Welcome to the AIR Environmental Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Digital Impact Factor [1], the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to Environmental emergencies in the Emergency Department. 5 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 1 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: Environmental 2025

 

Site Article Author Date Label
EM Ottawa The Deep Freeze: A Review of Frostbite Management Dr. Maria Doubova and Dr. Amanda Mattice November 2, 2023 AIR
EM Ottowa Don’t Sweat It! Heat Related Illness Dr. Steven Sanders July 6, 2023 HM
EMDocs ToxCard: Crotalid Envenomation Part 2 – CroFab vs. AnaVip: What’s the Difference? Dr. Sean Trostel August 31, 2023 HM
Taming the SRU Mastering Minor Care: Dog Bites Dr. Melanie Yates July 12, 2023 HM
Kings County It’s Getting Hot in Here: Exertional Heat Stroke Dr. Esteban Davila February 27, 2024 HM

 

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

 

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Reference

    1. Lin M, Phipps M, Chan TM, et al. Digital Impact Factor: A Quality Index for Educational Blogs and Podcasts in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.02.011, PMID 36967275

Chris Belcher, MD

Chris Belcher, MD

Editor, ALiEM AIR Series
Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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Kaitlin Bowers, DO

Kaitlin Bowers, DO

Lead Editor, ALiEM
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
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