Welcome to the AIR Toxicology Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to toxicology emergencies. 11 blog posts within the past 12 months (as of March 2020) met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 1 AIR and 10 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 5.5 hours (about 30 minutes per article) 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: Toxicology Emergencies
| Site | Article | Author | Date | Label |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | In the beginning | Diane Callelo, MD | 6 Jun 2019 | AIR |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | Sugar vs squeeze in cardiotoxic poisonings | Jon Cole, MD and Megan Spyres, MD | 2 Dec 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | pH in salicylate overdose | Dan Rusyniak, MD | 30 Apr 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | We need to talk about charcoal | David Juurlink MD/PhD | 2 Dec 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | Color me blue | Christine Murphy, MD | 21 Oct 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | Don’t wernicke’s, B(1) happy | Megan Spyres, MD | 7 Oct 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | Not all gas is funny | Jeanna Marraffa, PharmD | 2 Oct 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (The Tox and the Hound) | Fear and loathing in alcohol withdrawal | Jeff Lapoint, DO | 24 Jun 2019 | HM |
| EMCrit (PulmCrit) | Alcohol withdrawal | Josh Farkas, MD | 18 Jul 2019 | HM |
| EmDocs | One taste/pill can kill | Nikki Richardson, MD and Kathryn Kopec, DO | 5 Dec 2019 | HM |
| Peds EM Morsels | Octreotide for sulfonylureas toxicity | Sean Fox, MD | 23 Aug 2019 | HM |
(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)
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From the ALiEM AIR Executive Board and ALiEMU Team
- Bryant Allen
- Farhad Aziz
- Jeremy Branzetti
- Hari Bhatt
- Chris Belcher
- Adam Evans
- Sean Fox
- Chris Gaafary
- Andrew Grock
- Jacob Hennings
- Jaime Jordan
- Nikita Joshi
- Jay Khadpe
- Steven Lai
- Michelle Lin
- Allie Min
- Eric Morley
- Lynn Roppolo
- Matthew Rosen
- Kaushal Shah
- Anand Swaminathan
- Wes Trueblood
- Natasha Wheaton
- David Yang
Chris Belcher, MD
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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