Free eBook Announcement: Emergency Medicine Resident Simulation Curriculum for Pediatrics (EM ReSCu Peds)

The Emergency Medicine Resident Simulation Curriculum for Pediatrics (EM ReSCu Peds) is here! This free ebook contains 16 EM resident-tested, peer reviewed cases covering essential pediatric content identified through a robust modified Delphi process [1] with experts across the United States. Each chapter contains robust supporting materials to help educators prepare, execute, and debrief cases with residents at every level to help supplement the clinical experience.

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A National Collaborative Effort

Cases were created and iteratively peer reviewed by members of 10 organizations represented in a national collaborative of EM, PEM, and simulation experts. Participating organizations included:

American Academy of Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Emergency Physicians
Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors
Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association
International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, & Education
International Pediatric Simulation Society
Pediatric Trauma Society
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Society for Simulation in Healthcare

In total, EM and PEM physicians from 44 institutions participated in the development process of this educational resource aimed at preparing EM residents to care for critically ill children.

Reference

Mitzman J, Bank I, Burns RA, et al. A Modified Delphi Study to Prioritize Content for a Simulation-based Pediatric Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs. AEM Educ Train. 2019;4(4):369-378. Published 2019 Dec 12. doi:10.1002/aet2.10412

By Michelle Lin, MD|2021-01-09T11:52:36-08:00Jan 12, 2021|Pediatrics, Simulation|

SAEM Clinical Image Series: What Lies Beneath?

A 35-year-old male with a history of diabetes and pericarditis, status post pericardiectomy 3 years ago, presented with a painful lesion on his anterior chest wall. One month prior, the patient reported a bump at his sternotomy scar base which extruded a piece of suture when squeezed and subsequently healed. Two days ago, the patient developed diffuse right-sided chest pain. During the past 24 hours, an enlarging, erythematous, painful, non-draining lesion developed at the base of his scar. He reports subjective fever. He denies shortness of breath, exertional chest pain, nausea, and vomiting.

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By Jamie Fried|2021-01-10T20:36:12-08:00Jan 11, 2021|Academic, Infectious Disease, SAEM Clinical Images, Ultrasound|

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Left Ear Mass

A 25-year-old male who was previously healthy presents to the emergency department with a painful left posterior ear mass. The mass began as a “pimple” and has been increasing in size for the last 6 months. He has an associated headache, dizziness, and malaise. He denies fever, trauma, drainage, known insect bite, dysphagia, dyspnea, trismus, and hearing loss. He emigrated to the United States from Honduras 8 months ago. He was seen in the emergency department 4 months prior for a similar complaint, which was diagnosed as lymphadenopathy by point-of-care ultrasound.

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By Gabriela Rivera-Camacho, MD|2026-06-16T16:16:45-07:00Jan 11, 2021|Academic, ENT, Infectious Disease, SAEM Clinical Images|

SplintER Series: We’ve Got A Jumper

A 42-year-old patient is brought in by EMS after jumping off of a two-story building. The primary survey is intact and the secondary survey demonstrates swelling, ecchymosis, and tenderness to the right heel. You obtain foot x-rays and see the following images (Image 1. Lateral view of the right foot. Author’s own images).

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By Ashraf Hussain, MD|2020-12-22T15:07:37-08:00Jan 6, 2021|Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Orthopedic, SplintER|

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Blisters, Bullae, and Badness

A 3-year-old female with a history of epilepsy presents with a rash that began one day ago. The patient started becoming fussy four days ago, saying, “I don’t feel good,” and not wanting to play outside with her siblings or finish her meals. Family noticed the patient rubbing her eyes frequently and crying when she went to the bathroom. She felt warm so they gave her Tylenol and Motrin at home. Yesterday, they noticed a rash was starting to develop with itchy, painful red spots. This morning, the rash progressed to involve some blisters on the face, chest, and back.

Medications include Tylenol, Motrin, and lamotrigine, which was started by her neurologist three weeks ago. Family history is significant for epilepsy on the father’s side of the family.

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By Amanda Gonzalez, MD|2021-01-05T13:23:34-08:00Jan 4, 2021|Academic, SAEM Clinical Images|

SAEM Clinical Image Series: The Hemorrhaging Bifurcated Tongue

A 26-year-old male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department for tongue bleeding for one day. Five days prior he had an elective cosmetic tongue bifurcation completed out-of-state. About two hours prior to arrival, he had been using a swish-and-spit saltwater rinse when he felt a suture break. Ever since he has had copious bleeding, reportedly filling his sink at home with blood. Additionally, he had about 250 milliliters of blood, including large clots, in a container in the emergency department. He denied using any blood thinners. There was no syncope, dizziness, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, pain of the tongue, or numbness of the tongue. He had some difficulty speaking but said it was due to needing to retrain his bifurcated tongue.

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By Maria Dharini Arulraja, MD|2020-12-20T20:16:29-08:00Dec 21, 2020|Academic, Emergency Medicine, ENT, SAEM Clinical Images|

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Shortness of Breath

A 60-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) for respiratory distress. Emergency medical services reports that the patient was in respiratory distress upon arrival, slowly becoming unresponsive en-route. They started the patient on continuous positive airway pressure, but she lost consciousness with oxygen saturation in the thirties and they switched to bag valve mask (BVM) ventilation, which improved saturations up to 100 percent. Narcan was administered without improvement as she was on narcotics following bronchoscopy earlier today at an outside hospital.

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By Najee Abou-Arraj, MD|2021-01-18T19:30:33-08:00Dec 21, 2020|Academic, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary, SAEM Clinical Images|