i decided to start a thread with helpful information in the ccu. here are a few links to websites that i think ya'll will find very helpful:
www.icufaqs.org excellent all around
http://www.cvphysiology.com/ cardiovascular physiology
http://connection.lww.com/products/smeltzer10e/ch27.asp management of patients with dysrhythmias and conduction problems
http://www.ekgusa.com/ceol/abgmap/abgindex.html abg tutorial
http://realnurseed.com/abg.htm abg tutorial self-learning
http://www-isu.indstate.edu/mary/abgpract.htm abg practice questions
http://www.ccmtutorials.com/rs/intubate/in_vent3.htm - the patient in respiratory distress
http://www.txai.org/edu/education.htm texas arrhythmia institute
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/cardio.htm cyberheart, cardiotutorials
http://www.12leadecg.com/intro/ - introduction to 12-lead ecg, the art of interpretation
http://www.ccmtutorials.com/rs/intubate/in_vent4.htm - to intubate or not
http://www.ccmtutorials.com/rs/index.htm critical care and ventilators
http://www.jicu.de/besim/ vent simulator (free demo)
http://www.openheartsurgery.com/heart_murmur.html normal heart sounds, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/ the virtual sethoscope
http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html heart and breath sounds
http://www.stethographics.com/main/physiology_ls_introduction.html basic lung and heart sounds
http://www.rale.ca/ breath sounds
(http://www.emory.edu/whscl/grady/inetgrp/hplung.html) .. lung sounds from emory school of medicine
blaufuss multimedia - heart sounds and cardiac arrhythmias
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/dir/heart.html myocardial infarction ecg tutorial
http://homepage.mac.com/edutainment/photoalbum6.html ecg tracings
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html cardiac tracings - advanced
http://themdsite.com/ website by dr. dale dubin, author "rapid interpretation of ekg's"
www.randylarson.com ecg's - mock codes
http://www.mdchoice.com/cyberpt/acls/acls.asp acls scenerios
http://www.skillstat.com/learn.htm learning
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/index.html ecg learning center
http://www.rnceus.com/course_frame.asp?exam_id=16&directory=ekg ecg strip identification and evaluation
http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/ekg/ekg.html ecg
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ ecg library
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/dir/ekg_puz.html - super ekg puzzler - 215 rhythm strips to diagnosis—includes the answers- click on "go to this site now" to enter the quizzing from mcgill university molson medical informatics student projects site
http://butler.cc.tut.fi/~malmivuo/bem/bembook/19/19.htm the basis of ecg diagnosis
http://www.medi-smart.com/tutorials.htm medical patient simulators and tutorials from medi-smart
www.skillstat.com/home2.htm ecg recognition with time limit
http://medi-smart.com/card-demo.htm ecg strips with time limit
http://www.icumedicus.com/casesgallery.php?photo=10&album=4 icu case of the week
we can add to the list as we go along.