Waikato ICU

Waikato ICU registrar orientation

You are required to read the following chapters and answer the respective quizzes prior to attending your first day with us. There is an expectation that all quizzes should be completed satisfactorily.

ICU handbook

For actual clinical unit guidelines, please refer here for the ICU handbook

For non-clinical guidelines, please refer here for the medical orientation handbook

ICU orientation feedback

Please click here to provide feedback for June 2016 orientation

Clinical modules

Reading

Module 1. Airway

Module 2. Respiratory failure

Module 3. Mechanical ventilation

Module 4. Circulatory shock

Module 5. Sepsis

Module 6. CPR

Module 7. Trauma

Module 8. Cerebral protection

Module 9. Assessment of the critically ill

Quiz: Currently under construction

Airway Quiz

Respiratory Quiz

Ventilation Quiz

Shock Quiz

Sepsis Quiz

CPR Quiz

Trauma Quiz

Cerebral protection Quiz

Basic science & equipment modules

Please note you will need to sign up to Moodle initially. Please click "create new account" on the right of the screen, fill in the details and create a login. You will need this login to complete the quizzes below.

Reading

Module 1. Respiratory

1a Anatomy and physiology

1b Respiratory assessment

1c Intubation and mechanical ventilation

1d Tracheostomy

Module 2. Cardiac equipment

2a Temporary pacing wires

2b Pulmonary arterial cathers (PAC)

2c Intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP)

Module 3. Renal chapters

3a Renal anatomy and physiology