Resources

Read on for education resources and links recommended by The Alfred ICU education team. Use these links to jump to the required section:

1. The Alfred ICU Education Programme
2. Self-directed learning (SDL)
3. CICM Exam Preparation
4. Simulation-based education
5. Caulfield ABI Tracheostomy Emergency Resources
6. FOAMcc resources

Key resources for The Alfred ICU Education Programme (some are password protected Moodle pages):

• Welcome to Journal Club! (“The Rules of The Alfred ICU Journal Club”)
• Alfred ICU JMS Education Programme 2020
• A Guide to Labs & Lytes at The Alfred ICU
• Guide to the ECMO Accreditation Certificate

These pages include the self-directed learning resources for each topic covered in the JMS education curriculum during the Wednesday teaching sessions (links will be added as pages are completed):

• Burns SDL
• Cardiogenic shock and circulatory support devices SDL
• Coma, Seizures and Weakness (Neuro III) SDL
• Communication SDL
• Electrolytes and Metabolic Crises SDL
• End of Life and Organ Donation SDL
• GI and Nutrition SDL
• Haematology and Oncology SDL
• Haemodynamics SDL
• Infectious diseases and Microbiology SDL
• Mechanical ventilation SDL
• Medical Emergency Teams (MET) SDL
• Patient Safety SDL
• Post- cardiac surgery SDL
• Renal failure and RRT SDL
• Respiratory failure SDL
• Resuscitation I and II SDL
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage and Stroke (Neuro II) SDL
• Sedation and Delirium (Neuro I) SDL
• Sepsis and Septic Shock SDL
• Shock and vasoactive agents SDL
• Toxicology SDL
• Transfusion & Blood Products SDL
• Transplant patients in ICU SDL (heart and lung)
• Trauma SDL
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) SDL

CICM Exam resources (all of these resources are free to access):

• The Hot Case (concise video introduction by Dr Vinodh Nanjayya)
• Written practice question (SAQs) for CICM Second Part Exam Preparation on INTENSIVE. Additional/ older questions can be viewed as google docs.
• Second Part.
• Searchable database of past FCICM Second Part exam questions on Lifeinthefastlane.com
• Critical Care Compendium – LITFL.com searchable database of over 1,600 pages on (almost) everything you need to know for the FCICM exam
• Exams-Second Part – The official CICM pages detailing the second part exam, including exam locations, dates, costs and free downloads of past papers with the examiner’s reports (candidates must read these carefully!)
• FCICM Exam Writing Paper (pdf) – print this out (double-sided) to practice answering questions under exam conditions

First Part Exam resources:

• Written practice question (SAQs) for CICM First Part Exam Preparation on INTENSIVE. Additional/ older questions can be accessed as google docs: First Part.
• Part One – a superb, easy to use website covering both the CICM and ANZCA part one exam curricula that should be the first stop for all First Part candidates.
• ICUPrimaryPrep – a very useful collection of past CICM First Part exam questions and study notes
• CICM Wrecks – another excellent collection of past CICM First Part exam questions and study notes
• Deranged Physiology – a fantastic ICU exam resource, packed with useful illustrations
• Candidates should consider attending the Victorian Primary Exam Candidates Course (VPECC)
• Exams-First Part – The official CICM pages detailing the first part exam, including exam locations, dates, costs and free downloads of past papers with the examiner’s reports (candidates must read these carefully!)
• CICM Exam Writing Paper (pdf) – print this out (double-sided) to practice answering questions under exam conditions

• ICU-IS-SIM (The Alfred ICU In Situ Simulation programme, includes access to scenarios)
• Center for Medical Simulation (Harvard)
• Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH)
• EuSim Group
• MobileSim (Jon Gatward’s in situ simulation website)
• National Health Education and Training in Simulation (NHET-Sim)
• NeuroSim (the neuroanaesthesia course)
• Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
• Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• Simulation and Clinical Skills, DOH Victoria
• Victorian Simulated Patient Network
• Victorian Simulation Alliance

Here are the learning resources for the Caulfield ABI Tracheostomy Emergencies education programme run by The Alfred ICU:

• Tracheostomy Emergency 001 (blocked tracheostomy tube)
• Tracheostomy Emergency 002 (displaced tracheostomy tube)
• Tracheostomy Emergency 003 (bleeding tracheostomy)
• Tracheostomy emergencies (password protected Moodle page)
• Tracheostomy emergencies MCQ test (password protected Moodle page)
• Alfred Health Learning Management System (password protected)

FOAMcc is ‘free open-access meducation for critical care’. In addition to INTENSIVE, there are lots of other great FOAMcc resources out there. Some of our favourites include:

• Critical Care Reviews
• Deranged Physiology
• EDECMO.org
• EMCrit
• Essential Critical Care
• FOAMcc Google Plus Community
• Intensive Care Network
• LITLF.com
• Maryland Critical Care Project
• NCCU education
• PulmCCM.org
• Resus.ME
• SMACC (The Social Media and Critical Care conference and podcast)
• The Bottom Line (critical care literature summaries)
• The Resuscitationist’s Awesome Guide to Everything (RAGE) podcast