Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

EM Match Advice 44: Approaching your EM Sub-I Clerkship featuring Dr. Jessica Bod (award-winning Clerkship Director from Yale Emergency Medicine Residency) - Fun, informative, thoughtful 🎙️ discussion helping senior EM students.

https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-44-sub-internship-clerskhip/

Co-hosts: Drs. Krzyzaniak and Lin

Trick of the Trade: Ultrarapid adenosine push for SVT with a pressure bag

https://www.ALiEM.com/trick-trade-ultrarapid-adenosine-push-svt-pressure-bag/

A single-syringe approach to administering adenosine by Drs. Oshansky, DeStefano, and Khordipour with short video demonstration.

PEM Pearls: Approach to Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage in Pediatric Patients

https://www.ALiEM.com/pem-pearls-spontaneous-intracranial-hemorrhage-pediatric/

Excellent review of diagnosis and management by Dr. Tabatabai & Murphy

From Collision to Clarity: PECARN cervical spine injury prediction rule for injured children

Not to be outdone by the PECARN head CT imaging rule for blunt trauma, the cervical spine imaging rule has just been published in Lancet. The rule similarly divides groups into high and intermediate risk with the high risk ones needing CT imaging.

Expand this graphic for the full imaging rule guidelines.

https://www.ALiEM.com/pecarn-cervical-spine-injury-prediction-rule-for-injured-children/

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Lye to the Eye

What caustic exposure from the pictured item can lead to ocular injury?

*Acetic Acid
*Hydrofluoric Acid
*Potassium Hydroxide
*Sodium Hydroxide

Read more: https://wp.me/pbmpWa-jVO

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Watt - Ever is that Foreign Body?

Which type of foreign body should be suspected in a child who is drooling and has the following x-ray?

*Button battery
*Coin
*Magnet
*Marble

Read more: https://wp.me/pbmpWa-jS4

PEM POCUS Series: Soft Tissue Ultrasound

https://www.ALiEM.com/pem-pocus-series-soft-tissue-ultrasound/

Great tutorial on cellulitis, abscess, abscess mimickers, foreign body, and necrotizing fasciitis by Dr. Elaine Chiang (Boston Children's/Harvard). Then test your knowledge with the free ALiEMU quiz.

Series editor: Dr. Margaret Lin-Martore (UC San Francisco)

ALiEM AIR Series | Psychosocial Module (2024)

Read the top 3 blog posts and take the free ALiEMU quiz for EM residency conference credit or general life long learning.

https://www.aliem.com/aliem-air-series-psychosocial-module-2024/

Series editor: Dr. Chris Belcher

Hot off the press! The 2nd edition of the Bridge to Emergency Medicine curriculum is published. This 8-week, self-guided, intensive curriculum provides graduating medical students a head-start before starting EM internship. Get started now before the new academic year!

https://www.ALiEM.com/bridge-to-em-curriculum-2nd-edition-released/

Thanks to co-editors, Dr. Andres Lopez and Dr. Christina Shenvi for a stellar resource. Thanks also EMRA for being our exclusive sponsor.

ALiEM AIR Series: Renal Module (2023)

Read the top 5 blog posts and take the free ALiEMU quiz for EM residency conference credit or general life long learning.

https://www.aliem.com/aliem-air-series-renal-module-2023/

Series Editor: Dr. Belcher

EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match

After the shocking number of unfilled positions (553) in 2023, how did we do this year? Drs. Sara Krzyzaniak and Abra Fant provide context to the N**P numbers to help students applying this year. Take a listen!

https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-43-program-directors-reflect-2024-match/

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: The Kitchen Cabinet High

What is the primary toxin in this substance?

Solanine
Myristicin
Lysergic acid amide
Phytolacca toxin

Read more: https://wp.me/pbmpWa-jPh

Top 3 SOAR Blog Posts: Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease
(Systematic Online Academic Resource Review)

https://www.ALiEM.com/top-3-soar-blog-posts-pediatric-respiratory-infectious/

✅ Peer review of 441 blog posts identified 36 high-quality ones by Dr. Joshua Belfer et al.

🏆 Top 3 by Radiopaedia and EM Docs

Pigtail catheter for pleural drainage: Tips to minimize complications

A scary case and an excellent review on how to minimize complications with small-bore tube thoracostomies by Drs. Sandall, Truitt, and Cambron.

https://www.ALiEM.com/pigtail-catheter-pleural-drainage-tips-complications/

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Abdominal Bruising

What could cause this finding three days after ingestion of a concentrated household substance?

*Duodenal ulcer
*Gastric perforation
*Necrotizing enterocolitis
*Post-corrosive acute pancreatitis

Read more: https://www.aliem.com/acmt-abdominal-bruising/

Co***ne for Epistaxis: What is old is new again - How doe it work? How do you apply it? What's the dosing?

https://www.aliem.com/cocaine-epistaxis/

Great review by Dr. Brendan Tarzia from Cooper University Health Care. Expert peer reviewers: Dr. Jessica Pelletier, Dr. Christopher Mitchell

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Red Rash on My Legs

If you saw this rash, what questions might you ask to help your diagnosis?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-red-rash-legs/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: A Bane to Existence

What is the primary cause of death following ingestion of the plant pictured?

*Acute liver failure
*Arrhythmia
*Disseminated intravascular coagulation
*Status epilepticus

Read More: https://wp.me/pbmpWa-jLB

Millions of Muslims around the 🌍 fast during Ramadan 🌙 every year. It’s important to understand the cultural and religious context when caring for the fasting pt in the ED. Check out this oldie but goodie for a good refresh 👇

Caring for the Fasting Patient in the ED As Ramadan comes to a close, Dr's Abubshait and Hagahmed review how to approach the fasting patient in the Emergency Department.

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

Would this physical exam finding make you do a double take? What's on your differential for a diagnosis?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-seeing-double/

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Purple Finger

What would you do to work up a spontaneously bruised finger? Should you do anything?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-purple-finger/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

SAEM Clinical Images: Workout Gone Wrong

What do you see?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-workout-gone-wrong/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Usual Irritated Eye

Eye irritation in the setting of facial rash requires a full eye exam for possible ocular involvement.

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-not-your-usual-irritated-eye/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

PEM POCUS: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound: The ultimate guide for performing this useful exam in children 👧

https://www.aliem.com/pem-pocus-series-pediatric-renal-bladder-ultrasound/

Written by Dr. Philip Sosa and Dr. Maytal Firnberg

Expert expert peer-reviewed by Dr. Margaret Lin-Martore, Dr. Ashkon Shaahinfar, Dr. Aaron Kornblith, and Dr. Lilly Bellman.

Also free assessment quiz at ALiEMU for 2 hours of EM residency conference credit!

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite - By Drs. Ivanov, Alonso, & Seeram

Read more: https://www.aliem.com/acmt-bark-with-some-bite/

Which medication can be derived from the bark of the pictured tree?

*Aspirin
*Atropine
*Colchicine
*Quinine

College of Medical T

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Two Pupils for the Price of One

What's going on in this case of "double pupil?"

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-two-pupils-price-one/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

How to Cite Videos, Podcasts, Apps, Media, and Blogs in a Publication or CV (AMA style 11th edition)

An 🚨 important update by Dr. Jess Mason

https://www.ALiEM.com/cite-videos-podcasts-apps-media-blogs-publication-cv-ama-11th-edition/

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Neonatal Rash

What's on your differential for a pustular rash of the face in a newborn?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-neonatal-rash/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Salt, not Shock - By Drs. Harmon, Sidlak, and Singletary

What agent would most likely be responsible for these ECG findings?

*Cyclobenzaprine
*Digoxin
*Flecainide
*Sotalol

Read more: https://www.aliem.com/acmt-salt-not-shock/

College of Medical Toxicology

SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Ultrasonographic Rabbit Hole

PoCUS can not only help diagnose acute cholecystitis but may also demonstrate associated complications.

What do you see in this case from ?

www.aliem.com/saem-clinical-images-series-ultrasonographic-rabbit-hole/

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)