In my 10+ years working in the ED, I’ve come across a few online FOAM resources (Free Open Access Meducation) that are essential to my practice. Inspired by ALiEM’s new How I Work Smarter series, I wanted to share these free tools in the hope that they may help you work smarter too, regardless of what your role is in the emergency management of patients.
Calculations
- GlobalRPh: Includes opioid conversions, corticosteroid equivalents, and phenytoin dosing
- MDCalc: Medical Calculators, Equations, Algorithms, and Scores.
Medication Administration
- Intranasal Medication Delivery
- Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed [from Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)]
Patient Counseling
- How To Use An EpiPen® (Epinephrine) Auto-Injector
- How To Use Epinephrine Injection, USP Auto-Injector (generic version of EpiPen®)
- How To Self Inject Lovenox®
Pharmacology and Medication Therapy
- Capsules [ALiEMU’s free EM Pharmacology Curriculum]
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Concepts
- QT Drugs
Guidelines, Clinical Policies, and Position Statements
- AACT Position Statements [from American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT)]
- ACEP Clinical Policies [from American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)]
- ACMT Position Statements [from American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)]
- IDSA Practice Guidelines [from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)]
- Rabies Information For Doctors [from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]
- STD Treatment Guidelines [from CDC]
EM Pharmacotherapy Guidelines and Position Statements [Resource for ED Rotations from ALiEM]
Drug Shortages and Emergency Pharmacist Resources
- Drug Shortages [from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)]
- Emergency Care Resource Center [from ASHP]
Of course this is not a complete list, but they are the sites I use most frequently. I hope you find utility in them in your day-to-day practice. Please share any non-blog FOAM resources that you use.
Last updated: March 29, 2018