RTexam.com for the Respiratory Care Profession
FREQUENTLY USED RESOURCES
Language
Calculations
Graphpad.com (Online Calculator for Scientists)
Online Conversion (Convert measurements)
Research
PubMed Home (Search and read abstracts)
WEB SITES (contd)
Congenital Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins University (Description of congenital heart diseases and illustrations with "hovering"effect showing normal and abnormal anatomy)
Critical Care Medicine
ccmtutorials.com (Introduction to Critical Care and four critical care issues: respiratory failure, shock, renal failure, and sepsis)
Diseases Disorders and Related Topics
Karolinska Institutet (Clinical case studies and grand rounds)
ECG
University of Utah School of Medicine (Just about everything you want to learn about ECG; A ton of ECG tracings and rhythms)
Examination of the Chest and Lungs
University of Florida Medical School (Excellent resources for basic clinical skills and physical exam)
Family Practice Notebooks
fpnotebooks.com (Most comprehensive medical coverage. Contains about 5,000 topics divided in 31 books)
Medical Algorithm Project (registration required)
Medal.org (More than 12,500 Searchable Scales, Tools, Assessments, Scoring Systems, and other Algorithms intended for Medical Education and for Biomedical Research
Medicine
eMedicine.com (Excellent resources with complete topics under "Adult Medicine" to include cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, and pulmonology)
Medical Images and Illustrations
Karolinska Institutet (More than images. Hundreds of superb links to include cardiovascular, ECG, and respiratory systems)
Pediatric/Perinatal Pathology Index (disturbing images)
University of Utah (Pathology images of pediatric and perinatal cases)
Statistical Computing
UCLA Statistical Consulting Group (Statistical topics include: Data analysis examples, FAQ, What statistical analysis should I use?)
WEB SITES
Airway Videos
University of Florida Anesthesia (Description and videos of different airways - Aintree, AIRTRAQ, Storz DCI, Bullard, Lighted Stylet, Fiber Optic Bronchoscopy, Upsher Laryngoscope and others)
Anesthesia Video Clips
Boston University (Short videos to show clinical techniques and procedures, including misadventures)
Archive.org
archive.org (Out-of-print books, softwares, historical media recordings etc. Also 100's streaming or downloadable Grateful Dead concerts)
Cardiothoracic Imaging
Yale University (Excellent graphics with "hovering" learning tool on x-rays)
Chest X-ray and Radiology
University of Virginia (Interpretation of ICU Chest Film to include lines and tubes; air and fluid in chest)
Loyola University (Chest X-ray Atlas. An "A to Z collection" of actual cases from atelectasis to Wegener's granuloma)
Goldminer.arrs.org (Thousands of radiologic images published in 249 selected peer-reviewed radiology journals, searchable by findings, anatomy, imaging technique, and patient age and sex)
PediatricRadiology.com (A digital library for pediatric radiology)