Links

Here is a list of links that will give you a better idea of what emergency medicine is as well as sources of education.

Academics and Societies

• http://emergencymedicine.mc.vanderbilt.edu/: Vanderbilt university (our partner university in the US) has a complete and interactive website

• http://www.collemergencymed.ac.uk/cem/: the UK college of emergency medicine

• acep.org, saem.org, aaem.org: the 3 US based societies of emergency medicine. ACEP is the largest and has a good selection of clinical policies which are evidence based guidelines to manage certain chief complaints. Worth a look.

Blogs, magazines and other info

• http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2006/Emergency-Medical-Services-At-the-Crossroads.aspx: A lengthy report on the state of emergency medicine in the US.

• Emergency Physicians Monthly: monthly magazine, good light reading, lots of short articles, quizzes, news.

• Emergency Physicians International: print and e-magazine about EM around the world.

• emcrit.org: Dr. Scott Weingart where emergency med and critical meet.

• Life in the fast lane: Australian based blog.

• emrap.tv: Educational short videos from Dr. Herbert from LA County USC. Free Emergency Talks: a repository of free talks by leaders in EM put together by Dr. Joe Lex at Temple.