Teaching files

Table of contents

(Click on the subject heading to go to the desired section)

Introduction

• Medical Student's Guide to the ICU - from the Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine Tutorials - A collection of tutorials from the Gasworks Group
• Rules of thumb for the ICU

Core topics

• Airway objectives P Melanson, MD
• Acute respiratory failure P Melanson, MD
• Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation Erin Monaghan, RRT
• Management of Post-op Cardiac Surgery Patients
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CVVH, CVVHD) D Payen, MD
• Invasive Procedures On-line Training Modules from EMEDU.org
• Pulmonary Artery Catheter Education Project - hemodynamic monitoring/Swan-Ganz

Airway series - Pat Melanson, MD

• Airway teaching objectives
• Basic emergency airway management slides
• Bag-mask-ventilation slides
• Emergency airway management
• Rapid sequence intubation slides
• Difficult airway management slides
• The Difficult Airway Kit - Devices and techniques
• Advanced airway management

Respiratory

• Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation Erin Monaghan, RRT
• Acute Respiratory Failure Pat Melanson, MD
• CPAP BiPAP Pat Melanson, MD
• Preventing intubation in acute respiratory failure Pat Melanson, MD
• Massive Hemoptysis D Laporta, MD

Cardiovascular

• Management of Post-op Cardiac Surgery Patients
• Pericardial tamponade Pat Melanson, MD
• Hypertensive Emergencies Pat Melanson, MD
• Hemodynamic Monitoring N Christou, MD
• Shock D Laporta

Gastrointestinal

• GI Bleed N Christou, MD
• Acute Pancreatitis A M. Albert, MD
• Acute Pancreatitis B M. Albert, MD
• Fulminate hepatic failure Pat Melanson, MD

Renal, fluids, and electrolytes

• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CVVH, CVVHD) D Payen, MD
• Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU - A link to Medical Education Rounds, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
• Acute Renal Failure Pat Melanson, MD

Endocrine and metabolic

No information available at this time.

Nutrition

No information available at this time.

Infectious diseases

• Soft Tissue Infections N Christou, MD
• Antibiotic Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Infections N Christou, MD

Sepsis

• SIRS - Diffuse severe peritonitis study, phase 1 N Christou, MD

Hematological

• Blood component therapy Pat Melanson, MD

Central nervous system and neuromuscular disorders

• Stroke Therapy in the Age of Thrombolysis Mark Angle, MD
• Guidelines for the ED Management of Acute CVA Pat Melanson, MD
• Blood Pressure Management in Acute CVA Pat Melanson, MD
• Blood Pressure Management in Acute CVA Pat Melanson, MD
• Cerebral vasospasm in SAH Mark Angle MD
• Cerebral vasospasm in SAH Mark Angle MD

Transplantation

No information available at this time.

Obstetrics

• Obstetrics in Critical Care D Laporta, MD

Environmental

• Heat Illness Pat Melanson, MD

Trauma, burns

• Burns N Christou, MD

Toxicology series - Pat Melanson, MDe

• A general approach to acute drug overdoses and intoxications
• Toxicology: General management principles
• Toxicology references
• Tricyclic antidepressants
• Acetaminophen
• ASA
• Digoxin
• Beta-blockers
• Calcium channel blockers
• Theophylline
• Drug-induced hyperthermia
• Iron
• Toxicology: General measures

Ethical, legal, and psychosocial issues

• Bioethics for clinicians (Canadian Medical Association)
• Ethics Curriculum - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Transport of the critically ill

• Guidelines for Transfer of the Critically Ill - SCCM

ICU Administration

• ICU Triage and Admission Criteria
• ICU Scoring Systems N Christou, MD

Procedural skills

• Procedure check sheets

Miscellaneous

• Use of Corticosteroids in the ICU D Laporta, MD
• Medical Student's Guide to the ICU - from the Society of Critical Care Medicine