Critical Care
ICU content carried forward from the original EM resources — universally applicable in Med-Peds (CCU, MICU, PICU, ICU consult). FOAM-grade resources are flagged when they’re not strictly peer-reviewed.
Core references
- Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC) — EMCrit (Josh Farkas). Comprehensive, frequently updated, well-cited; not formally peer-reviewed but each chapter references primary literature.
- ICU One Pagers — single-page graphical summaries.
- The Resuscitation Crisis Manual (PDF) — peer-reviewed checklist-format crisis manual.
- Stanford Emergency Manual (PDF) — adapted from the OR cognitive aid.
- Rebel EM Critical Care Reviews — evidence-graded summaries.
Drug dosing
- Intubation Drugs
- Sedation (procedural & ICU)
- Vasopressors
- Hypertension & Hypertensive Emergency
- Electrolyte Repletion
Mechanical ventilation
- ARDSnet Protocol (PDF) — low-tidal-volume ventilation, NHLBI-sponsored.
- Ventilator Mode Chart (PDF)
- Vent Basics — free teaching resource.
- ARDS Network publications portal — primary trial PDFs.
- Berlin Definition of ARDS (2012) — JAMA.
Sepsis / shock
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2021 Adult Guidelines: SCCM landing · Learning Slides — local PDF
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign Pediatric Guidelines (2020) — Weiss et al.
- Sepsis-3 definitions (2016, JAMA)
- Shock Index Calculator (MDCalc)
- qSOFA (MDCalc)
Acid-base
- EMCrit Acid Base sheet (PDF)
- The Strong Ion Difference (LITFL)
- Henderson-Hasselbalch / anion gap (MDCalc)
ACLS / PALS
- ACLS — Cardiac Arrest algorithm (PDF)
- ACLS — Post-Arrest algorithm (PDF)
- ACLS — Bradycardia algorithm (PDF)
- ACLS — Tachycardia algorithm (PDF)
- AHA 2020 Guidelines for CPR and ECC (open access) — Circulation 2020 comprehensive CPR/ECC standard.
- 2023 AHA Focused Update — Adult Cardiac Arrest — current adult ACLS focused update.
- 2023 AHA Focused Update — Pediatric Resuscitation — current PALS focused update.
- PALS Pocket Reference (AHA) — Pediatric Advanced Life Support course materials and algorithms.
- NRP — Neonatal Resuscitation Program — AAP-administered NRP algorithm and course.
- Pediatric Resuscitation · Neonatal Resuscitation
ARDS
- Berlin Definition of ARDS (2012, JAMA) — Ranieri et al; current diagnostic criteria (mild/moderate/severe).
- PALICC-2 Pediatric ARDS (2023) — Pediatr Crit Care Med; pediatric ARDS consensus.
- ARDSNet ARMA Protocol (NEJM 2000) — landmark low-tidal-volume trial.
- PROSEVA Trial — Prone Positioning in ARDS (NEJM 2013) — Guérin et al; prone positioning for moderate-severe ARDS.
CHEST critical care
- CHEST Guidelines — CHEST journal evidence-based guidelines for pulmonary and critical care.