ALiEM AIR Series | Ortho Spine Module (2026)

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Welcome to the AIR Ortho Spine Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 11 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to orthopedic spine emergencies in the Emergency Department. 6 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 2 AIR and 4 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 3 hours of III credit for this module.

AIR Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR stamp of approval is awarded only to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥30 points (out of 35 total), based on our scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased, and appropriately referenced despite an average score.

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Highlighted Quality Posts: Ortho Spine 2026

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMCrit	Spinal Cord	Dr. Josh Farkas	March 4, 2026	AIR
EMCrit	Spinal Epidural Abscess (SEA)	Dr. Josh Farkas	January 5, 2026	AIR
emDocs	EM@3AM: Cervical Myelopathy	Drs. Derick Sanchez and Michael Cirone	January 10, 2026	HM
St Emlyn’s Blog	Early Blood Pressure Targets in Acute Spinal Cord Injury	Dr. Simon Carley	January 17, 2026	HM
The SGEM	SGEM#483: Electricity – TENS Units for Treating Back Pain	Dr. Wm. Ken Milne	August 23, 2025	HM
RCEMLearning	Spinal Injuries in Children	Dr. Liz Herrieven	July 29, 2025	HM