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Welcome class of 2026! We’re so excited to start working and learning with you! 🎉🎉😊

Please join us in congratulating the 2023-2024 Rez EM Chief Residents: Drs Julie Patel, Thomas Topalis, and Sydni Y…

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🚨#EMboubd #medstudents Chicago EM programs are putting together socials for you to learn more about our programs, a…

RT @MuslimWiEM: 🩺 P A N E L I S T S 🩺 We are excited to reveal the panel for our BIGGEST medical student event of the year! Don’t…

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Our EM PGY-3’s at ACEP SimWars! #MedTwitter #EmergencyMedicine #EMbound #MedStudent

RT @emresidents: #EMRASimWars is today! (Sunday) Watch these teams compete in one of the most educational, fun events this week. Com…
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Had a wonderful time at 8th Annual #WindyCityEM conference. Great hearing cases that have helped shape and improve…
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🚨#EMbound #medstudents : Our next Zoom info session is 9/20 7-8pm! Come learn about our Ultrasound training and fel…
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RT @emresidents: #EMBound, we loved hosting you at the #EMRAResidencyFair. Let’s continue the momentum next week with an…
RT @wandering_er: I made this quick infographic for our residents last month going over different types of access during resuscitatio…
Another retreat in the books! Thanks to our resident run wellness committee for organizing an amazing time to bond…
RT @EMToxRx: Another successful Chicagoland EM Pharmacist Meet-Up. This time to welcome our 2022-2023 EM PGY-2 residents and rec…

Asynchronous Curriculum:

Trauma

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 6 Shock
Rosen’s Ch 33 Multiple Traumas
Rosen’s Ch 34 Head Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 36 Spinal Injuries
Rosen’s Ch 37 Neck Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 38 Thoracic Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 39 Abdominal Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 40 Genitourinary Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 41 Peripheral Vascular Injury
Rosen’s Ch 165 Pediatric Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 182 Trauma in Pregnancy
Rosen’s Ch 184 Geriatric Trauma
Rosen’s Ch 193 Weapons of Mass Destruction

FOAMed Resources:

Core EM: Orbital Blow-out Fractures
Core EM: Maisonneuve Fractures
Core EM: Traumatic Arthrotomy
EmDocs: TRALI and Other Resuscitative Complications
EmDocs: Rib Fracture Management
IBCC: Carbon Monoxide
RebelEM Graphic: Extremity Arterial Injury
Chest Tube Insertion Tips by Omar
Chest Tube Insertion Tutorial

Podcasts:

Burns: Approach to Burns (Use your EM:RAP login)
IBCC: Carbon Monoxide
Trauma ICU Rounds: REBOA
Trauma ICU Rounds: ECMO in Shock

Videos:

Lateral Canthotomy
EMRAP HD: Chest Tube

Derm

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 52 Wound Management Principles
Rosen’s Ch 110 Dermatologic Presentations

Podcasts:

Internet Book of Critical Care: Line infections
EMRAP: Crunch Time Skin

FOAMed Resources:

Core EM: Necrotizing Skin Infections
5-minute Sono: Cellulitis vs Abscess
POCUS Atlas: SSTI
EmDocs: Stevens Johnson Syndrome & TEN
Foundations of EM: Visual Guide to Rashes
EMRAP Video

OB-GYN

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 30 Acute Pelvic Pain
Rosen’s Ch 31 Vaginal Bleeding
Rosen’s Ch 90 Selected Gynecologic Disorders
Rosen’s Ch 178 Acute Complications of Pregnancy
Rosen’s Ch 179 Co-morbid Medical Emergencies During Pregnancy
Rosen’s Ch 180 Drug Therapy in Pregnancy
Rosen’s Ch 181 Labor and Delivery and Their Complications
Rosen’s Ch 182 Trauma in Pregnancy

FOAMed Resources:

PID/STDs
Preeclampsia/HELLP
Resuscitative Hysterectomy
Ovarian Torsion
Shoulder Dystocia
US Review (FHR)
US Review (Gestational Age)

Podcasts:

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Non-Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding
Acute Pelvic Pain in Women
Vaginal Bleeding
Ectopic Pregnancy Pitfalls in Diagnosis

Psych

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 100 Thought Disorders
Rosen’s Ch 101 Mood Disorders
Rosen’s Ch 102 Anxiety Disorders
Rosen’s Ch 104 Factitious Disorders and Malingering

FOAMed Resources:

IBCC ICU Delirium
Droperidol is Back
Assessing Suicide Risk in the ED
Psych Medications in the ED
Management of Boarding Psych Patient
Eating Disorders Corependium

ENT

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 17 Headache
Rosen’s Ch 18 Diplopia
Rosen’s Ch 19 Painful Red Eye
Rosen’s Ch 20 Sore Throat

Additional Suggested Rosen’s Chapters:

Rosen’s Ch 1 Airway
Rosen’s Ch 60 Oral Medicine
Rosen’s Ch 61 Ophthalmology
Rosen’s Ch 62 Otolaryngology

FOAMed Resources:

Airway Emergencies

Dental Emergencies

Throat Emergencies

Other

Toxicology

Rosen’s Required Readings:

Rosen’s Ch 140 Substance Abuse
Rosen’s Ch 142 Alcohol Related Disease
Rosen’s Ch 145 Anticholinergics
Rosen’s Ch 146 Antidepressants
Rosen’s Ch 148 Caustics
Rosen’s Ch 153 Inhaled Toxins

FOAMed Resources:

General toxicology review

Acetaminophen Toxicity

ASA & NSAID Toxicity:

Lithium Toxicity

Opioids

Other Tox

Toxic Alcohols

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