Emed rotation

[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

 

[RxnMan]

Search the EM forum, the question has been answered there.

 

[Rendar5]

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.