms links: 

• Guidelines and Standards - Clinical Standards Committee of the ICS
• Scientific Statements and Practice Guidelines for Critical Care - via ATS
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• Scoring systems for ICU, includes guidelines, protocols, recomendations - via the Société Française d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation
• Infectious Diseases; Standards, Guidelines, Statements - via IDSA
• Users' Guide to Evidence-Based Practice - via Centre for Health Evidence
• Bandolier Knowledge and Learning Zone
• Vanderbilt Trauma/Surgical Critical Care - Protocols
• Medical algorithm - MEDAL.org
  

Neurosurgery:

• Ten Neurosurgical Myths - via LSU
• NCS Guidelines

Organ Donation, End-of-Life:

• Brain Deahth - Webcast
• United Network for Organ Sharing - UNOS
• Breaking the Bad News
• End-of-Life - via HFA
• Palliative Care Curriculum - via Stanford
• End of Life/Palliative Care Education Resource Center
  

How does it work? - via BMJ

• MRI
• Oscillatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
• PET
  

Downloadable software or materials relevant to ICU:

• Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center, Spencer S. Eccled Health Sciences Library, Univeristy of Utah. Distributed using Creative Commons.
• Double Precision Study Planning Calculations
• PS: Power and Sample Size Calculation
• G*3 Power - statistical calculator
  

Pain:

• OpenCourse on Pain

Nutrition Links:

• Critical Care Nutrition
• Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care (ESPEN), Clin Nutr 2006
• American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Imaging Links:

• Introduction to Chest Radiology - via University of Virginia
• Interpretation of the ICU Chest film - via University of Virginia
• Chest X-Ray Teaching File - via Wayne State
• 22 Must See Diagnoses - via learningradiology.com

Electrocardiography links:

• ECG Library
• EKG Training  - via The Electrocardiogram Center
• Emergency EKG - via emedu.org

Statistics:

• Introduction to Probability - online book
• HyperStat
• StatSoft
• StatNotes
• SuperCourse
• OpenCourse on Biostatistics and here, too

Biothreats links:

• Bioterrorism training - via CDC
• Bioterrorism Resources - via ACP
• Field Management of Chemical Casualties - US Army
• Handbook on the Medical Aspects of Defensive Operations- NATO