International Emergency Medicine Education Project’s ebook is “iEM for Medical Students/Interns.” It currently consist of 106 chapters written by 133 international contributors. Emergency physicians, residents, interns and the medical students showed amazing interest and worked hard to make this resource available today. This project is an extraordinary collaborative work with all stakeholders.
The Facts of Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine: A unique specialty Will Sanderson, Danny Cuevas, Rob Rogers
- Choosing the Emergency Medicine as a career C. James Holliman
- Thinking like an Emergency Physician Joe Lex
Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Things to Know
- The Importance Of The Emergency Medicine Clerkship Linda Katirji, Farhad Aziz, Rob Rogers
- Medical Professionalism: The Dimensions That All Medical Students Should Know About Amila Punyadasa
- Communication and Interpersonal Interactions Vijay Nagpal and Bret A. Nicks
- Data Gathering Chew Keng Sheng
- Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Medicine Yusuf Ali Altunci
- Creating your action plan Chew Keng Sheng
- Documentation Muneer Al Marzouqi and Qais Abuagla
- Discharge Communications Justin Brooten, Bret Nicks
General Approach to Emergency Patients
- The ABC approach to critically ill Patient Donna Venezia
- Abdominal pain Shaza Karrar
- Altered Mental Status Murat Cetin, Begum Oktem, Mustafa Emin Canakci
- Cardiac arrest Abdel Noureldin and Falak Sayed
- Chest pain Assad Suliman Shujaa
- A Child with fever Jabeen Fayyaz
- Gastrointestinal bleeding Moira Carrol, Gurpreet Mudan, Suzanne Bentley
- Headache Matevz Privsek, Gregor Prosen
- Multiple trauma Pia Jerot, Gregor Prosen
- Poisoning Harajeshwar Kohli and Ziad Kazzi
- Respiratory distress Ebru Unal Akoglu
- Shock Maryam AlBadwawi
Selected Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm Lit Sin Quek
- Acute coronary syndrome Khalid Mohammed Ali, Shirley Ooi
- Acute heart failure Walid Hammad
- Aortic dissection Shanaz Sajeed
- Deep venous thrombosis Elif Dilek Cakal
- Hypertensive emergencies Sadiye Yolcu
- Pulmonary Embolism Elif Dilek Cakal
Selected Endocrine, Electrolyte Emergencies
- Acid-Base Disturbance Lamiess Osman, Qais Abuagla
- Hyperglycaemia Hong Chuen
- Hyperkalemia Waiting for new author
- Hypernatremia Vigor Arva, Gregor Prosen
- Hyponatremia Vigor Arva, Gregor Prosen
- Hypoglycaemia Rok Petrovcic
- Thyroid storm Shabana Walia
Selected Environmental Emergencies
- Burns Rahul Goswami
- Drowning Ana Spehonja
- Heat Illness Abdulaziz Al Mulaik
- Hyperthermia Puneet Sharma
- Hypothermia Waiting for new author
Selected Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Acute Appendicitis Ozlem Dikme
- Biliary disease Dan O’Brien
- Massive gastrointestinal bleeding Dan O’Brien
- Acute mesenteric ischemia Rabind Anthony Charles
- Perforated viscus Ozlem Dikme
Selected Genitourinary Emergencies
- Ectopic pregnancy Dan O’Brien
- Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Matthew Lisankie, Charlotte Derr, Tomislav Jelic
- Testicular torsion Sujata Kirtikant Sheth
Selected Neurological Emergencies
- Approach to patients with stroke Matevz Privsek and Gregor Prosen
- Acute ischemic stroke Fatih Buyukcam
- Dizziness and Vertigo Sadiye Yolcu
- Intracranial hemorrhage Nur-Ain Nadir and Matthew Smetana
- Seizure Feriyde Caliskan Tur
Selected Pulmonary Emergencies
- Asthma Ayse Ece Akceylan
- COPD Ramin Tabatabai, David Hoffman, Tiffany Abramson
- Pneumonia Mary J O
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax Mahmoud Aljufaili
Selected Psychiatric Emergencies
- Acute psychosis Elizabeth Bassett, Nidal Moukaddam, Veronica Tucci
- Stabilization and Management of the Acutely Agitated or Psychotic Patient Michelle Chan, Nidal Moukaddam, Veronica Tucci
- Medical Clearance-Suicidal thought/ideation Veronica Tucci
Selected Orthopaedic Problems and Injuries
- Back pain Funda Karbek Akarca
- Lower extremity injuries Ayse Ece Akceylan
- Pelvic injuries Sercan Yalcinli
- Spine injuries Ozge Can
- Upper extremity injuries Meltem Songur Kodik
Selected Infectious Problems
- Epiglottitis KuanWin Sen
- Meningitis Alja Pareznik
- Sinusitis Katja Zalman and Gregor Prosen
- Sepsis Emilie J. Calvello Hynes
Selected Toxicologic Problems
- Toxic syndromes Eman Al Mulla + Bader AlQahtani
- Acetaminophen – Waiting for new author
- Cocaine Jesus Daniel Lopez Tapia
- Opioid overdose Aldo E. B. Salinas and Jesus Daniel Lopez Tapia
- Organophosphate and Carbamates Waiting for new author
- Tricyclic antidepressants Waiting for new author
Selected Dermatologic Problems
- Adult rashes Waiting for new author
Selected Eye Problems
- Eye trauma Serpil Yaylaci and Kamil Kayayurt
- Red Eye David Wood
Selected Procedures
- Abscess incision and drainage Waiting for new author
- AED Use Mehmet Ali Aslaner
- Airway Management Waiting for new author
- Arterial Blood Gas Sampling Matija Ambooz and Gregor Prosen
- Arthrocentesis Tanju Tasyurek
- Basics of Bleeding Control Ana Spehonja and Gregor Prosen
- Cardiac Monitoring Stacey Chamberlain
- Gastric Lavage and Activated Charcoal Application Elif Dilek Cakal
- Intravenous line access Keith A Reymond
- Intraosseous (IO) lines/Access Keith A Reymond
- Emergency Delivery David F. Toro, Diana V. Yepes, Ryan H. Holzhauer
- Wound care and Laceration Repair Waiting for new author
- Pericardiocentesis David Wald and Lindsay Davis
- Lumbar Puncture Khuloud Alqaran
- Nasogastric tube placement Sara Nikolic and Gregor Prosen
- Needle and tube thoracostomy Waiting for new author
- Procedural sedation and analgesia Nik Rahman
- Rapid Sequence Intubation Qais Abuagla
- Reduction of common dislocations and fractures Dejvid Ahmetović and Gregor Prosen
- Splinting and casting Joseph Pinero, Timothy Snow, Suzanne Bentley
- Urinary catheter placement Gul Pamucu Gunaydin
Selected Diagnostic Tests
- Arterial and venous blood gases analyses Kemal Gunaydin
- Cerebrospinal fluid analysis Arwa Alburaiki and Rouda Salem Alnuaimi
- Urine analysis Jan Zajc
- Whole blood cell count – CBC Kaja Cankar
Selected Imaging Modalities
- EFAST Ashley Bean, Gregory R. Snead
- POCUS in Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension Rasha Buhumaid
- BLUE protocol Hong Chuen
- How to read c-spine x-rays Dejvid Ahmetovic and Gregor Prosen
- How to read chest x-rays Ozlem Koksal
- How to read head CT Reza Akhavan and Bita Abbasi
- How to read pelvic x-ray Sara Nikolic and Gregor Prosen
- Common US applications Michael Butterfield, Tomislav Jelic, Charlotte Derr
Selected Emergency Drugs
- Antidotes Hamidreza Reihani, Elham Pishbin
- Drugs for cardiovascular problems Waiting for new author
- Drugs for pain relief Nik Ahmad Shaiffudin Nik Him, Azizul Fadzi
- Paralyzing agents Qais Abuagla
- Sedation agents Waiting for new author
Selected Clinical Rules, Scores, Mnemonics
- Clinical Decision Rules Stacey Chamberlain
- Mnemonics Ozlem Dikme
- Classifications and Scores Sarah Attwa and Marwan Galal
Quizzes (Under Construction)
- Quiz 1: BLS, PALS, ACLS Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 2: Cardiovascular emergencies Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 3: Respiratory emergencies Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 4: Gastrointestinal emergencies Aya Dodin, Fakheya
- Quiz 5: Neurologic emergencies Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 6: Orthopedic emergencies Hind Al Dhaheri
- Quiz 7: Paediatric emergencies Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 8: Dermatologic emergencies Maryam Darwish, Khulood AlQaraan , Eman AlMulla
- Quiz 9: Trauma emergencies and ATLS Maryam Darwish, Eisa AlKaabi , Eman AlMulla
- Quiz 10: Toxicological emergencies Abdel Noureldin
- Quiz 11: Procedures Khuload Alqaran, Eisa Al Kaabi, Muneer Al Marzouqi