Critical care library resources

Print Books & E-books

The Library has a large collection of critical care textbooks available in print and online.

You can borrow up to 10 print books for 4 weeks at a time.

You can reserve books online if you join the Library.

Access E-books anytime anywhere with an NHS OpenAthens account.

Some of the most recent additions to stock are:

Acute and critical care nursing at a glance

A nurse’s survival guide to critical care

Critical care nursing: diagnosis and management. 8th ed.

Critical care nursing made incredibly easy! 4th ed.

Critical Care Nursing: the Humanised Approach

Critical care secrets. 6th ed.

Oh’s Intensive care medicine. 8th ed.

Oxford desk reference: critical care. 2nd ed.

Oxford handbook of critical care nursing. 2nd ed.

Oxford textbook of critical care. 2nd ed.

eJournals & Databases

The Library has a large collection of electronic journals on critical care medicine and critical care nursing.

Some of our most popular critical care journals are:

Critical Care Journal

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Nurse

Nursing in Critical Care

You can access eJournals at work or at home with an NHS OpenAthens account.

You can search for more journals using BrowZine – a quick and simple way to keep track of what’s new in your favourite journals.

You can also do a literature search on healthcare databases, such as Medline database, Cinahl database and PubMed database, to find journal articles and systematic reviews on specific areas of critical care. Need help with this? Book onto a training session.

Evidence-based Information & Resources

Need evidence on a specific critical care topic? Request a literature search and we will save you time by searching databases for you.

You can also use the following resources to browse the latest medical research in critical care – helping you make evidence-based decisions at the point of care:

BMJ Best Practice – Critical Care

DynaMed – Critical Care

Earn CME/CPD credits while searching for answers to your clinical questions. Reduce time spent preparing for appraisal and revalidation, and demonstrate continuous improvement and development.

Critical Care Evidence Update

The Library’s Critical Care Evidence Update is a current awareness service compiled by the Clinical Librarian to support the Critical Care Ward round at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides a regular evidence round up with additional reading based on topics which arise on the ward round.

Visit the blog here: https://lthtrcriticalcarewardround.wordpress.com/about/

Podcasts

The websites below provide open access to clinically-oriented podcasts and audio recordings, delivering a broad mix of lectures and interviews and conversations and commentary. The content on these sites can be listened to online or downloaded.

Critical Care Practitioner

Critical Care Revision Aid Podcast

EM Crit Podcast

Intensive Care Society

Intensive Care Society Webinars and Podcasts

Life in the Fast Lane – Mastering Intensive Care

Life in the Fast Lane – Resuscitation

Society of Critical Care Medicine

The Critical Care Commute Podcast

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine