Joint Statement on Resuscitative Interventions
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) has prepared this joint statement in collaboration with other national health related organizations. [PDF]
- http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/PS21_Joint_Statement_Resuscitative_Interventions_1995_e.pdf

The New England Journal of Medicine: Critical Care
- Offers articles, case reports, and reviews on topics such as shock, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress. [Subscription required to view some articles.]
- http://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/critical_care

Introduction to Pulse Oximetry
- Describes mechanism, limitations, and myths.
- http://www.pulseox.info/

Pulmonary and Critical Care Update Online
- An educational program provided each month by clinicians that offers lessons featuring diagnostic information on current pulmonary and critical care medicine.
- http://www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu/

Critical Care Paramedic Protocols
- Includes prehospital medical protocols and standing orders. Site provided courtesy of Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP.
- http://www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/medtech/procedures/protocols.htm

Acid-Base Balance: Introduction
- Features the history, physiology and treatment of acid-base disturbances, information on the production of acid, understanding pH, clinical considerations and references.
- http://www.acid-base.com/

ARDS Support Center
- Offers a newsletter, education, a message board, and information for patients with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, survivors, families, friends, and medical personnel.
- http://www.ards.org/

Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
- Includes links to anesthesia principles, practices, journals and departments, as well as critical care and emergency medicine resources.
- http://www.invivo.net/bg/index2.html

Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient.
- An educational review covering topics such as responses to stress and trauma, tissue oxygenation, cardiovascular system monitoring, respiratory, renal and the central nervous system.
- http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/journal/vol44_6/4460010.htm

Critical Care Medicine Tutorials
- Provides information on respiratory failure, shock, renal failure, sepsis and other body systems in a question/answer format. Includes clinical scenarios.
- http://www.ccmtutorials.com/

Pulse Oximetry
- Describes how it works, calibration, and performance considerations.
- http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u05/u05_003.htm

Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring
- Describes the procedure for insertion of PA lines, interpretation of waveforms and values and the potential complications.
- http://rnbob.tripod.com/pap.htm

Nurse Bob's MICU/CCU Survival Guide
- Offers a variety of resources including policies and procedures, synopses of systems and diseases, drugs, and drug calculation formulas.
- http://rnbob.tripod.com/

The Critical Care Forum
- Includes commentaries on recent issues, research, clinical guidelines, reports, educational reviews of clinical practice, basic science, and technology, suppliments, links and a schedule of conferences. Available in print and online.
- http://ccforum.com/

ICUs and Nursing Web Journal
- Contains critical care and emergency related articles, associations, conferences, drug information, nursing links, online journals, medical and nursing cartoons.
- http://www.nursing.gr/

Nepean Intensive Care
- Includes some academic work of these ICU nurses, an image library, quiz page and controversy issues.
- http://www.nepeanicu.org/

Asthma Management Model System
- A comprehensive site with information on research, treatment and concerns related to asthma.
- http://www.nhlbisupport.com/asthma/

CCRN Net
- Includes articles, index of resources, chat, photography, and games.
- http://www.ccrnnet.com/main_index/

IntensiveCare.Com
- Has resources for practicing Evidence-Based Nursing and Medicine.
- http://www.intensivecare.com/