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ACLS -Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Pals - pediatric advanced lifer support, bls - basic life support cpr.

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Cpr/aed - adult and pediatric, first aid and cpr/aed.

Professional Development Training

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MAB - AB508 - Assaultive Behavior Management

Nrp - neonatal resuscitation program, critical care nursing certification, basic arrhythmia recognition and pharmacology, ekg, telemetry, and monitor techician, choose a course near you.

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BLS - BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

This is the CPR class needed for healthcare professionals that work in a hospital or clinic.

ACLS - ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT

This course covers tachycardia, bradycardia, and cardiac arrest emergencies for adults.

PALS - PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT

This course covers respiratory, shock, and cardiac arrest emergencies for pediatrics.

Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED

This is the CPR class needed for lay rescuers working for schools, gyms, construction, or care giving.

This course teaches students to recognize emergencies such as burns, cuts, scrapes, sudden illnesses, bodily injuries, and heat or cold emergencies.

This course covers CPR for Adults and Children, and covers first aid emergencies.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program - NRP

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) course conveys an evidence-based approach to care of the newborn at birth and facilitates effective team-based care for healthcare professionals who care for newborns at the time of delivery.

Assaultive Behavior Management - MAB AB-508

MAB – AB 508 Course. Management of Assaultive Behavior (MAB) also known as AB-508 violence prevention course is designed for individuals working within healthcare field to recognize and deescalate aggressive behavior.

Designed for healthcare professionals who have had prior experience in EKG recognition and treatment our basic arrhythmia recognition and pharmacology course covers atrial, junctional, ventricular, and AV block rhythms, and the medications needed to treat them.

Ventilator Training Course

This course is a preparatory course for nurses working in non- critical care areas seeking to enhance their knowledge base on mechanical ventilation and related respiratory nursing care. New graduate nurses that are looking to get a thorough understanding of mechanical ventilation, and respiratory nursing care . This course is appropriate for critical care nurses seeking to enhance their comprehension of mechanical ventilatory nursing care. This course is also preparative for nurses looking to pursue a career in critical care areas . This course is streamlined online designed to accommodate the student /personnel functioning in a healthcare setting.

Critical Care Nursing Course

This course is designed to simplify the process of learning fundamental concepts of critical care nursing. Using a simplified approach, and association to better understand crucial models of critical care nursing. Whether you are a new graduate nurse preparing to enter critical care nursing, or medical surgical/telemetry nurses looking to enhance your knowledge. This course is appropriate for nurses arranging departmental transfer into a critical care nursing specialty. We provide an eased approach to building your knowledge base gradually with weekly assignments and lectures.

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Here at Critical Care Education we focus on smaller classes to ensure that you are receiving the education you deserve. We are an authorized provider for the American Heart Association and Red Cross. Our classes provide the highest quality training at the lowest cost. We have multiple classes a month to ensure you can remain current in your certifications.  Staffed by working healthcare professionals, Critical Care Education provides the highest quality of education while maintaining a stress free and relaxing environment.

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NIV following extubation: Which devices and which patients? Evidence has emerged that treatment with high-flow nasal cannula devices following extubation may mitigate against reintubation.

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is rapidly developing and deploying resources to respond to COVID-19. Access the COVID-19 Rapid Resource Center, find training for non-ICU clinicians, and much more.  Learn More

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ICU Liberation aims to liberate patients from the harmful effects of pain, agitation/sedation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disruption (PADIS) in the intensive care unit (ICU). ICU Liberation provides evidence-based strategies that improve outcomes for patients and reduce costs for hospitals while transforming ICU culture.  Learn More

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Sepsis and septic shock are leading causes of death worldwide. Implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines and the Hour-1 Bundle and be part of the international effort to reduce mortality and morbidity. Guidance for children is now also available.  Learn More

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Welcome to LearnPICU. This site contains summaries of core topics in pediatric critical care medicine.  Each topic also has associated practice board-type questions, supporting references, and summaries of seminal articles. Whether you are a medical student or a seasoned intensivist, we hope you find the resources here helpful.      

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January 21   New International Consensus Definitions for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic shock have been published. A Phoenix sepsis score of at least 2 identified potentially life threatening organ dysfunction in children younger than 18 with infection. 

December 1 OXY-PICU RCT demonstrates among invasively ventilated children who were admitted as an emergency to a PICU receiving supplemental oxygen, a conservative oxygenation target (SpO2 88-92%) resulted in a small, but significant, greater probability of a better outcome in terms of duration of organ support at 30 days or death when compared with a liberal oxygenation target (SpO2 >94%).

October 16 Multicenter RCT demonstrated lower levels of AKI when receiving boluses of multiple electrolyte solution (balanced fluids) vs. normal saline in pediatric patients with septic shock.  ( Sankar, J et al CCM November 2023 )

October 11 New Pediatric and adult brain death guidelines published ( Greer M et al, Neurology 2023 )

May 17   Google Sites Classic (the platform LearnPICU was built on) has been retired and so LearnPICU has been migrated to the new Google Sites. While this will offer some new functionality, please excuse any issues with the transition. Please feel free to reach out and we'll continue to ensure that LearnPICU runs smoothly on the new platform!

The site is also known as Custer's Core Curriculum and was named in honor of Dr. Joseph Custer, founder of the pediatric intensive care unit at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital , a teacher and mentor to countless fellows, residents, and medical students, and who taught us that when it comes down to it, "the air goes in and out and the blood goes round and round."  

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We hope you find the site helpful and welcome any comments or suggestions to improve its content and usefulness. Please contact Dr. Kevin Kuo , editor of the site, with any comments, questions, or suggestions. 

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With a long-term commitment to improving the quality of care for surgical and critical care patients through education, Edwards clinical education (ECE) meets you no matter where you are in the learning process — with a continuum of resources and tools that continuously support you as you solve the clinical challenges facing you today, and in the future.

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The Clinical Resource guides have been developed by Mayo Clinic Libraries to create a portal for access to specialty-specific information to assist with patient care and clinical decision support.  These guides will help clinicians navigate the vast electronic resources in the library’s collection. They also provide relevant subject-specific core materials including calculators, guidelines,  patient education, and educational materials.  All resources are live links available for immediate use.

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