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ALiEM’s Greatest Hits for Interns: A Curated Collection of High-Yield Topics

greatest hits for interns

Congratulations, you’ve made it! On July 1, thousands of medical students across the country made the transition to becoming Emergency Medicine residents. It was a particularly competitive year for Emergency Medicine, with 99.7% of first-year spots filled despite a whopping 2,047 positions being offered in 2017 (up by 152 spots compared to last year).1 Now begins the most crucial 3 or 4 years of your medical training that will prepare you for the rest of your career in Emergency Medicine.

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2017-07-20T23:22:10-07:00
July 21st, 2017 | Cardiovascular, Critical Care/ Resus, Gastrointestinal, Medical Education, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Tox & Medications, Ultrasound for the Win
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Ultrasound for the Win! 53M with Right Index Finger Swelling #US4TW

Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this case series, we focus on a real clinical case where point-of-care ultrasound changed the management of a patient’s care or aided in the diagnosis. In this case, a 53-year-old man with history of diabetes mellitus presents with right index finger swelling.

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2017-07-31T15:02:10-07:00
July 12th, 2017 | Infectious Disease, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
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Trick: Linear Ultrasound Transducers in Intrauterine Pregnancy Evaluation

Ultrasound in Intrauterine PregnancyThe volume of women presenting to the emergency department (ED) with newly diagnosed first-trimester pregnancies and suspected ectopic pregnancies sometimes seems like an infinitely growing number. As ED physicians, proper identification of an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) in these patients is of paramount importance and the initial imaging test of choice for many has become bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).

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2019-09-10T14:26:10-07:00
June 4th, 2017 | Ob/Gyn, Tricks of the Trade, Ultrasound
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Ultrasound For The Win! – 20F with First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding #US4TW

Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this case series, we focus on a real clinical case where point-of-care ultrasound changed the management of a patient’s care or aided in the diagnosis. In this case, a 20-year-old woman presents with first-trimester vaginal bleeding.

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2017-07-19T00:06:10-07:00
May 15th, 2017 | Ob/Gyn, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
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Ultrasound For The Win! – 46M with Diffuse Abdominal Pain #US4TW

Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this case series, we focus on a real clinical case where point-of-care ultrasound changed the management of a patient’s care or aided in the diagnosis. In this case, a 46-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse presents with diffuse abdominal pain.
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2017-07-19T00:06:16-07:00
February 8th, 2017 | Gastrointestinal, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
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Ultrasound For The Win! Case – 40F with Fever, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath

Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this case series, we focus on a real clinical case where point-of-care ultrasound changed the management of a patient’s care or aided in the diagnosis. In this case, a 40-year-old woman presents with a fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, cough, and generalized weakness.

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2017-07-19T00:06:25-07:00
November 28th, 2016 | Cardiovascular, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for the Win
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