Cardiovascular Nursing

Associations

• The American College of Cardiology - Clinical information & guidelines, some free and some for a small fee; great site to explore

• American Heart Association website

• Cardiomyopathy Association

• Heart Rhythm Society - Professional organization; consumer information

Learning Aids

• ACLS Megacode Simulator - From MDChoice.com

• ACLS.net - Scads of algorithms, a simulator, and quizzes

• The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Unofficial Guide - guide to emergency cardiology

• Angioplasty - All about interventional cardiology, including the latest news

• The Auscultation Assistant - From the University of California at Los Angeles - another site where you can learn and practice auscultation skills

• Basic EKG Dysrhythmia Identification, by Andrea Diane Posey; a continuing education program from RNceus

• Bronchoscopy Atlas - From the University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital

• Cardiac Monitors - Overcome the mystery and intimidation; tutorial from the Rapid Interpretation of EKGs (6th Ed.)

• Cardiac Physiology, from the University of Vermont; has EKG strips for study

• Cardiax - A computer-aided instructional program of 20 planned cases in basic cardiology from  the University of Michigan Medical School

• Cardiovascular Assessment - From the University of Florida.  Comprehensive explanation for cardiovascular assessment of adults and children

• Case Studies: Aortic Aneurysm - Several case studies from the University of Iowa

• CathLab.com educational offerings

• Chain of Survival - Survival for people with SCA (sudden cardiac arrest)

• Common Arrythmias - From the University of Maryland

• Cyberheart Cardio Tutorials - Review of basic heart anatomy, physiology and EKGs, from St. Luke/Roosevelt in New York City

• CyberPatient simulator from NetMedicine

• Early Defibrillation - From the National Center for Early Defibrillation 

• ECG library homepage - ECG examples, history of ECGs, the ECG axis

• ECG Quizzes from  Introduction to 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation

• ECG Quizzes Lessons 1-12, by Frank G. Yanowitz, MD, Professor of Medicine University of Utah School of Medicine

• EKG World - from McGill University

• Electrocardiographic Rhythms - From Internet Medical Education, Inc., an extensive collection of ECG rhythms

• EMBBS Electocardiogram of the month - EKG case studies and archives with diagnosis and analysi

• The Heart: An Online Exploration

• Heart Preview Gallery

• HyperHeart - From Dr. Don Blumenthal, Pharmacology Animations, an interactive animation/movie developed for his pharmacology course; shows  aortic/ventricular volumes, blood volumes, and pressures

• Introduction to Cardiac Arrythmias - From McGill University, materials on electrocardiology and cardiac arrythmias

• Interactive EKG - From Glenelen Intans, Australia

• Introduction to EKGs- From the University of Maryland

• Learn CPR - From the medical school at the University of Washington

• The MI Rule - A template designed for rapid, simple interpretation of 12 lead EKG infarction location, from Apex Innovations

• Oxygen Transport and the Oxyhemoglobin Disassociation Curve - By John N. Rhoades R.R.T., Asthma guide at About.com 

• Pediatric Cardiology: Echocardiograms - Echocardiogram images grouped anatomically or by disease topics

• Sample EKGs - From the University of Marilyn

• Skill Stat - dynamic learning tools

• Virtual Cardiac Lab - A little old (1996) but loaded with diagrams and other material; done by Charles D. Lawrence, MPH, Ph.D

• The McGill University Virtual Stethoscope - An opportunity to practice auscultation of abnormal heart and lung sounds

Websites

• Angina File - News on angina research

• Cardiac Anatomy/Disease - Extensive set of links to cardiac resources; a good place to start looking for specific information

• Dina's Cardiac Nursing Page

• emedicine: Emergency Medicine Table of Contents - Scroll Down and look for the cardiac chapters

• The General Education Site for Cardiovascular  Diseases - Information, tutorials, other teaching aides, from Internet Medical Information

• Heart Failure Online - Consumer site on congestive heart failure

• Heart Web - A peer-reviewed cardiology journal. 

• HeartInfo - Consumer site with up-to-date information on cardiac problems; an excellent site to find out what's new in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease

• Journal of Cardiology - Articles and teaching aides

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, U.S. National Institutes for Health

• Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure, a summary from the University of Florida College of Medicine (2001)

• Nurse - Beat - A cardiac nursing electronic journal