ICU websites

[gwenith]

I thought I would start a thread on different ICU websites and everyone can add to it as they like.

First site has to be Mark Hammerschmidt's excellent site http://www.icufaqs.org/

An Aussie link (of course)

http://www.nepeanicu.org/

Evidence Based Practice

http://www.cche.net/usersguides/ebm.asp

http://www.sicsebm.org.uk/welcome.htm

A good site for learning although medical is

http://www.ccmtutorials.com/index.htm

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8059/29694/317250.html?d=dmtContent

Cardiac Nursing

http://www.nurse-beat.com/index.htm

Cardiac Drugs

http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV219.htm

Emergency Nursing World

http://enw.org

Lung sounds

http://www.rale.ca/

http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm

I'll add more as I find them - hope these are a help

[pickledpepperRN]

WOW!

You started with the right one.

I made copies from the web of Marks FAQ for our orientation notebook. I gave a new CCRN the professionally printed copy.

The AACN has updates. Short, sweet, and helpful.

Getting our hospital to adopt them may take some time.

https://www.aacn.org/AACN/practiceAlert.nsf/Files/Family%20Presence%20During%20CPR%20and%20Invasive%20Procedures/$file/AACN.PracticeAlert.Family%20Presence.10-4-04.pdf

https://www.aacn.org/AACN/practiceAlert.nsf/vwdoc/PracticeAlertMain?opendocument?opendocument

AACN Practice Alert on family presence during CPR and invasive procedures

Also excellent clinical updates:

Ventilator associated pneumonia

Dysrhythmia monitoring

Pulmonary artery pressure measurement.

[zambezi, BSN, RN]

Here is a great one for pics of xrays, cardiac anatomy, etc---

For those that need pictures check this out!

http://www.info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/imaging/

[HoustonRN04]

Thank you Gwen.... very resourceful and helpful websites!!

[HoustonRN04]

Thank you Gwen.... very resourceful and helpful websites!!

[sinders1]

Hi this is my first posting. I have found some wonderful resource materials for our small ICU. We are an 8 bed unit We receive everything, vents, cardiac, send out for angio's to the city, complicated surgical etc.

What I am looking for is developing a patient satisfation surrey for the QI committee I sit on. Does anyone already use one that is effective?

I would be interested in any assistance THanks Cindy in Ontario, Canada

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

Here is another site that is just great - Australian of course:D

http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/Cardiovascular.htm

(Well, Australian,New Zealand and Hong Kong)

[christianRN]

Thanks, everyone, for all the GREAT websites!

I just went through and added almost all of them to my favorites to review as I"m studying for my CCRN exam.

Thanks for sharing this enormous wealth of knowledge!

[vhankrn]

Thanks so much as a new grad working in post intensive care this is what I needed. :thankya: There are so many things to remember.

[onduty23]

thanks links are great

[nurseMargo]

Gwenith, THANK YOU very much!!!!

The sites are wonderful!!!

[Lori_RN_BSN, BSN, RN]

Gwenith, you have no idea how great it is that you shared these websites. I'm going into my last semester in ns and taking critical care. I will share these websites with my classmates. Thank you so much!!

:) Lori

[sldrn2b]

Gwenith you're an angel. This website www.icufaqs.org has helped me tremendously. I can't thank you enough. The others were also great but I really liked this one.