WikEM mobile app will be decommissioned soon. Download the free Eolas app now to ensure uninterrupted mobile app access!
Our website will remain the same, but for mobile app users, this transition will offer an improved user interface.
Author: Ross Donaldson
WikEM Mobile App Moving to Eolas
WikEM is happy to announce that it will be transitioning its mobile app content to the Eolas Medical app. Our website will remain the same, but for mobile app users, this transition will offer an improved user interface, as well as additional in-app content such as MDCalc and a host of published guidelines. Download the app and create an account to ensure uninterrupted mobile app access.… Read more
New fractures app focused on dealing with bony injuries
Say hello to Fractures.app – your new best friend when it comes to dealing with fractures and bony injuries! This free app is here to make life easier for emergency physicians and healthcare providers, whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out.
Key Features:
- Easy-to-use interface: Use its bone map to select the injured region and get a selection of fractures. You can also search through a comprehensive list with just a keyword.
- Step-by-step guidance: No more guesswork! The app gives you straightforward, easy-to-follow instructions on splint application and managing all sorts of fractures.
- Offline support: No internet? No problem: Get crucial fracture info even when you’re offline, so you’re always ready to roll.
- Trustworthy content & expert-approved:
Please take our survey about available pediatric EM resources
WikEM and emscimprovement.center are collaborating to develop pediatric emergency resources for YOU to help ensure that all children receive the highest quality of care whenever and wherever it is needed.
As a WikiEM user, please complete this brief <5 minute survey to inform this work: https://redcapynh.ynhh.org/surveys/?s=Y7J7DDHRTNNLFFPX… Read more
Everything you need in one place – the new My Emergency Department app
The My Emergency Department app is designed and developed by emergency medicine physicians for anyone working in the emergency department. It allows a single source of truth for all your team’s guidelines, policies and education content. It also helps streamline communication within the team. The platform is completed free to get started and you can check out more about it here.… Read more
New (free) Suture.app available: an easy-to-use, bedside application for laceration repair.
From the creator of Nerve Block comes another free app and figuring out how to manage a laceration just got a lot easier. With Suture.app, you’ll have all the information you could need at your fingertips. Our easy-to-use interface will guide you from start to finish.
As soon as you select the laceration location, you’ll start getting repair recommendations including suture material and sizes, other closure methods (like staples or hair apposition), technique references with guided videos and illustrations and instructions to share with patients including removal timeframes.
Features:
- Comprehensive database of laceration types and complications
- Library of repair techniques with videos and illustrations (from Dr. Brian Lin’s Closing the Gap)
- Generate procedure
Check out the nuMose search engine
The nuMose search engine was recently launched by Harbor-UCLA graduate, Zahir Basrai. This advanced search engine is tailored specifically to the needs of emergency physicians and includes the ability to search case reports, guidelines, and pediatric specific results. It also incorporates crowdsourcing into its search algorithm, to help users find the best articles for a particular search.
Check out the website at: https://numose.com
A 4 min video demonstrating how to best use the site is also available here.
New trauma podcast
In this era of social distancing and online learning, check out Trauma ICU Rounds, new podcast by Dr. Dennis Kim, that provides concise, clinically relevant information on topics that span the spectrum of critical care, emergency general surgery, and trauma surgery. You can find it on its website, iTunes, or the other major directories. … Read more
We need you! Help keep WikEM up to date.
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
New algorithm app!
You may have noticed algorithm diagrams supplementing various topics on WikEM. They’re part of the WikEM Algorithm Project, a continuing partnership with ddxof.com (differential diagnosis of). The WikEM algorithms are developed to serve as rapid emergency department references for differential diagnosis generation, clinical decision rule application, and critical management steps. They also serve as convenient teaching tools for educators.
You can now freely access all of the over 100 algorithms on your mobile device with the ddxof app. Download it today on the App Store and Google Play.
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