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The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki
including 225,600 pages with 389,945 recent edits by the global medical community

WikEM

The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki 4,230 pages with 389,945 recent edits

WikEM, The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki, is the world's largest and most popular emergency medicine open-access reference resource. Our highly acclaimed content is freely available via the internet and our dedicated mobile applications. If you are a medical practitioner, join our contributor community and share your important knowledge with the world.

WikEM is a project of the OpenEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. Please donate to help make open access to medical knowledge possible!

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News

Our latest app release is fully multilingual. We support 15 languages and you an switch your default content language on the info tab of the app.… Read more…
We have a redesigned iOS and Android app available now. … Read more…
WikEM.ai can help you calculate doses quickly … Read more…
Medical Calculators are now live on WikEM For example, you can now calculate your osmolar gap directly from the methanol toxicity page or calculate your wells score right from the PE page. … Read more…
We have created our own private LLM chat bot that pulls directly from WikEM.org. As the wiki grows so does WikEM.ai. Bookmark our AI tool so you can get quick answers on shift at the bedside. Embed it on any site. … Read more…
FOAMCortex What makes FOAM Cortex different from other AI clinical search tools: Designed for speed in the ED Answers are concise and actionable, not long narrative text Information is presented using: Bullet points Tables Structured layouts This format allows clinicians to find …

Disclaimer

===General Disclaimer=== The information on this site and the related mobile software has been, and continues to be, compiled from multiple sources and multiple authors. It is intended for clinicians only and not directly for patients. It can be edited by numerous individuals given access to the site, which produces constantly changing content. As such, the accuracy and completeness of this work cannot be guaranteed. The information contained herein is intended as a quick and convenient reminder of information you have already learned elsewhere. The contents are to be used as a guide only; health care professionals should always use sound clinical judgment and individualize patient care. This information is not meant to be a replacement for training, experience, continuing medical education, or studying the latest literature and medical information. OpenEM Foundation, the site managers, editors, contributing authors, and other people and organizations related to this site make this information available without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We disclaim any liability, loss, or damage caused by the contents. If you do not wish to be bound by the foregoing cautions and conditions, please do not use this site or downloaded mobile software.

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