Welcome to the AIR Respiratory 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 respiratory emergencies. 8 blog posts within the past 12 months (as of November 2019) met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 2 AIR and 6 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 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: Respiratory Emergencies
Article | Author(s) | Date | Label |
Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury | Josh Farkas, MD | August 19, 2019 | AIR |
Commentary on the New Pneumonia Guidelines | Josh Farkas, MD | October 19, 2019 | AIR |
Guideline Review: 2018 IDSA Update on Influenza | Michelle Lin, MD | November 1, 2019 | HM |
Emergency Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia | Anton Helman, MD | September 25, 2019 | HM |
Community Acquired Pneumonia | Brit Long, MD | October 2, 2019 | HM |
Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation | Joe Ravera, MD and Skyler Lentz, MD | January 2, 2019 | HM |
Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury: 2019 Outbreak | Pablo Zertuche, MD | October 10, 2019 | HM |
Vaping Associated Lung Disease | Justin Morgernstern, MD | September 11, 2019 | HM |
(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)
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