Our courses
Recent updates
Cardiac: Intro to cardiac critical care [10/27/25]
Pearls: Flexible approaches [10/22/25]
Cardiac: Overview of pacemakers [10/14/25]
Pearls: The emotions behind the words [10/8/25]
Cardiac: ECG interpretation [9/30/25]
Pearls: Occam and zebras [9/24/25]
SICU: Neurotrauma and spinal injury [9/13/25]
Pearls: Diagnostic reasoning and chief complaints [9/10/25]
All of our courses are informal, practical, and grounded—a digital blend between bedside teaching and clinically-oriented didactics. They are designed for anybody with an interest in critical care medicine, including advanced practice providers, physicians, nurses, trainees at every level, and allied health professionals.
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Video content is divided on the site into CME- and non-CME accredited material. Audio podcast feeds are delivered directly to your podcast app.
Foundations
The basics of critical care from A to Z, Foundations is an all-in-one onboarding program for a career in the ICU.
Foundations is approved by the ACCME for up to 31.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™
Foundations: Concepts
Basic principles of ICU care and therapies, including mechanical ventilation, bedside procedures, medication management, transfusion, and how to get things done.
Foundations: Pathology
A review of the common diseases and disorders encountered in the critically ill, including their importance, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.
Foundations: Procedures
A masterclass in bedside procedures, from paracentesis to airway management. (Vascular access and arterial lines are addressed in Foundations: Concepts.)
Bonus courses
Move beyond the basics with lessons on specialized ICU populations, POCUS, additional procedures, and more.
Bonus courses are not CME accredited.
[Status: In progress]
Everything you ever wanted to know about point of care ultrasound, from spinning the knobs to advanced echocardiography and everything in between.
POCUS
Additional procedures
[Status: In progress]
Additional procedural lessons not accredited for CME. (For the rest, see the Foundations: Procedures program.)
[Status: In progress]
A deeper dive into the medical ICU, including diseases like CHF, DKA, pancreatitis, liver failure, and more.
MICU
[Status: In progress]
The diseases, workflows, and therapies of the surgical ICU, including post-operative, trauma, and transplant care.
SICU
Coming soon
Future courses under production
[Status: Coming soon!]
A deeper dive into the neuroscience ICU, including stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal and brain surgery, status epilepticus, and more.
Neuro ICU
[Status: In progress]
The ailments and devices of cardiac critical care, including both medical and surgical varieties.