ALiEM AIR Series | Vascular Module (2025)

Welcome to the AIR Vascular 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 HEENT emergencies in the Emergency Department. 8 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. More specifically, we identified 3 AIR and 5 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 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: Vascular 2025

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMCrit	Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and treatment of low-risk PE	Dr. Josh Farkas	March 5, 2024	AIR
EMCrit	Aortic dissection	Dr. Josh Farkas	September 28, 2024	AIR
EMDocs	Acute chest syndrome	Dr. Rachel Bridwell	June 27, 2024	AIR
EMCrit	Approach to chest pain	Dr. Josh Farkas	January 15, 2024	HM
Rebel EM	Don’t forget the IO in the critically ill patient	Dr. Kristen Wiley	April 29, 2024	HM
RCEMlearning	Cervical artery dissection	Dr. Jason Louis	January 22, 2024	HM
CanadiEM	Is IO cannulation an underutilized method of emergency vascular access	Dr. Ming Li	October 15, 2024	HM
PedEM Morsels	Kounis syndrome	Dr. Christyn Magill	March 22, 2023	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