2016-04-20

Below we have listed our selection of the 12 highest quality blog posts related to 5 advanced level questions on critical care topics posed, curated, and approved for residency training by the AIR-Pro Series Board. The blogs relate to the following questions:

Ultrasound fluid assessment

Ultrasound in critical care

Vasopressors for critical care patients

Peripheral intravenous vasopressor administration

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation basics

In this module, we have 8 AIR-Pro’s and 4 honorable mentions. To strive for comprehensiveness, we selected from a broad spectrum of blogs identified through FOAMSearch.net.

AIR-Pro Stamp of Approval and Honorable Mentions

In an effort to truly emphasize the highest quality posts, we have 2 subsets of recommended resources. The AIR-Pro stamp of approval will only be given to posts scoring above a strict scoring cut-off of ≥28 points (out of 35 total), based on our AIR-Pro scoring instrument, which is slightly different from our original AIR Series scoring instrument. The other subset is for “Honorable Mention” posts. These posts have been flagged by and agreed upon by AIR-Pro Board members as worthwhile, accurate, unbiased and useful to senior residents. Only the posts with the AIR-Pro stamp of approval will be part of the quiz needed to obtain III credit. To decrease the repetitive nature of posts relating to these advanced concepts, we did not always include every post found that met the score of ≥28 points.

After reading, please take the quiz. You do not have to complete the honorable mentions to complete the quiz. Feel free to ask questions in the blog comment section below. The AIR Board faculty will answer them within 48 hours of posting. Be sure to include your email or contact information where requested in the Disqus blog comment area, so that you will be notified when we reply.

Critical Care Module (Part 1) 2016: Recommended III credit hours

2.5 hours (20 minutes per article, 30 minutes for articles with podcasts)

Article Title

Author

Date

Link

Title

Ultrasound Guided Fluid Assessment Protocol

Tim Gallagher

Nov 26, 2015

Core EM: Fluid Assessment

AIR-PRO

Ultrasound Guided CPR Part 1

Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin, & Mike Stone

Dec 2014

Ultrasound Podcast: CPR

AIR-PRO

State of the Evidence Cardiac Arrest Echo

Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin, & Mike Stone

Jan 2016

Ultrasound Podcast: REASON Trial

AIR-PRO

Vasopressor Basics

Scott Weingart

Dec 1, 2014

EM Crit: Vasopressor Basics

AIR-PRO

Accelerated Goal Directed Therapy for Septic Shock

Josh Farkas

July 19, 2015

EMCrit: Accelerated Goal Directed Therapy

AIR-PRO

Peripheral Vasopressor Infusions and Extravasation

Scott Weingart

Sept 16, 2013

EMCrit: Peripheral Vasopressor Infusions

AIR-PRO

Mythbuster: Administration of Vasopressors Through Peripheral Intravenous Access

Salim Rezaie

May 28, 2015

REBEL EM: Administration of Vasopressors

AIR-PRO

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the Emergency Department

Brett Sweeney

Jan 21, 2015

emDocs: ECMO in the ED

AIR-PRO

IVC Ultrasound for Fluid Tolerance in Spontaneously Breathing Patients

Scott Weingart

Nov 11, 2012

EM Crit: IV Ultrasound

Honorable Mention

Vasopressors & Inotropes in the ED

Simon Laing

April 14, 2015

HEFT EM Cast: Vasopressors

Honorable Mention

ECPR is a Step too Far

Chris Ho & Joe Bellezzo

Feb 12, 2016

ICN: ECPR

Honorable Mention

Cutting Edge Resuscitation in the Community ED

Joe Bellezzo

April 12, 2015

ICN: Cutting Edge Resuscitation

Honorable Mention



Take the quiz below, or click HERE to take you to the quiz site.
Be sure to enter your name and program, if you desire III credit.

Background Information About the AIR-Pro Series

The ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR)-Pro Series is an effort to reward our residents for the reading and learning they are already doing online. We have created an Individual Interactive Instruction (III) opportunity utilizing Free Open Access Meducation (FOAM) resources for U.S. Emergency Medicine residents. For each module, the AIR-Pro Board curates and scores a list of blogs and podcasts specifically answering questions tailored to the senior resident. A quiz is available to complete after each module to obtain residency conference credit. Once completed, your name and institution will be logged into our private Google Drive database, which participating residency program directors can access to provide proof of completion.

Do you belong to a residency program that is not currently participating? No problem! Any one can read the AIR-Pro series curated post and complete the quiz for educational value!

If a residency program is interested in participating, please contact us!

Author information



Fareen Zaver, MD

Chief Resident

Department of Emergency Medicine

George Washington University

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