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.
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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)
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