Education
- Courses
- Didactic
- Fellowship Programs
- SICU Resident Orientation
- Trauma Protocols & Policies
- Palliative Care in the ICU, Surgery and Trauma
- Injury Prevention Programs
Palliative Care in the ICU, Surgery and Trauma
Resources and Information
Surgery/ Intensive Care and Palliative Care
- ACS TQIP Palliative Care Guidelines
- ACS TQIP Geriatric Trauma Management Guidelines
- Surgical Palliative Care: A resident's guide(pdf)
- IPAL-ICU - Improving Palliative Care in the ICU
- G60 Trauma
Palliative Care
- capc.org - Center to Advance Palliative Care
- Get Palliative Care
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- National Consensus Project (NCP) Guidelines
- Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin Fast Facts
Advanced Care Planning
- Prepare for Your Care
- Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) California
- End-of-Life Care Planning, Office of the Attorney General California
- California Emergency Medical Services Authority - DNR and POLST- resources and questions
Prognostication Tools
Intensive Care Unit
General/ Acute Care Surgery
- American Society of Anesthesiologists Score (ASA)
- NSQIP Risk Calculator
- qSOFA (Quick SOFA) Score for Sepsis
Trauma
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- Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)
- Organ Injury Scales
- Injury Severity Score (ISS) Calculator
- Revised Trauma Score (RTS) Calculator
- TRISS Calculator
- Glasgow Coma Score
- Glasgow Paediatric Coma Score
- Glasgow Outcome Score
- TBI-IMPACT Risk Calculator
Geriatrics/ Frailty Scores
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status
- Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score
- GTO Score = age + (2.5×ISS) + 22 (if given packed red blood cells, or PRBCs)
- UC San Diego modified Frailty Score
- UC San Diego Geriatric Protocol Guideline link
- Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
Articles
Training Videos
TED Talks
Evidence-Based Communication Skills
- Coming soon