To better facilitate communication we have an open telegram channel https://t.me/wikem_org Anyone can join and chat directly with other users and editors for help and general discussion.… Read more

If your mobile app is crashing and lacking content, please uninstall and perform a full update upon re-install. The app needs to download the entire wiki and must be performed on wifi. Please do not let your phone sleep during the process as it will interrupt the download. Due to the size of the wiki we cannot perform a background update. If your phone did turn off the screen during setup please click the blue update button in the app and reattempt initial download. After this initial download, pages will only update if changes have occurred since last viewed.… Read more

Out now! Myths in Emergency Medicine debunks and documents the history and facts behind the most pervasive and common myths in Emergency Medicine.

Available in ebook and paperback… Read more

If you newly installed the app or upgraded your phone and reinstalled the app and don’t see any content, connect to wifi and click the blue update button to download a fresh offline copy of the wiki. The app does not update on cellular by default to prevent data charges due to the size of the initial download that must occur for you to have the entire wiki offline… Read more

Just released, the Kaji Review Volume 3 adds additional questions to the already best selling Kaji Review Volumes 1 and 2! Book sales support the Harbor-UCLA Dept of EM residency fund and WikEM… Read more

Our new redesign is live! Please provide any comments on this forum thread https://forum.wikem.org/t/redesign-feedback/936

The login issues that have plagued many users especially on Android during the last week should hopefully be fixed.  Thank you for bearing with us as we grow.  As always, if you enjoy WikEM, please donate.  Everything from the software to the content is made for free and open use. Without a small amount of money software development and maintenance for WikEM is not possible.

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A recent issue with our android app and in preparation for our site upgrade we are undergoing maintenance. We anticipate being online within the next hour.… Read more

Update: the app has been restored.

For an unknown reason, our Android app has just been removed from the app store. Little to no information has been provided to us from Google and we are working to get the app reinstated.… Read more

Ever wonder who puts all the great content in WikEM and keeps it up to date? Well, you do! WikEM is a wiki, open to medical providers around the world. Join our contributor community and help ensure this fantastic open-access resource has the most accurate and recent information ready at your fingertips. While you’re at it, you can additionally be recognized as a WikEM editor through our open and transparent promotion process. Join us!

Sincerely,
The WikEM Editors

Editor in Chief
Ross Donaldson, MD, MPH, CTropMed, FACEP

Deputy Editor
Daniel G. Ostermayer, MD

Senior Editor
Claire Lewis, MD
Michael Holtz, MD
Neil M. Young, MD

Senior Associate Editor
Kevin Lu, MD… Read more

Last month we had a disastrous bug that caused many users to download high definition images over their cellular connection.  In the coming app update we will be rolling out a new feature that allows for control over downloaded content. Although initially on iOS it will follow on android. From the updates icon on the WikEM app launch screen you can see the following toggles to control downloaded and updated content.

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