Resources

ACLS/PALS /BLS

  1. http://www.ruralmetrowny.com/education/course_schedule.pdf
  2. ABLS- Advanced Burn Life Support online course $175
    http://www.ameriburn.org/ablsnow.php

Cardiac

  1. http://circ.ahajournals.org/
  2. AHA - AmericanHeart.org

CEU’s - FREE

  1. www.Rn.com
  2. www.nursezone.com
  3. www.medscape.com
  4. www.nurse.com
  5. http://www.medi-smart.com/freeceu.htm
  6. http://www.ceusforfree.com/Free_Nursing_CEUs.html
  7. http://www.nurseceu.com/
  8. http://www.fastceus.com
  9. www.pediatricasthma.org
  10. www.nursingceu.com

Disaster Preparedness:

  1. http://www.fema.gov/
  2. http://emergency.cdc.gov/
  3. http://health.state.mn.us/divs/phl/labep/hazmat/hazmatguide.PDF

ecards-FREE

  1. www.nursezone.com/Time-for-You/send-an-ecard.aspx

Emergency Medicine

  1. www.Ena.org
  2. www.acep.org
  3. www.cdc.gov
  4. www.Mayoclinic.com
  5. www.jointcommission.org
  6. www.todayshospitalist.com
  7. http://emergencynursingtoday.com/
  8. http://haven.its.uiowa.edu/content/com/emerg_med/podcast.xml
  9. http://www.emrcast.com/EMRCast%20Podcast/EMRCast%20Main/EMRCast%20Main.html
  10. Journal of Emergency Nursing - www.jenonline.org
  11. Injury prevention - www.ipinstitute@ena.org
  12. ESI version 4 handbook-http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi/esihandbk.pdf
  13. EMS Live: http://www.emslive.com/
  14. IO insertion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVNEQgZswiY
  15. Merck Manual online-http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
  16. Burn formula & fluid resuscitationwww.MDcalc.com/parklandformula
  17. IOM report-Hospital Emergency Care at the Breaking Point-http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/16107/35007.aspx
  18. Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains
    http://www.annemergmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ymem/PEDSfullreport.pdf
  19. Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point
    http://www.annemergmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ymem/EDfullreport.pdf
  20. Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads
    http://www.annemergmed.com/webfiles/images/journals/ymem/EMSfullreport.pdf
  21. Future of Emergency Care Series
    http://www.annemergmed.com/content/iomsummary
  22. U.S. Dept of Health
    www.HHS.gov
  23. therapeutic hypothermia
    http://www.emsresponder.com/print/Emergency--Medical-Services/Raising-the-Dead/1$8225
  24. Centers for Disease Control
    www.CDC.gov
  25. Agency for Healthcare Research
    www.AHRQ.gov

EMS section

  1. emsresponder.com
  2. http://www.emsresponder.com/print/Emergency--Medical-Services/Raising-the-Dead/1$8225

Emergency Overcrowding

  1. http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Flow/PatientFlow/
  2. http://www.urgentmatters.org/edCrowding/
  3. http://www.aha.org/aha/content/2002/pdf/EdoCrisisSlides.pdf
  4. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/444321
  5. http://miemss.umaryland.edu/EDOvercrowdingSummit.pdf
  6. http://www.hospitalovercrowding.com/
  7. http://www.jcrinc.com/26813/newsletters/6640/
  8. https://www.ena.org/future/IOM/IOM_FactSheet.pdf

Emergency Preparedness ad:

  1. swine flu ---http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

Employment opportunities

  1. http://www.kaleidahealth.org/careers/

Online courses for NY state required blood borne pathogens (fee applies)

  1. www.RN.com
  2. www.elearnonline.net/statemandate.aspx
  3. www.WesternSchools.com
  4. www.nurse-education.org

Ophthalmology

  1. http://www.asseenfromhere.com/

Pediatrics

  1. www.pediatricasthma.org
  2. www.Aap.org
  3. www.kidshealth.org
  4. www.guideline.gov
  5. www.medscape.com
  6. www.pediatricasthma.org
  7. Pediatrics Pedcasts: http://www.peds.arizona.edu/residency/podcast.asp
  8. Formula for Pediatric ET tube - www.MDcalc.com/endotrachsize
  9. Merck Manual online-http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html

Pharmacology

  1. Merck Manual online - http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html
  2. FDA Patient Safety News - http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/index.cfm
  3. www.mymedicalpodcasts.net
  4. http://www.crphealth.com
  5. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex
  6. www.epocrates.com
    free software for handheld palm, iphone, blackberry
  7. Institute Safe Medication Practice--http://www.ismp.org/
  8. Phenergan/Promethazine  caution- DRUG ALERT
    www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/20060810.asp

Podcasts

  1. Access Medicine: http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/podcast/acm/
  2. AHRQ Healthcare 411: http://www.healthcare411.org/
  3. Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs: http://www.ivanhoe.com/about/p_podcasts.cfm
  4. MedicineNet.com: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=47403
  5. Another Night Shift: http://www.anothernightshift.com/?cat=2
  6. CME Podcasting: http://www.cmepodcasting.com/
  7. Clinical Podcast: http://www.clinicalpodcast.com/
  8. Audio Medica: http://www.audiomedica.org/
  9. Dr Rubin: http://www.drrubin.com/
  10. Cleveland Clinic Health Edge: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/healthedge/
  11. JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/audiocommentary.dtl
  12. Johns Hopkins Podcasts: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html
  13. MediPodcast: http://www.drsuarez.net/podcasting.html
  14. MedKast: http://medkast.libsyn.com/
  15. The Medical Center Hour: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/him/currentmch.cfm
  16. Audio Lectures from UMED: http://umed.med.utah.edu/ms1/aud_lec.cfm
  17. Cardiology:This Week in Cardiology: http://www.clinicaltrialresults.org/
  18. ACC Conversations: http://conversations.acc.org/podcast.asp
  19. AHA Podcast: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3037153
  20. STAT! The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News: http://www.medicalnewspodcast.com/stat.html
  21. Free Emergency Care webcasts: http://emergencycare.gehealthcare.com

Professional Organizations

  1. Professional Nurses Association of WNY- www.wnypna.org
  2. Nursing Guide to Practice - www.op.ed.gov
  3. Student nurses - www.nursezone.comx
  4. National Student Nurses’ Association - www.nsna.org/

Psyche

  1. http://www.psych.org

Retirement planning

  1. Retirement planning for nurses by Suzie Orman
    http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/gannetthg/nursingspectrum_200905/#/82
  2. free nursing journal
    http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/gannetthg/nursingspectrum_200905/#/2

Rural Metro WNY

  1. http://www.ruralmetrowny.com/

State Web Site

  1. http://www.nysena.org/

Stop smoking

  1. www.talktoyourpatients.org

Stroke

  1. Stroke care-http://www.strokeassociation.org
  2. www.americanheart.org

Triage

  1. New ESI triage( version 4 ) --http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi/
  2. New ESI  handbook free download - http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi/esi1.htm
  3. ORDER a Free DVD and handbook explaining ESI ---1-800-358-9295 or by E-mail at AHRQPubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.