Orientation

• Orientation to the ICU Rotation

Learning Topics

• Sedation & Analgesia (video), paralytics

• Shock: Approach, Pressors (video, note), Hemodynamic monitoring

• Acute respiratory failure

  • NIPPV: CPAP vs BiPAP

  • Ventilator: High-yield guide ventilators in the ICU (video), Modes, Setting, Waveform & Troubleshooting (video), Pressure alarms, SBT/Extubation

  • ARDS: ARDS, ARDSnet ventilator protocol, Refractory hypoxemia (6P’s)

• Sepsis: Surviving sepsis guideline

• Massive transfusion protocol

• Post-cardiac arrest care

• Procedures: Central line, Arterial line

Additional Reading

ATS reading list created by the American Thoracic Society.

EMCrit

Clinical Trials in Critical Care

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