Emed rotation

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Jonathan13180

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Im scheduled to do my Emed rotation next month...

Anyone have any advise in terms of books to read? Or which topics to read up on?

Thanks
 
read up and get good on EKG's, CXR's, diagnostics of PE's (when to D-dimer v. when to skip ahead and do imaging) , differential of 1st trimester bleeding, when to CT scan a closed head injury, read up on the symptoms of concussions and post-concussive syndrome, Nexus criteria for clearing a c-collar, and work on having a disposition idea for your patients at the end of all your presentations. There's a huge huge huge subject area for EM, but those are all things that will come up on a rotation sooner or later, may be a bit weak for 3rd year med students, and require just a little bit of reading to catch up on.