Best On-shift references

[ACal]

About a year out of residency, working at a small ED, without many specialists in house. Was wondering if anyone has recommendations for good references to use during shift?
I have Wikem and Uptodate, also use epocrates for medication. Pedistat for peds.

But once in a while I'll get some less common pathology and would like to know the standard ED management/disposition which is often missing from Wikem. Uptodate is good but doesn't really have much ED specific guidelines. I used to have Pepid which was more detailed than Wikem but somewhat expensive. It's more of an issue for me since I don't have specialists in house.


Thank you all!

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[Groove]

PEPID + UpToDate

If I had to pick one, I'd pick UpToDate hands down. It's really all you need. PEPID is the only reference that I can think of that is ED specific but it's rather light and you tend to memorize it after a few years. Still....it was handy in residency and my first few years out. I've maintained the subscription but could probably lose that one. I still reference UpToDate regularly and it's really the only thing I read these days. Fantastic resource. The fact that it's not ED specific doesn't really matter when you think about it. The ED management portion will be common sense and the fact that it's rather deeper in material...you will appreciate as you master EM and want to learn more about specific topics. I reference it all the time during shift.

 

[emergentmd]

Emedicine

 

[Angry Birds]

PEPID + UpToDate

If I had to pick one, I'd pick UpToDate hands down. It's really all you need. PEPID is the only reference that I can think of that is ED specific but it's rather light and you tend to memorize it after a few years. Still....it was handy in residency and my first few years out. I've maintained the subscription but could probably lose that one. I still reference UpToDate regularly and it's really the only thing I read these days. Fantastic resource. The fact that it's not ED specific doesn't really matter when you think about it. The ED management portion will be common sense and the fact that it's rather deeper in material...you will appreciate as you master EM and want to learn more about specific topics. I reference it all the time during shift.

I loved PEPID but eventually realized that WikiEM does the job too.
I just use WikiEM and google haha.

 

[p1acebo]

Up to Date + WikiEM is all you should need

 

[RustedFox]

Although I like UpToDate for all the reasons, am I the only one here who has this reaction when I search a topic?

 

[thegenius]

Up to Date + WikiEM is all you should need

That's all I use. UpToDate is a bit heavy and sometimes you need that.

If we had UpToDateLite it would be the best.

I trust WikiEM

 

[Tenk]

Although I like UpToDate for all the reasons, am I the only one here who has this reaction when I search a topic?

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[Backpack234]

What's your approach to using uptodate? It's always a loooot of reading for the few key points you need.