ICM training resources

Here are a list of some resources that those completing ICM training may find helpful.

Core/Intermediate training

• SICS induction modules
• SICS education meeting, held annually in November/December
• SICS ASM, held annually in January
• Advanced life support:
  • Adult and paediatric life support, https://www.resus.org.uk/index.html
  • Advanced trauma life support, https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/courses/course-search/atls.html 
• FRCA primary books:
  • Dr Podcast Scripts for the Primary FRCA, Rebecca A. Leslie and Emily K. Johnson
  • Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tom E. Peck and Sue Hill
  • Drugs in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Martin Sasada and Susan Smith
  • Basic Physics & Measurement in Anaesthesia, P.D. Davis and Paul D. Davis
• Anaesthesia e-Learning, http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/anaesthesia/
• Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain (CEACCPs), http://ceaccp.oxfordjournals.org/
• Intensive Care Network website, http://intensivecarenetwork.com/
• RAGE podcasts, http://intensivecarenetwork.com/rage-podcast/
• ICritical Care (Society of Critical Care Medicine), http://www.sccm.org/Communications/iCritical-Care/Pages/default.aspx 
• Critical Care Reviews, www.criticalcarereviews.com
• QxMD, free medical Apps for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android, www.qxmd.com/
• Intensive Care Network Podcasts, http://intensivecarenetwork.com/media/podcasts/ 
• ICU Rounds, http://burndoc.libsyn.com/

Intermediate/Higher/Advanced ICM training

• Books:
  • Anaesthesia and Intensive Care A-Z - Print & E-Book: An Encyclopedia of Principles and Practice, Steve M. Yentis and Nicholas P. Hirsch
  • Oxford Desk Reference: Critical Care, Carl Waldmann and Neil Soni
  • Oh's Intensive Care Manual, Andrew D Bersten and Neil Soni
  • Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA (Dr Podcast Sound Revision), Rebecca A. Leslie and Emily K. Johnson
  • Churchill's Pocketbook of Intensive Care, Simon M. Whiteley and Andrew Bodenham
  • Oxford Handbook of Critical Care, Mervyn Singer and Andrew Webb
• Critical Care Compendium, http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/
• PACT modules, http://www.esicm.org/
• FICM website:
  • FFICM examination information, http://www.ficm.ac.uk/fficm-examination 
• Intensive Care Society Guidelines and Standards, http://www.ics.ac.uk/ics-homepage/guidelines-and-standards/ 

Higher/Advanced ICM training

• Books:
  • Multiple Choice Questions in Intensive Care Medicine, Steve Benington and Peter Nightingale
  • Examination Intensive Care Medicine, Carole Foot and Liz Steel
• CritIQ, membership fee required (https://www.crit-iq.com/index.php/become_member)

• Courses:
  • FICM Exam Prep Course, Leeds, approx. £270. Mix of lectures, workshops and SOE/OSCE practice. http://rcoa.ac.uk/education-and-events/faculty-of-intensive-care-medicine-exam-prep-course 
  • ICS FICM course, London, approx. £170. Mix of lectures and SOE/OSCE practice.
  • PINCER course, Portsmouth, approx. £125. Full day of SOE and OSCE practice.
  • Oxford FFICM course, Oxford, approx. £75. Full day of SOE and OSCE practice.
  • National Intensive Care Exam Revision Course (Wales), Cardiff, approx. £175. Mix of lectures and SOE practice.
  • FICE (Focused Intensive Care Echo), http://www.ics.ac.uk/ics-homepage/events/fice-bse/focused-intensive-care-echo-fice/, Edinburgh, Glasgow