Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Links
Clinical Resources | Emergency Medicine Organizations | EM Procedure Videos | EKG Tutorials
Clinical Resources
Epocrates Online - just like the PDA version, but on your browser
MicroMedex - good pharmacopeia, with excellent toxicology information
The EM Intern Survival Guide - from Christ Advocate by Dr. Sudip Bose
Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide - excellent antibiotic reference web site
eMedicine (EM) - eMedicine Online EM textbooks
VisualDx - great way to diagnose dermatologic emergencies
Wheeless'
Textbook of Orthopaedics - online orthopedics text
ACEP Clinical Policies
- outlines standard management for various disease processes, perhaps even
the standard of care
Joint
Commission Pneumonia Consensus Recommendations
Emergency Medicine Organizations
ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians ) - emergency medicine's premier specialty society formed in 1969 with more than 21,000 members
EMRA (Emergency Medicine Residents' Association) - an independent organization that serves the interests of residents and medical students, with more than 8000 members
TNCEP (Tennessee College of Emergency Physicians) - Tennessee 's chapter of ACEP
SAEM (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) - an organization dedicated to emergency medicine's academic environment in research, education, and health policy
AAEM (American Academy of Emergency Medicine) - a democratic specialty society of Emergency Medicine.
ABEM (American Board of Emergency Medicine) - one of twenty-four specialty boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties
Emergency Medicine Book Lists
Residency book list - compilation of some good EM books for residents, posted on Amazon
EMRA/ACEP
bookstore - books discounted for EMRA members
Emergency
Medicine E-books - list of e-books available for sale from ebooks.com
Emergency Medicine Journals (Impact Factor)
Annals of Emergency Medicine (3.755) - Official Journal of ACEP
Academic Emergency Medicine (2.46) - Official Journal of SAEM
Journal of Emergency Medicine (0.778) - Official Journal of AAEM
Emergency Medicine Decision Rules
PORT score (Pneumonia Severity Index)
NEXUS criteria for c-spine imaging
San Francisco Syncope Guidelines (CHESS)
Wells PE Risk stratification criteria
Modified
Geneva Score for PE
TIMI UA/NSTEMI
Score
Kocher Prediction Rules for Pediatric Septic Hip
Medical Calculators
Sodium correction in hyperglycemia
Free water deficit in hypernatremia
Parkland
Formula for burns
Pregnancy Wheel/Calculator
Emergency Medicine Procedure Videos (# needed per RRC)
Adult medical resuscitation (45)
Adult trauma resuscitation (35)
ED Bedside ultrasound
EM Sono - costs $80/6-weeks or $249/year for residents
UC Fresno EM Ultrasound teaching files
Sonosite Learning Video Package - $25 for 3 videos
Sonoguide - great ultrasound guide for emergency physicians
Emergency Ultrasound Course - Online and Onsite learning
Cardiac pacing (6)
Central venous access (20)
Chest tubes (10)
Procedural sedation (15)
Cricothyrotomy (3)
Dislocation reduction (10)
Intubations (35)
Intubation videos from theairwaysite.com
Lumbar Puncture (15)
UCSF
video
Pediatric medical resuscitation (15)
Pediatric trauma resuscitation (10)
Pericardiocentesis (3)
Vaginal delivery (10)
others:
Arthrocentesis of knee
Basic splinting techniques
Ottawa Emergency Medicine video
Basic laceration repair
Arterial line
Slit Lamp Use
Ottawa
Emergency Medicine video
Youtube also has many videos, of variable
quality, on various procedures
EKG Tutorials
Emergency Radiology
University of Virginia Radiology Tutorial - excellent radiology resource. Read, in particular, the skeletal, head, abdomen, and chest sections
Learning
Radiology.com -- check out their videocasts
too
Wayne State
Radiology Teaching Files
Thank you to Mike Murphy, MD for taking the time to compile this list of ED links.