Bio Twitter Latest Posts Chris Belcher, MDEditor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine @seebelcherrun236 Latest posts by Chris Belcher, MD (see all) ALiEM AIR Series | Psychosocial Module 2024 - May 8, 2024 ALiEM AIR Series | Renal Module (2023) - May 2, 2024 ALiEM AIR Series | Toxicology Module - February 5, 2024

Academic Life in EM

07.05.2024

Hot off the press: Bridge to EM curriculum (2nd edition) released

The 2nd edition of Bridge to Emergency Medicine curriculum is here. This 8-week self-guided curriculum helps incoming EM interns.

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03.05.2024

ALiEM AIR Series | Renal Module (2023)

Bio Twitter Latest Posts Chris Belcher, MDEditor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine @seebelcherrun236 Latest posts by Chris Belcher, MD (see all) ALiEM AIR Series | Renal Module (2023) - May 2, 2024 ALiEM AIR Series | Toxicology Module - February 5, 2024 ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module - November 3, 2023

Academic Life in EM

01.05.2024

EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match

EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match, featuring guest expert Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern PD)

Academic Life in EM

25.04.2024

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: The Kitchen Cabinet High

Check out the latest ACMT toxicology pearl to learn about the presentation and management of this psychotropic substance.

Academic Life in EM

20.04.2024

Pigtail catheter for pleural drainage: Tips to minimize complications

Pigtail catheters for pleural drainage: Complications and tips to minimize them - A great review by Drs. Sandall, Truitt, and Cambron

Academic Life in EM

11.04.2024

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Abdominal Bruising

In the latest ACMT toxicology post review the presentation, complications, and management associated with caustic ingestions.

Academic Life in EM

04.04.2024

Cocaine for Epistaxis: What was old is new again

Cocaine for Epistaxis: What was old is new again - how and how much cocaine do you apply in epistaxis management

Academic Life in EM

02.04.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Red Rash on My Legs

Milaria can result from the clogging of eccrine glands after profuse sweating and is associated with humid heat

Academic Life in EM

28.03.2024

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: A Bane to Existence

In the latest ACMT toxicology post review the symptoms, toxicity, and treatment associated with ingestion of this plant.

Academic Life in EM

23.03.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

Unilateral disturbance in extra-ocular movement should raise concern for an ischemic injury leading to internuclear ophthalmoplegia

Academic Life in EM

19.03.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Purple Finger

Spontaneous bruising of the palmar surface of the finger can be a benign condition known as Achenbach Syndrome

Academic Life in EM

16.03.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Workout Gone Wrong

Hyphema most often result from blunt trauma to the eye and should receive a thorough evaluation by an ophthalmologist

Academic Life in EM

12.03.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Usual Irritated Eye

Eye irritation in a case of possible monkeypox requires a thorough eye exam to uncover possible ocular involvement.

Academic Life in EM

08.03.2024

PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound

PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal & Bladder Ultrasound - A comprehensive step-by-step, visual tutorial on performing this bedside ultrasound

Academic Life in EM

06.03.2024

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite

Check out the latest ACMT pearl to find out which common medication can be derived from tree bark.

Academic Life in EM

02.03.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Two Pupils for the Price of One

Findings of a double pupil after a traumatic injury to the eye should raise concern for a broad differential and include iridodialysis

Academic Life in EM

29.02.2024

How to Cite Videos, Podcasts, Apps, Media, and Blogs in a Publication or CV (AMA style 11th edition)

How to Cite Videos, Podcasts, Apps, Media, and Blogs in Publications and CVs, based on the 2020 AMA Style (11th edition)

Academic Life in EM

27.02.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Neonatal Rash

In newborns < 1 month with pustular lesions on the face, consider benign neonatal rash such as neonatal cephalic pustulosis

Academic Life in EM

21.02.2024

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Salt, not Shock

Checkout the latest ACMT toxicology post to learn how to treat the toxicity that causes these ECG changes.

Academic Life in EM

17.02.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Ultrasonographic Rabbit Hole

Hole signs on ultrasound can suggest gangrenous cholecystitis and the presence of ruptured wall of the gallbladder

Academic Life in EM

13.02.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: One Month of Vaginal Bleeding

A heterogenous uterus on ultrasound should raise concern for trophoblastic disease as well as molar pregnancy

Academic Life in EM

10.02.2024

High sensitivity cardiac troponins for ED chest pain evaluation (2022 ACC pathway)

High sensitivity cardiac troponins for ED chest pain evaluation: Using cases to illustrate the application of the 2022 ACC pathway

Academic Life in EM

06.02.2024

ALiEM AIR Series | Toxicology Module

ALiEM AIR Series: Toxicology Module (2023) - read the top best 8 blog posts in the toxicology domain and take the free ALiEMU test

Academic Life in EM

03.02.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Back Lesion

Pilomatrixoma is a benign slow growing skin lesion that requires biopsy of the skin lesion for accurate diagnosis

Academic Life in EM

30.01.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Retrobulbar Spot Sign

Presence of retrobulbar spot sign on point of care ultrasound can help identify central retinal artery occlusion as cause of vision loss

Academic Life in EM

27.01.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rare Case of Purpura

Henoch-Schonlein purpura is not just a diagnosis in pediatric patients and vasculitis should be considered in adult patients with purpura

Academic Life in EM

23.01.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash

The presence of multiple echar lesions and syndrome including fevers should raise concern for scrub typhus

Academic Life in EM

13.01.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Post-Vaccination Rash

Erythema multiforme following vaccine administration is a delayed hypersensitivity reaction that should not interfere with additional doses.

Academic Life in EM

09.01.2024

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Lethal Combination of Skin and Lung Findings

Respiratory symptoms in the setting of a prominent rash should raise concern for autoimmune disorders such as MDA5 dermatomyositis.

Academic Life in EM

06.01.2024

EM Match Advice 42: Mid Interview Season Check-In

EM Match Advice 42: Checking in with students mid interview season about trends and advice featuring guest PD Dr. Kraut (Univ of Wisconsin)

Academic Life in EM

24.12.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Enigmatic Traumatic Hip Pain

Occult hip fractures may be picked up on CT, however if clinical suspicion remains an MRI should be obtained

Academic Life in EM

19.12.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Rapidly Spreading Rash

Drug related eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) can be rapidly progressive and potentially life-threatening

Academic Life in EM

09.12.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Bulge in the Belly

Abdominal surgery will predispose patients to hernias as the abdominal wall musculature becomes weak and results in a bulge

Academic Life in EM

05.12.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Penile Lesion with a Poor Prognosis

Patients with end stage renal disease on hemodilaysis may experience deposition of calcium crystals in tissue.

Academic Life in EM

02.12.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Face and Chest Rash

While adult primary disease is uncommon, herpes varicella-zoster, commonly known as chicken pox, occurs with more severe course in adults.

Academic Life in EM

30.11.2023

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Needle to Necrosis

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Needle to Necrosis - Xylazine, when mixed with illicit opioids, can cause severe skin necrosis

Academic Life in EM

28.11.2023

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Utility of Bedside Ultrasonography

Application of ultrasound to the right upper quadrant can rule in pathology beyond the biliary system, such as in fitz-hugh-curtis.

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PEM POCUS Series: Soft Tissue Ultrasound

ALiEM AIR Series | Psychosocial Module 2024

Hot off the press: Bridge to EM curriculum (2nd edition) released

ALiEM AIR Series | Renal Module (2023)

EM Match Advice 43: EM Program Directors Reflect on the 2024 Match

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: The Kitchen Cabinet High

Top 3 SOAR Blog Posts on Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease

Pigtail catheter for pleural drainage: Tips to minimize complications

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Abdominal Bruising

Cocaine for Epistaxis: What was old is new again

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Red Rash on My Legs

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: A Bane to Existence

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Purple Finger

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Workout Gone Wrong

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Usual Irritated Eye

PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Two Pupils for the Price of One

How to Cite Videos, Podcasts, Apps, Media, and Blogs in a Publication or CV (AMA style 11th edition)

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Neonatal Rash

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Salt, not Shock

SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Ultrasonographic Rabbit Hole

SAEM Clinical Images Series: One Month of Vaginal Bleeding

High sensitivity cardiac troponins for ED chest pain evaluation (2022 ACC pathway)

ALiEM AIR Series | Toxicology Module

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Back Lesion

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Retrobulbar Spot Sign

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rare Case of Purpura

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Fever with Rash

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Post-Vaccination Rash

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Lethal Combination of Skin and Lung Findings

EM Match Advice 42: Mid Interview Season Check-In

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Enigmatic Traumatic Hip Pain

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Rapidly Spreading Rash

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Bulge in the Belly

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Penile Lesion with a Poor Prognosis

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Face and Chest Rash

ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Needle to Necrosis

SAEM Clinical Images Series: Utility of Bedside Ultrasonography

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