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Emergency Medicine study guides
Study guides for medical students, residents, nurses and pediatricians: each opens with Pedemy's decision tree, then the key facts from the board-review flashcards.
Acute asthma in the emergency department
Pediatric acute asthma for board review: severity, albuterol and ipratropium dosing, early steroids, IV magnesium, when to admit, and discharge teaching.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineBites, stings and wounds
Bites and envenomations for board review: antibiotics for dog, cat and human bites, fight bites, foot punctures, spiders, scorpions, snakes and jellyfish.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineBRUE (brief resolved unexplained event)
BRUE for board review: the AAP definition, the lower-risk criteria, what lower-risk infants need (and do not need), and when to look for a cause.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineBurns, drowning and environmental emergencies
Burns and environmental injuries for board review: depth, TBSA, burn center referral, fluids, nutrition, smoke inhalation, CO, cyanide, drowning, radiation.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineButton battery ingestion
Button battery ingestion for board review: who to image, halo and step-off signs, honey and sucralfate rules, emergency removal, batteries past the esophagus.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineFebrile infant 8 to 60 days old
The AAP 2021 febrile infant guideline for board review: age groups, inflammatory marker cut-offs, when to do an LP, empiric antibiotics and doses, and HSV.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineMaltreatment and child abuse
Child maltreatment for boards: sentinel bruises, abuse fractures, abusive head trauma, skeletal survey, mimics, sexual abuse and medical child abuse.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineNewborn hypoglycemia in the ED
Newborn hypoglycemia for students and residents: symptoms, AAP thresholds by age, 40% dextrose gel 0.5 mL/kg, D10W 2 mL/kg, rechecks and targets.
Study guide · Emergency MedicinePediatric stroke in the ED
Acute pediatric ischemic stroke: warning signs, last known well, glucose, MRI/MRA or CT, mimics, alteplase 0.9 mg/kg, thrombectomy and early transfer.
Study guide · Emergency MedicinePhysical abuse evaluation in the ED
ED evaluation of suspected physical abuse: history red flags, TEN-4-FACESp, skeletal survey and head imaging by age, occult abdominal injury, reporting.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineProcedural sedation and analgesia
Pediatric sedation for boards: minimal to deep sedation, monitoring and capnography, rescue, ketamine, propofol, nitrous oxide, EMLA and analgesic doses.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineResuscitation and critical care
Pediatric shock types and hemodynamics, septic shock goals, respiratory failure, and 2025 PALS cardiac arrest: CPR ratios, epinephrine and shock doses.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineSeizures in the emergency department
Pediatric seizure review: status epilepticus timeline and doses, simple vs complex febrile seizures, when to do an LP, first afebrile seizure workup.
Study guide · Emergency MedicineSTI testing and treatment in adolescents
Adolescent STI review: NAAT specimens, ceftriaxone and doxycycline doses, pregnancy, M. genitalium, wet mount findings, test of cure and 3-month retesting.
Study guide · Emergency MedicinePediatric toxicology and poisonings
Pediatric toxicology review: decontamination, toxidromes, acetaminophen, salicylate, iron, toxic alcohols, TCA overdose, opioids, lead and caustics.
Study guide · Emergency MedicinePediatric trauma and orthopedics
Pediatric trauma review: PECARN head CT rules, skull fractures, concussion, torso and spine injury, Salter–Harris, elbow, straddle and tooth injuries.
Study guide · Emergency Medicine