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Several years ago a mentor suggested that I write a book. I nearly laughed at her. A book?? Inconceivable! Who would buy it? Would they actually read it? Would it be there at 3 AM when they needed it? How could it be updated? A physical book didn't seem compatible with the breakneck speed of critical care or our internet-based culture.
My overall goal is to create something which packs a lot of clinical punch, on par with a standard critical care textbook or review article. However, it will hopefully be more readable and enjoyable than a textbook. And easy to share with colleagues and trainees (for example if I'm busy, I will send my trainees a link to the relevant chapter via text-message; this provides a general outline of how to approach a problem, which we can fine-tune later).
The book will have an associated twitter account (@iBookCC) with highly nerdy material such as chapter updates based on new literature. If you encounter new articles or FOAMed that belong in the book, please tweet it @iBookCC.
Perhaps the most important aspect of the book will be robust post-publication peer review. If you find errors please point them out (ideally with supporting references to back you up). Please feel encouraged to ask questions or suggest updates with new information.
The approaches described in this book are generally based on my practice patterns. They are neither the only way to do things, nor necessarily the best. I have focused on my practice in efforts to stay realistic and concise.
This book isn't intended as the last word, but rather as a jumping-off point for further study. As such, each chapter contains links to related blogs, podcasts, and articles for more information and additional opinions. The book isn't encyclopedic. I've tried to cover the more interesting and common ICU problems. If you think something is missing, let me know and I can try to add it.
Please feel encouraged to freely reproduce anything that I've created with attribution (that is, everything except graphics/videos which I've attributed to other authors). Images are already tagged with attribution, so you can easily drop them into presentations or blogs (example below).
The way that we construct knowledge in medicine is changing. Many icons of medical knowledge have quietly fallen by the wayside (e.g., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Goodman & Gillman's Pharmacology Textbook). Other resources have sprung up in their place (e.g. UpToDate, Epocrates). Social media has evolved into a powerful force allowing practitioners from around the globe to have ongoing discussions about topics ranging from the mundane to the ridiculous. The pace of new discoveries has accelerated to the point that textbooks re-issued every five years can't possibly keep up.
The IBCC is created in the spirit of this new, bustling international knowledge marketplace. My goal isn't to always be right (which is clearly impossible) but rather to listen and evolve in response to comments and discussion. My hope is that the IBCC will be able to harness the power of FOAMed and ongoing feedback in order to create a book more vibrant and reader-centric than any printed text (the writers of a traditional textbook are trying to satisfy the editor, whereas I'm trying to connect directly with you).
The IBCC is written by Josh Farkas (@PulmCrit). I'm an attending intensivist at the University of Vermont. Although I was trained in pulmonology and critical care, I've worked solely in the ICU for the past five years. At my shop I have the dubious honor of having the smallest office in the hospital and the largest amount of ICU time.
Adam Thomas is collaborating with me to create a podcast which will accompany the IBCC. He is a critical care fellow in British Columbia and cofounder of the CrackCast podcast. After completing my first venture into medical education podcasts, I'm very excited to have this project progress my travels along the Dunning-Kruger pathway to competent and confident practice. I encourage everyone to build upon Josh's tireless efforts creating the IBCC and help engage, discuss, and advance it into a truly high-level, instantly peer-reviewed education platform.
The IBCC podcast will explore key points in each chapter. Initially the release of podcasts may lag a bit behind the chapters for logistic reasons. However, our goal is to eventually have a podcast for each chapter. Subsequently, the podcast will discuss updates to the IBCC based on new evidence.
The PulmCrit blog will continue in its current form. The blog is intended for more in-depth pieces with examination of the literature and an emphasis on new developments. In contrast, the IBCC is intended more for bedside management, with an emphasis on clinically applicable information and rapid readability. Many topics are covered in both formats, allowing you to choose either a more detailed or boiled-down version.
I very rarely change a blog post after it's done, but rather if an update is needed I will write an entirely new post. That model isn't feasible with the IBCC, due to the amount of ground it covers. Therefore, if there is something in the IBCC that is wrong or confusing I will try to fix it immediately. So, if you point out an error, I will thank you for your comment and fix it without delay. This might be a bit confusing at times, because it will create a mis-match between your original comment and the revised text.
Each IBCC chapter will be split onto two webpages. The main chapter contains no comments (so that it loads quickly and is easy to scroll through). This will be linked to a webpage on the PulmCrit RSS feed, which is where comments & discussion about that chapter will be found. This will require a couple of additional clicks, but will make the IBCC faster if you're in a rush.
I am grateful for the support of Scott Weingart, including his designing the technical aspects of this ibook and the EMCrit website. I would also like to acknowledge my parents for tirelessly proofreading it (mom with an emphasis on grammar and physics, dad with an emphasis on Gastroenterology).
I never have conflicts of interest. Opinions expressed in this book are mine alone, they don't necessarily represent those of my institution, colleagues, or other editors of EMCrit.org. Any errors in the podcast are Adam's fault.
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