Good learning material...

[mcknis]

I came across this text the other day (http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Transport-American-Orthopaedic-Surgeons/dp/1449642586) and was curious to know if anyone out there has used this book for personal education or if you have any other recommended texts?

Just got hired on by one of the squad companies doing MICU and am wanting to educate myself more for this new adventure. As transport is a new area for me, I am wanting to provide the best care I can and continue to expand my personal knowledge to better my care in the ED, too. Also, if you have any tips or tricks to share, please pass along to this newbie! Any help is greatly appreciated!

[charlesin]

Emcrit.org has been the gateway for most of my self-education. It is a terrific podcast with TONS of archived episodes with a wide range of topics. I also recommend going to his "favorites" tab and looking at the websites and podcasts that he features there.

I have also found a lot of good use from youtube. This guy Rahul has a bunch of good videos (especially related to peds). Here is one about LVAD's

Much of the transport RN is dealing with things that are typically in the domain of the RT in the hospital. So I've found it's good to familiarize yourself with nebs (

) and learn your specific ventilator. Emcrit has a really good ventilator lecture for settings, etc. Youtube tends to have a ton of ventilator specific videos.

Good balloon pump stuff:

IABP

Self Education - Quizes

http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/221219/liverpool_SDL_IABP.pdf

Pump Tutorial

General Info

Cardiology in Critical Care-IABP

IABP scenarios

IABP - Intra-aortic balloon pump scenarios

Also this iphone app is hands down the best I've found:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/critical-medical-guide/id504065732?mt=8