WikEM
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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Thank you to all who have responded to our very quick (<3 minutes) survey about pediatric EM available resources and requests for future content! If you haven’t yet taken it, please do so now and help us get you the information you need on WikEM: https://redcapynh.ynhh.org/surveys/?s=Y7J7DDHRTNNLFFPX… Read more
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
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 read more
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
The Monekypox reference is available and will be continuously updated at https://wikem.org/wiki/Monkeypox… Read more
Our android app has currently been removed from the app store. We are working on addressing Google’s concerns so that we can restore the app. In the meantime we encourage everyone on android to use our website.