SAEM Clinical Images Series: Can I Snooze on This Bruise?
The patient is a 21-month-old male with no medical problems who is brought into the Emergency Department with concerns for bruising of the lower extremities and swelling of feet. His parents noticed the patient was walking differently 4 days ago and then noted bruising and edema of his feet bilaterally. They state there has been no known injury or trauma, and at least one of the [+]
ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Where There’s Air, There’s Fire
What chemical substance is used to produce this smoke screen? Cesium Polyvinyl Chloride White Phosphorous Wood Ash [Image from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wikimedia [+]
ALiEM AIR Series | GI Module (2024)
Welcome to the AIR GI 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 [+]
ACMT Visual Pearl: Seabather’s Eruption: The unexpected beach burn
What organism causes seabather’s eruption? Jellyfish Nematodes Portuguese man-of-war Stonefish [Author’s own image] [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Ocular Trauma Following Ground Level Fall
The patient is an 82-year-old female who presents to the Emergency Department after an unwitnessed fall from standing approximately 2 hours prior to arrival. The patient states that she thinks she lost her balance and fell, striking her face. She denies loss of consciousness or any antecedent dizziness or presyncopal symptoms, but has limited recollection of the event. At presentation, she reports pain [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Xylazine Wounds
A 32 year-old male with PMH significant for opioid use disorder, a prior admission in 2021 for left-sided empyema s/p thoracotomy and decortication, gas bacteremia, and tricuspid endocarditis [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Eczema
A 3-year-old male with a history of severe atopic dermatitis presented for facial rash and hand pain. Mom had been applying Aquaphor and Vaseline several times a day. [+]
SAEM Clinical Images Series: Pediatric Forehead Swelling
A 12-year-old male with a history of autism spectrum disorder and chronic sinusitis presented for forehead swelling. His mother reported that she noticed progressive forehead swelling for about [+]
EM Match Advice 39: Mailbag Q&A as a Mid-Interview Season Check-In
The holiday season is soon ending, but the residency interview season is only at the half-way point. Based on your recently submitted questions, you are encountering unforeseen dilemmas about navigating the interview and post-interview season. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this quick Mailbag Q&A episode with Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM Founder/UCSF) and featuring the ever-wise Dr. Matt Pirotte (EM program director at Vanderbilt). We discuss the nuances around: Preference signaling [+]
Reading from the Silver Linings Playbook: The ALiEM Connect Project
It feels like yesterday that we were sheltered-in-place, staring at our computers, wondering, “So now what?” As COVID-19 paused all in-person educational sessions, the early morning residency conference we used to begrudgingly join [+]
How I Work Smarter: Sara Dimeo, MD
One word that best describes how you work? Collaboratively Current mobile device iPhone 11 Pro Computer MacBook Pro What is something you are working on now? The Impact of Digital Badges on Motivation [+]
Bridge to EM Curriculum: Test your learning at ALiEMU
Do you know of a senior Emergency Medicine (EM) medical student about to start internship? We are thrilled to announce that our 8-week, self-paced Bridge to EM learning curriculum has been upgraded with [+]
How I Work Smarter: Drew Kalnow, DO
One word that best describes how you work? Conscientiousness Current mobile device iPhone X Computer MacBook Air What is something you are working on now? InSitu EM Simulation How did you come up with this Idea/Project? Identified the need to improve critical patient care in the ED. This project uses senior residents as resus leaders with the ED critical patient team in one of our ED resus bays. Through this, we improved team communication and [+]
I am Dr. Julianna Jung, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Julianna Jung is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at Johns Hopkins University. She shares an important story about a challenging case, and how its changed her outlook to [+]
I am Dr. Craig Newgard, EM Physician and Researcher: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Craig Newgard is an emergency physician from Portland, Oregon. When he is not in the ED, Dr. Newgard can be found on his mountain bike, conquering the unpredictable trails of his community. Although [+]
I am Dr. Cynthia Griffin, Flight Physician: How I Stay Healthy in EM
Dr. Cynthia Griffin is an emergency physician and flight physician from Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Griffin believes that laughter is the best medicine. When she’s not conquering the ED or saving lives in the [+]
