PGY1 ICU CURRICULUM
During your PGY1 rotation you need to learn the foundational material of critical care; the basics of mechanical ventilation, pressors and inotropes, sedation, etc. You will build on this if/when you come back for additional rotations. At this level you should not be making changes to machines or vasoactive medications without discussing the situation with your attending/fellow, but you should have a plan in mind before you talk with them.
Critical Care Pulmonology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-clinical-features-diagnosis-and-complications-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/noncardiogenic-pulmonary-edema
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/transfusion-related-acute-lung-injury-trali
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-prognosis-and-follow-up-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism-in-adults
The Ventilator
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-ventilator-circuit
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/modes-of-mechanical-ventilation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/positive-end-expiratory-pressure-peep
Critical Care Cardiology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/advanced-cardiac-life-support-acls-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/narrow-qrs-complex-tachycardias-clinical-manifestations-diagnosis-and-evaluation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/new-onset-atrial-fibrillation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/drugs-used-for-the-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies
Shock States
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-and-initial-approach-to-the-adult-patient-with-undifferentiated-hypotension-and-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/definition-classification-etiology-and-pathophysiology-of-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-cardiogenic-shock-in-acute-myocardial-infarction
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/use-of-vasopressors-and-inotropes
Critical Care Gastroenterology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stress-ulcers-in-the-intensive-care-unit-diagnosis-management-and-prevention
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-upper-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-liver-failure-in-adults-etiology-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis
Critical Care Neurology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-toxic-metabolic-encephalopathy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-moderate-and-severe-alcohol-withdrawal-syndromes
Critical Care Infectious Concerns
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-presentation-and-diagnostic-evaluation-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-suspected-sepsis-and-septic-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/fever-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Critical Care Devices and Monitors
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/arterial-blood-gases
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/novel-tools-for-hemodynamic-monitoring-in-critically-ill-patients-with-shock
Critical Care Nephrology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-the-adult-with-metabolic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diabetic-ketoacidosis-and-hyperosmolar-hyperglycemic-state-in-adults-treatment
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prevention-of-hyperkalemia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-hypernatremia-in-adults
End of Life and Ethics
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/withholding-and-withdrawing-ventilatory-support-in-adults-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Other
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/indications-and-hemoglobin-thresholds-for-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-the-adult
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/sedative-analgesic-medications-in-critically-ill-adults-selection-initiation-maintenance-and-withdrawal
Critical Care Pulmonology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-clinical-features-diagnosis-and-complications-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/noncardiogenic-pulmonary-edema
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/transfusion-related-acute-lung-injury-trali
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-prognosis-and-follow-up-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism-in-adults
The Ventilator
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-ventilator-circuit
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/modes-of-mechanical-ventilation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/positive-end-expiratory-pressure-peep
Critical Care Cardiology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/advanced-cardiac-life-support-acls-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/narrow-qrs-complex-tachycardias-clinical-manifestations-diagnosis-and-evaluation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/new-onset-atrial-fibrillation
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/drugs-used-for-the-treatment-of-hypertensive-emergencies
Shock States
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-and-initial-approach-to-the-adult-patient-with-undifferentiated-hypotension-and-shock
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/definition-classification-etiology-and-pathophysiology-of-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-cardiogenic-shock-in-acute-myocardial-infarction
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/use-of-vasopressors-and-inotropes
Critical Care Gastroenterology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stress-ulcers-in-the-intensive-care-unit-diagnosis-management-and-prevention
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-upper-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-acute-lower-gastrointestinal-bleeding-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-liver-failure-in-adults-etiology-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis
Critical Care Neurology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-toxic-metabolic-encephalopathy-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-moderate-and-severe-alcohol-withdrawal-syndromes
Critical Care Infectious Concerns
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-presentation-and-diagnostic-evaluation-of-ventilator-associated-pneumonia
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-and-management-of-suspected-sepsis-and-septic-shock-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/fever-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Critical Care Devices and Monitors
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/arterial-blood-gases
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/novel-tools-for-hemodynamic-monitoring-in-critically-ill-patients-with-shock
Critical Care Nephrology
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-the-adult-with-metabolic-acidosis
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/diabetic-ketoacidosis-and-hyperosmolar-hyperglycemic-state-in-adults-treatment
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prevention-of-hyperkalemia-in-adults
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-hypernatremia-in-adults
End of Life and Ethics
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/withholding-and-withdrawing-ventilatory-support-in-adults-in-the-intensive-care-unit
Other
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/indications-and-hemoglobin-thresholds-for-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-the-adult
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/sedative-analgesic-medications-in-critically-ill-adults-selection-initiation-maintenance-and-withdrawal