ALiEM AIR Series | Ortho Upper Extremity 2022 Module

Welcome to the AIR Orthopedic Upper Extremity Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to Orthopedic Upper Extremity emergencies in the Emergency Department. 3 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 1 AIR and 2 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 2 hours (about 40 minutes per article) 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.

Take the AIR Ortho Upper Extremity Quiz at ALiEMU

Interested in taking the AIR quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account.

Highlighted Quality Posts: Ortho Upper Extremity Emergencies

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMDocs	Finger Amputation	Christopher J. Nelson, MD	21 May 2022	AIR
ALiEM	Point Tender	Justine Ko, MD; M. Terese Whipple, MD; Alexander J. Tomesch, MD	23 May 2022	HM
Peds EM Morsels	Nail Bed Lacerations	Christyn Magill, MD	3 Sep 2021	HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index.

Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

By Chris Belcher, MD|2023-01-10T04:08:14-08:00Jan 13, 2023|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series)|

ALiEM AIR Series | Cutaneous 2022 Module

Welcome to the AIR Cutaneous Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to cutaneous emergencies in the Emergency Department. 6 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 0 AIR and 6 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 3 hours (about 30 minutes per article) 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.

Take the AIR Cutaneous Quiz at ALiEMU

Interested in taking the AIR quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account.

Highlighted Quality Posts: Cutaneous Emergencies

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMDocs	Tattoo related complications in the ED	Nathan LaDeaux, MD and Benjamin Schnapp, MD	5/9/22	HM
EMDocs	EM@3AM: Herpes Zoster	Elizabeth Adams, MD and Samuel Parnell, MD	3/26/22	HM
RCEM Learning	Burns	Jonathan Matthews, Rajan Atwal	11/02/21	HM
RCEM Learning	Common Childhood Exanthems	Maya Naravi	7/6/21	HM
EMCrit	Anaphylaxis	Josh Farkas, MD	8/5/21	HM
Peds EM Morsels	Pediatric Ramsay Hunt Syndrome	Sean Fox, MD	6/17/22	HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index.

Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

By Chris Belcher, MD|2023-01-10T03:33:28-08:00Jan 10, 2023|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series), Dermatology|

ALiEM AIR Series | OB/Gyn 2021 Module

Welcome to the AIR OB/Gyn Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to OB/Gyn emergencies in the Emergency Department. 8 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 2 AIR and 6 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4 hours (about 30 minutes per article) 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.

Take the AIR OB/Gyn Quiz at ALiEMU

Interested in taking the OB/Gyn quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account.

Highlighted Quality Posts: OB/Gyn Emergencies

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
ALiEM	Doxycycline vs Azithromycin: 2020 CDC Guideline update	Kory London, MD	13 Jan 2021	AIR
emDOCs	Eclampsia in the ED	Kyrra Engle, ScM, Alessandra Della Porta,Zoe Kornberg, MD, MPH, Kasha Bornstein	24 May 2021	AIR
RebelEM	Respiratory failure and airway management in the pregnant patient	Marina Boushra, MD	31 Dec 2020	HM
RebelEM	Postpartum Hemorrhage	Anand Swaminathan, MD	11 Nov 2020	HM
emDOCs	Pelvic Ultrasound	Diana Halloran, MD and Matthew R Klein, MD, MPH	14 Jul 2021	HM
emDOCs	Disseminated Gonococcal Infection	Yenimar Ventura, MD; Muhammad Waseem, MD, MS	17 May 2021	HM
emDOCs	Non-Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding	Emily Guy, MD and Julie T. Vieth, MBChB	18 Jan 2021	HM
emDOCs	ED Evaluation and Management of Non-Obstetric Abdominal Pain in the Pregnant Patient	Marina Boushra, MD	6 Dec 2020	HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index.

Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

By Chris Belcher, MD|2022-02-20T00:59:09-08:00Nov 29, 2021|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series)|

ALiEM AIR Series | Vascular 2021 Module

Welcome to the AIR Vascular Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to vascular emergencies in the Emergency Department. 9 blog posts met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 3 AIR and 6 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 4.5 hours (about 30 minutes per article) 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.

Take the AIR Vascular Quiz at ALiEMU

Interested in taking the Vascular quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account.

Highlighted Quality Posts: Vascular Emergencies

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMDocs	Blunt CVI	Simon Sarkisian, DO and Zach Sletten, MD	4 Jan 2021	AIR
EMDocs	CVT	Tony Spadaro, MD and Kevin Scott, MD	21 Sep 2020	AIR
EMDocs	Aortic Dissection	Drew Long, MD	17 Aug 2020	AIR
EMDocs	Difficult Vascular Access	Richard Cunningham, MD and Geoffrey Comp, DO	27 Jan 2021	HM
PedsEM morsels	Traumatic Vertebral Artery Dissection	Sean Fox, MD	16 Apr 2021	HM
PedsEM morsels	Blunt CVI	Sean Fox, MD	15 Jan 2021	HM
Rebel EM	Rebel Core: Superficial Venous Thrombosis	Anand Swaminathan, MD	24 Feb 2021	HM
Rebel EM	Rebel Core: AAA	Anand Swaminathan, MD	10 Feb 2021	HM
Rebel EM	Blunt CVI	Salim Rezaie, MD	28 Dec 2020	HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index.

Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

By Chris Belcher, MD|2022-02-20T00:59:45-08:00Sep 26, 2021|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series)|

ALiEM AIR Series | Environmental 2021 Module

Welcome to the AIR Environmental Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to environmental emergencies in the Emergency Department. 6 blog posts within the past 12 months (as of January 2021) met our standard of online excellence and were curated and approved for residency training by the AIR Series Board. We identified 3 AIR and 3 Honorable Mentions. We recommend programs give 3 hours (about 30 minutes per article) 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.

Take the AIR Environmental quiz at ALiEMU

Interested in taking the environmental quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a free, 1-time login account.

Highlighted Quality Posts: Environmental Emergencies

Site	Article	Author	Date	Label
EMDocs	Mammalian Bites: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management	Erin Rizzo, MD and Jaryd Zummer, MD	October 12, 2020	AIR
EMDocs	ToxCard: Riot Control Agents	Elissabeth Hagler, MD and Kathryn Kopec, DO	June 23, 2020	AIR
EMOttawa	Hypothermia: Keeping your cool when it gets cold	Mark McKinney, MD	March 5, 2020	AIR
EMDocs	EM@3AM: Heat Stroke	Sofia Rodriguez, DO	August 29, 2020	HM
EMDocs	ToxCard: Caustic Eye Injuries	Elizabeth Olson, MD and Christine Murphy, MD	February 4, 2020	HM
EMDocs	EM@3AM: Hypothermia	McKenna Furgurson, MD	December 19, 2020	HM

(AIR = Approved Instructional Resource; HM = Honorable Mention)

If you have any questions or comments on the AIR series, or this AIR module, please contact us! More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index.

Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series! We are thrilled to partner with both on shaping the future of medical education.

By Chris Belcher, MD|2021-03-23T12:59:41-07:00Apr 9, 2021|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series)|

AIR-Pro Series: Critical Care (part 2) Module

Welcome to the Critical Care (Part 2) Block!

Below we have listed our selection of the highest quality posts related to 4 advanced level questions on critical care topics posed, curated, and approved for senior residents by the AIR-Pro Series Board. The blogs relate to the following questions:

Advanced ventilatory management
Submassive pulmonary embolism management
Hypotensive intubation
End of life discussion

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-Pro stamp of approval will only be given to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥28 points (out of 35 total), based on our AIR-Pro scoring instrument, which is slightly different from our original AIR Series scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR-Pro Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased and useful to senior residents. Only the posts with the AIR-Pro stamp of approval will be part of the quiz needed to obtain III credit. To decrease the repetitive nature of posts relating to these advanced concepts, we did not always include every post found that met the score of ≥28 points.

Take the quiz at ALiEMU
ALiEMU AIR-Pro Critical Care (Part 2) block quiz

Interested in taking the quiz for fun or asynchronous (Individualized Interactive Instruction) credit? Please go to the above link. You will need to create a one-time login account if you haven’t already.

Highlighted AIR-Pro posts

Article Title	Author	Date	Link	Title
Taking ownership of the ventilator	Evan Miller & Maxim Dzeba	April 21, 2016	EM Docs: Ventilator management	AIR-PRO
Mechanical ventilation in ARDS: 2014 update	Matthew Hoffman	May 12, 2014	PulmCCM: Mechanical Ventilation	AIR-PRO
Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolism	Chris Nickson	Jan 7, 2016	LITFL: Thrombolysis for submassive PE	AIR-PRO
Controversies of thrombolytics for pulmonary embolism	Brit Long	May 28, 2016	EM Docs: Controversies in thrombolytics	AIR-PRO
How to intubate a patient with hypotension	Scott Weingart	Aug 5, 2013	EM Crit: Hemodynamic kills	AIR-PRO
Intubating the critically ill patient	Zach Radwine	Jan 6, 2014	EM Docs: Intubating the critically ill	AIR-PRO
DNR means do not treat… and other end of life care myths	Ashley Shreves	Aug 2014	EP Monthly: DNR means do not treat	AIR-PRO
Dominating the vent: Part 1	Scott Weingart	May 24, 2010	EM Crit: Dominating the vent (1)	Honorable Mention
Dominating the vent: Part 2	Scott Weingart	June 1, 2010	EM Crit: Dominating the vent (2)	Honorable Mention
Pulmonary embolism treatment options	Scott Weingart & Oren Friedman	July 14, 2014	EM Crit: Pulmonary Embolism	Honorable Mention
Critical care palliation	Scott Weingart & Ashley Shreves	Feb 18, 2013	EM Crit: Critical care palliation	Honorable Mention

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us!

By Fareen Zaver, MD|2017-03-05T14:18:45-08:00Jul 5, 2016|Approved Instructional Resources PRO (AIR-Pro Series), Critical Care/ Resus|

AIR Series and AIR-Pro Series are moving to ALiEMU!

The ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Pro series are moving from this ALiEM blog, which uses embedded Google Forms for quizzes into our custom learning management system called ALiEMU. ALiEMU will be our one-stop system for asynchronous learning. For U.S. EM residency programs, this will also serve as a central repository for Individualized Interactive Instruction (III) resources for asynchronous conference credit. The cornerstone e-course already on ALiEMU is CAPSULES — a comprehensive EM pharmacology curriculum, whose authorship and editorial team is led by Dr. Bryan Hayes.

For the AIR and AIR-Pro series, we have over 80 U.S. EM residency programs, 4 international EM programs, and 1 PA program using either or both of these series as a part of their didactic curriculum. With over one year’s worth of educational content, we now want to make the user experience more friendly such that one can longitudinally track progress, and programs and easily report their residents’ total III hours for the academic year to the Residency Review Committee (RRC).

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-01-28T21:40:00-08:00Jul 1, 2016|Approved Instructional Resources (AIR series), Approved Instructional Resources PRO (AIR-Pro Series), Social Media & Tech|