Emergency Medicine: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: Initial Assessments	Foundations of Physical Examination and History Taking	Review the entire text
	A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine	Read all the sections on history taking and the physical exam

Module 1: Lesson 2: Immediate Life-Threatening Conditions	Recognizing life-threatening emergencies	Read the entire text.
	The recognition of a sick patient	Read the entire text.

Module 1: Lesson 3: Patient Management Skills	A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine: Clinical Decision Making	Read the entire text

Module 1: Lesson 4: Health Promotion	Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion	Read the entire text
	5 Tips for Generating Patient Satisfaction and Compliance	Read the entire text

Module 2: Lesson 1: Humanistic Qualities	Interprofessional Education	Go through the entire module
	Being Patient-Centred	Read this section only
	Patient-Doctor Communication	Read the entire text

Module 2: Lesson 2: Presentation Skills	A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine: Overview and General Information about Oral Presentation	Read the entire text

Module 2: Lesson 3: Medical Record Documentation	Case Write-Ups	Read the entire text
	Good Practices Guide: Documentation	Read this web page and then the content of all the sections found under the heading titled "Documentation" located on the left side of the web page. Then, review the two eLearning activities found at the bottom of the section titled "Importance of medical records" if you are interested.
	Documentation Review Addiction Counselor Exam	Watch the entire video. (78 minutes)

Module 2: Lesson 4: Information Technology	Making Information Technology a Team Player	Read this article about using information technology in clinical practice
	Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors?	Read this article to learn more about whether and how electronic documentation can prevent diagnostic errors
	Can Emergency Medicine Residents Reliably Use the Internet to Answer Clinical Questions?	Read this article to learn about whether clinicians should rely on Internet to answer clinical questions in the emergency department
	Evidence Search and Rescue	Review the different sections in this module on using information technology to complete literature searches. Use the links if your institution provides access to the search engines; otherwise, just review the concepts.

Module 2: Lesson 5: Work Ethic	Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician's Charter	Read the entire text

Module 2: Lesson 6: Ethical Decision-making	Clinical Ethics and Law	Read all the sections on law and ethics, and review cases 1 and 2

Module 2: Lesson 7: Professional Behavior	The Practice Guide	Read the text.
	Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician's Charter	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 1: Cardiovascular Diseases and Presentations	CDEM - Cardiac Arrest	Read the entire text
	Chest Pain	Read the entire text.
	Chest Pain - Merck Manual	Read the entire text
	Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.	Read the entire web page.
	Acute Coronary Syndromes	Read the entire text
	Congestive Heart Failure	Read the entire text
	Thoracic Aortic Dissection	Read the entire text
	Pulmonary Embolus	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 2: Gastrointestinal Diseases and Presentations	Abdominal Pain	Read the entire text
	Acute Abdomen	Please read the entire text.
	GI Bleed	Read the entire text
	Appendicitis.	Read the entire text
	Biliary Disease	Read the entire text
	Small Bowel Obstruction	Read the entire text
	Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding	Read the entire text
	Mesenteric Ischemia	Read the entire text
	Perforated Viscus	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 3: Environmental Diseases and Presentations	Poisonings	Read the entire text
	Burns and Smoke Inhalation	Read the entire text
	Envenomation	Read the entire text
	Heat Related Illness	Read the entire text
	Hypothermia.	Read the entire text
	Drowning.	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 4: Psychiatric Related Diseases and Presentations	Altered Mental Status.	Read the entire text
	The Agitated Patient	Read the entire text
	Suicidal Patient	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 5: Headache	Headache	Read the entire text.
	Approach to the Patient With Headache	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 6: Respiratory Diseases and Presentations	The Approach to Respiratory Distress	Read the entire text
	Asthma.	Read the entire text
	COPD.	Read the entire text
	Pneumonia .	Read the entire text
	Pneumothorax .	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 7: Shock, Sepsis and Trauma	Shock .	Read the entire text
	Trauma .	Read the entire text.
	Stanford Trauma Service Housestaff Manual (copy)	Read pages 3 to 10
	Sepsis .	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 8: Endocrine and Electrolyte Diseases	Hyperglycemia	Read the entire text
	Hyperkalemia .	Read the entire text
	Hypoglycemia .	Read the entire text
	Thyroid Storm	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 9: Genitourinary Diseases	Ectopic Pregnancy	Read the entire text
	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Tubo-ovarian Abscess	Read the entire text
	Ovarian Torsion	Read the entire text
	Testicular Torsion	Read the entire text

Module 3: Lesson 10: Neurologic Diseases	Ischemic Stroke	Read the entire text
	Intracranial Hemorrhage	Read the entire text
	Meningitis & Encephalitis	Read the entire text
	Seizure & Status Epilepticus	Read the entire text

Module 4: Lesson 1: Access	IV access	Go through this entire module
	Blood Collection: Routine Ventipuncture and Specimen Handling
	Intraosseous Access	Review only the sections regarding intraosseous access.
	Pediatric intraosseous access
	Intraosseous Access with EZ IO Drill	Please watch the entire video.
	Central Line Insertion	Read the checklist
	Indications for Central Line Placement	Read the entire text

Module 4: Lesson 2: Airway Management	Airway Establishment and Control	Review Table 1
	Basic Airway Management	Go through this entire module
	Airway .	Please click the link provided and review the entire page.
	Oropharyngeal Airway	Please watch the entire video.
	Nasopharyngeal Airway	Please watch the entire video.
	Supraglottic Airway Devices	Read the 4 sections labeled: Clinical Use of Supraglottic Airway Devices Complications of Supraglottic Airway Devices Contraindications for Use of Supraglottic Airway Devices Tips and Tricks for Successful Use of Supraglottic Airway Devices
	Advanced Airway Management	Go through this entire module

Module 4: Lesson 3: Arrhythmia Management	Cardiac Monitoring	Review the chart for cardiac monitoring lead placement
	ECG Interpretation: How to Obtain a Good Quality ECG	Read the entire text
	Analysis and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram	Go through this entire module
	Part 6: Electrical Therapies: Automated External Defibrillators, Defibrillation, Cardioversion, and Pacing	Review section on AEDs
	Ventricular Tachycardia	Read the entire text
	Ventricular Fibrillation	Read the entire text
	Part 6: Electrical Therapies: Automated external defibrillators, Defibrillation, Cardioversion and Pacing	Review the section on defibrillation
	How To Do CPR - Adult	Read the webpage to learn how to perform chest compressions. For supplemental learning, view the image.

Module 4: Lesson 4: Nasogastric Intubation	Nasogastric Tube Insertion	Read the entire text

Module 4: Lesson 5: GU Catheterization	Urinary Catheterization	Go through the entire module

Module 4: Lesson 6: Orthopedic	Overview of Musculoskeletal Injuries	Read the entire text
	Overview of Dislocations	Read the entire text
	Cast Application	Go through the module up to Step 10

Module 4: Lesson 7: Infection: Incision and Drainage	Abscess Incision and Drainage	Read the entire text

Module 4: Lesson 8: Trauma Management	Trauma .	Read the section on primary survey
	Prehospital Use of Cervical Collars in Trauma Patients: A Critical Review	Read the entire article
	Ultrasound in Abdominal Trauma	Read pages 1 to 5 only

Module 4: Lesson 9: Wound Care	Basic Suturing and Wound Management: Wound considerations	Read this section only
	Regional Anesthesia for Office Procedures: Part I. Head and Neck Surgeries	Read the section on local anesthetics and local infiltration
	Basic Suturing and Wound Management: Wound antisepsis and sterile technique	Read this section only
	Management of Foreign Bodies in the Skin	Read the section Investigating for Possible Foreign Body
	Basic Suturing and Wound Management	Go through the rest of this module, reading the text and watching the videos. Note: Parts of this module were already read ("Wound considerations" and "Wound antisepsis and sterile technique").
	Wound Treatment	Read the section on suture removal

Module 5: Lesson 1: Referrals	Evaluation of Patients’ Referral Causes to the Emergency Department	Read the entire document
	Recommendations for Emergency Departments Caring for Persons with Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorders: An Integrative Review	Read the following sections: (15 minutes) - Introduction - Discussion

Module 5: Lesson 3: Costs in the Emergency Department	Do emergency physicians know the costs of medical care?	Download the PDF version of the article by clicking on the appropriate link. Then, review the tables on pages 3 and 4. Note that these are estimates in Canadian hospitals.

Module 5: Lesson 4: Follow-Up Plans	Components of Re-Engineered Discharge (RED)	Read the entire text

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