Curriculum and Didactics

Didactics throughout this rotation will consist of:

In Person Simulation Labs
Foundations of Emergency Medicine (Case based learning) (Virtual, Optional)
Asynchronous Didactics
Resident Conferences (Optional)

With the nature of emergency medicine schedules, it’s challenging for us to be in the same place at the same time. This means that we’ll only be able to have a limited amount of in-person didactics, and likely less that you may have experienced on your other rotations. Asynchronous online content provided here is meant to supplement what we’re able to provide in person, providing material to cover both course objectives and additional high yield topics in emergency medicine.

The information collected below is a combination of textbook material (Mostly from the CDEM Curriculum), multimedia (podcasts and videos), and additional helpful FOAMEd (Free Open-Access Medical Education) material.

* = intended to directly address course objectives.

Primary textbook for this course:

CDEM Clerkship: Online textbook, divided into M3 and M4 curriculum. Don’t let the names fool you, both contain great information and should be thought of as more introductory and advanced topics, rather than separated by year.

M4 Curriculum

M3 Curriculum

Peds EM Curriculum

Introductory Content

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
Introduction	How to Get the Most Out of Your Emergency Medicine Clerkship (CDEM)		Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer (CDEM)
*How to Approach the EM Patient (Critical thinking in emergency medicine)	Approach to the Undifferentiated Patient (CDEM)	Differential Diagnosis (EMin5) Dr. Reuben Strayer – Emergency Thinking	RAPID-Inforgraphic (ALiEM)
*Patient Presentations	The 3 Minute Emergency Medicine Student Presentation	Presenting Patients in the ER	Presentation Tips (EM Over Easy)
*Consultations	The consultation process (CDEM)	← Embedded in text	5C Consultation Pocket Card (CDEM)
Patient Handoffs	Effective and safe patient hand-offs (CDEM)	ED Patient Handoffs (EMin5)	Giving Good Sign-out (EM BOUND)

ABCs

Airway

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
Airway Basics	Airway (CDEM)	Airway Lab (Procedures)	The Sniffing Position (The Protected Airway) Pre-Oxygenation (The Protected Airway)
*Bag Valve Mask	Breathing (CDEM)	Anatomy of the Bag Valve Mask (The Protected Airway) Emergency Ventilation in 11 Minutes (EM Updates)	Anatomy of the Bag Valve Mask (The Protected Airway) Be Great at Face Mask Ventilation (The Protected Airway)
LMA	Breathing (CDEM)	LMA Supraglottic Airway (EM:RAP)	Supraglottic Airway Review (emDocs)

Breathing

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
Respiratory Distress	Breathing (CDEM)	Respiratory Distress	Bi-level Ventilation: Who Needs it and Who Doesn’t? Pearls and Pitfalls (emDocs)

Circulation

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
*Cardiac Arrest	Cardiac Arrest (CDEM)	Pulseless Arrest (2010 guidelines) Cardiac Arrest and ACLS in 2015 – Amal Mattu – Resuscitation 2015	H’s and T’s of Cardiac Arrest ACLS: Cardiac Arrest ACLS Algorithm (2020) ACLS Algorithm – Circular (2020)
Shock	Shock (CDEM) Stabilization of the Acutely Ill Patient (CDEM)	Shock	The 4 types of Shock (EMin5)
Vascular Access	Vascular Access (CDEM)	EZ IO Placement (EM:RAP)	Unlocking Common ED Procedures: Never Let Go – A Review of Central Venous Access Placement (emDocs) Approach to Difficult Vascular Access (ALiEM) Paucis Verbis card: Interpretation of intraosseous blood (ALiEM)

Wound Care and Suturing

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
Wound Care	Basic wound management (CDEM)	← Embedded in Text	Closing the Gap Top 10 list: Pearls in wound closure (ALiEM)
Suturing	Laceration Repair (LITFL – Mostly Videos)	Simple Interrupted Sutures – ALiEM (Viper) Corner Sutures – ALiEM (VIPER) Buried Sutures – ALiEM (VIPER)	PV Card: Laceration Repair and Sutures – A cheat sheet guide (ALiEM) Suture.app (Web App, iOS, Android)
Hemorrhage Control	Major Haemorrhage in Trauma (LITFL) Major Extremity Hemorrhage (LITFL)	Stop the Bleed (NCDMPH)	Haemorrhage Control (LITFL) Haemorrhage Control Part 2 (LITFL)

Chest Pain and ECGs

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
*Chest Pain	Chest Pain (CDEM)	Approach to: Chest pain (EMin5)	Paucis Verbis: Chest Pain Low Risk (ALiEM) Non-Traditional ACS Risk Factors: A Snake in the Grass (emDocs)
Acute Coronary Syndrome	Acute Coronary Syndromes (CDEM)		Is it Time to Start Using the HEART Pathway in the Emergency Department? (REBEL EM) ACS Pathway Flowchart (EM:RAP)
*ECG	Conduction abnormalities (CDEM) STEMI (CDEM) Electrolyte abnormalities (CDEM)	EKG Interpretation (EMin5) EKG Interpretation – QRS / P wave Axis (EMin5)	Anterior Myocardial Infarction (LITFL) Inferior STEMI (LITFL) Posterior Myocardial Infarction (LITFL) ECG Rule of Fours (LITFL) ECG Interpretation (EM Fundamentals)

Pulmonary

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
*Shortness of Breath	Shortness of Breath (CDEM)	Shortness of Breath (EM Clerkship)	Dyspnea (CoreEM)

Abdominal Pain

Topic	Text	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
*Abdominal Pain	Abdominal Pain (CDEM)	Abdominal Pain Basics (EM Clerkship)	Abdominal Pain Mimics – Pearls and Pitfalls (emDocs)

Trauma and Orthopedic

Topic	Reading	Multimedia	FOAMEd (Extra)
*Trauma Resuscitation	Trauma (CDEM)	Trauma Team Crew Training: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Trauma Videos	Initial Trauma Assessment (CoreEM) Ten (Trauma Resuscitation) Commandments (REBEL EM) Chest Trauma (CDEM) Neck Trauma (CDEM) Abdominal Trauma (CDEM) Closed Head Injury (CDEM)
Orthopedic Emergencies	Orthopedic Injuries (CDEM)		SplintER Series: Common ED Splint Techniques 104 (ALiEM) Fracture.app (Web App, iOS, Android)