Administration
Advancement

Aerospace Medicine
Biological Warfare
Chemical Warfare
Cold Weather Medicine
Dermatology
First Aid
General Medicine
General Surgery
High Altitude Medicine
Hot Weather Medicine
Humanitarian Medicine | Operations Other Than War
Nuclear Warfare and Radiation Safety
Nutrition
Obstetrics and Gynecology | Women's Health
Occupational Medicine
Ophthalmology
Pediatrics
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry
Travel and Tropical Medicine
Undersea Medicine

# Resuscitation and General Principles

* Management
o Airway Management
o Ventilatory Management ↓
+ Basic Vent Stuff
+ Waveforms
+ Pulmonary Toilet and Medications
+ Non-Invasive Ventilation
+ Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV)
+ High Frequency Ventilation
+ Independent Lung Ventilation
+ Recruitment Maneuvers
+ Weaning/Liberation and Extubation
o Lab Interpretation and ABGs
o Oxygen Transport & Physiology of Perfusion
o Shock, Pressors and Hemodynamic Physiology
o Advanced Hemodynamic Monitors, Predicting Volume, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
o Neurologic Monitoring
o Respiratory Monitoring
o Radiology↓
+ Contrast Issues
+ Exposure to Radiation
+ Chest X-ray
+ Abdominal X-ray
+ Computed Tomography Info
+ Head CT
+ Abdominal CT
o Ultrasound ↓
o Fluid Resuscitation
o Blood and Product Therapy
o Pain Management
o Sedation ↓
+ Procedural Sedation
+ Violent Patient Sedation
+ Critical Care Sedation
o ACLS and Cardiac Arrest
o Post-ROSC Care and Induced Hypothermia
o Sepsis and EGDT
* Procedural
o Sterility
o Emergency Procedures
o Critical Care Procedures

# Trauma

* General Principles
o Trauma Resuscitation
o Trauma Anesthesia
o ATLS Recs
o Blast Injury
o Trauma in Pregnancy
o Pediatric Trauma
o Geriatric Trauma
o Air Embolism
o Thoracotomy
o Trauma Centers
o Shock Trauma Center
o Elmhurst Hospital Center
o Military Medicine
o Trauma Courses
o Trauma Literature
o Trauma Scoring
* Systemic Injuries
o Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
o Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Evaluation
o Maxillofacial Trauma
o Spinal Injuries
o Neck Injuries
o Blunt Cerebral Vascular Injuries
o Thoracic Injuries
o Traumatic Aortic Injuries and Great Vessel Trauma
o Abdominal Trauma
o Pelvic Trauma
o Genitourinary (GU) Trauma
o Peripheral Vascular System
* Orthopedics
o General Principles of Orthopedic Injuries
o Fat Embolism Syndrome
o Acute Arthritis
o Compartment Syndromes
o Hand
o Wrist and Forearm
o Humerus and Elbow
o Shoulder
o Soft Tissue Back Injuries and Back Pain
o Pelvis
o Femur and Hip
o Knee and Lower Leg
o Ankle and Foot
o Mangled Extremity
* Soft Tissue Trauma
o Wound Repair & Management
o Wound Care Syllabus
o Foreign Bodies
o Law Enforcement Injuries
o Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
o Mammalian Bites
o Venomous Animal Injuries
o Thermal Burns
o Chemical Injuries
o Extravasation Injuries

# Medicine and Surgery

* Head and Neck
o Oral Medicine, Dentistry & Facial Anesthesia
o Ophthalmology
o Otolaryngology (ENT)
o Upper Airway Disorders
* Pulmonary
o Asthma
o COPD
o Upper Airway Disorders
o Lower Airway Disorders
o Pneumonia
o Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
o Pulmonary Hypertension
o Hemoptysis
o Pleural Disease and Pneumothorax
o Pulmonary Embolism
o Sleep Apnea
o ARDS and ALI
o Respiratory Failure
* Cardiac
o Chest Pain
o Acute Coronary Syndromes
o EKGs in the Setting of Chest Pain
o Dysrhythmias
o Implantable Cardiac Devices
o Heart Failure
o Pericardial and Myocardial Disease
o Endocarditis and Valvular HD
o Syncope
o ACLS and Cardiac Arrest
o Cardiogenic Shock
o Post-Cardiac Surgical Management
* Vascular
o Hypertensive Emergencies
o Aortic Dissection
o Aortic Aneurysm
o Peripheral Arteriovascular Disease
o Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
o Air Embolism
* Gastrointestinal
o Abdominal Pain
o Emergency Abdominal Surgery
o Nausea and Vomiting
o Diarrhea/Food Poisoning
o Constipation
o Jaundice
o Intraabdominal Sepsis and Abdominal Infections
o GI Bleeding
o Esophagus, Stomach, and Duodenum
o Diaphragm
o Liver, Biliary Tract, & Hyperammonemia
o Spleen
o Pancreas
o Small Intestine
o Appendicitis
o Abdominal Wall Hernias
o Large Intestine
o Anorectum
o Bariatric Surgery
o Acute Mediastinitis
o Eating Disorders
o Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
o Stress Ulcers and GI Prophylaxis
* Renal and Genitourinary
o Urologic Problems
o Renal Failure
o Rhabdomyolysis
o Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
o Diuresis
o Renal Replacement Therapy
o Women's Health ↓
+ Women's Health Issues and Non-pregnant Vaginal Bleeding
+ First Trimester Bleeding/Pain and Acute Complications of Pregnancy
+ Approach to the Pregnant Patient
+ Chronic Medical Illness and Pregnancy
+ Drugs and Radiation in Pregnancy
+ Complications of Infertility Treatment
+ Labor and Delivery
+ Massive Obstetric Bleeding
* Neurology
o Neurologic Exam
o Altered Mental Status: Delirium, Stupor, and Coma
o Seizures
o Vertigo
o Weakness
o Dizziness and Vertigo
o Amaurosis Fugax
o Stroke
o Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage
o Headache
o Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (non-traumatic)
o Back Pain and Spinal Cord Disorders
o Syncope
o Cranial Nerve Disorders
o Spinal Cord Disorders
o Peripheral Nerve Disorders
o Neuromuscular Disorders
o Central Nervous System Infections
o Neurologic Criteria for Death
o Optimizing Organ Donation Patients
* Psychiatric and Behavioral
o General Psychiatry and Thought Disorders
o Competency
o Mood Disorders
o Anxiety Disorders
o Somatoform Disorders
o Factitious Disorders and Malingering
o Suicide
o Eating Disorders
* Allergic and Inflammatory
o Arthritis
o SLE and Vasculitides
o Anaphylaxis, Allergy, & Hypersensitivity
o Dermatology and Rashes
* Immunosuppression
o Neutropenic Patients
o HIV/AIDS Patients
o Organ Transplant Patients
* Hematologic & Oncologic
o Anemia, Polycythemia, & WBC disorders
o Sickle Cell Anemia
o Disorders of Hemostasis
o Coumadin, Heparin and Other Medications
o Reversal of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Drugs in ICH
o Hypercoaguable States
o Blood Component Therapy
o Oncologic Emergencies
o Treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses
o Hemapheresis
* Metabolism and Endocrinology
o Acid/Base Disorders
o Electrolyte Disturbances
o Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemia
o Hypoglycemia
o Rhabdomyolysis
o Endocrine Disorders↓
+ Thyroid
+ Adrenal Disorders
o Obesity-related Problems
* Infectious Disease
o General ID Information, Fever work-up, & Cultures
o The Bugs
o Antibiotics
o Preventing Resistance and Isolation Procedures
o Gram Staining
o Prophylaxis
o CNS Infections
o Upper Airway Infections
o Bone and Joint Infections
o Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
o Abdominal Infections
o Sexually Transmitted Diseases
o Urinary Tract Infections
o Viral Infections
o HIV/AIDS
o Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
o Tuberculosis
o Travel/Immigrant/Zoological Infections
o Toxin Induced Infections
o Fungal Infections
o Infections in IV Drug Users
o Rabies
o Parasites
o Tick Borne Illness
o Fever and Rigidity
o Sepsis Syndromes and Systemic Infections
o Line Infections
o Periprosthetic Infections
o Infections in the ICU

# Environment and Toxicology

* Environmental
o Frostbite
o Hypothermia
o Heat Illness
o Electrical, Lightning and Blast Injuries
o Hyperbaric Medicine, Scuba Diving and Dysbarism
o High Altitude Medicine
o Submersion Injuries
o Radiation Injuries
* Toxicology and Medications
o General Principles and Random Drugs
o Hypoglycemics
o Acetaminophen
o Aspirin and NSAIDS
o Anticholinergics
o Antidepressants
o Anticonvulsants
o Antipsychotics/Neuroleptics
o Cardiovascular Drugs
o Caustics
o Cocaine, Amphetamines, and other Sympathomimetics
o Other Substances of Abuse
o Alcohol and Chronic Alcoholism
o Toxic Alcohols and Osmolar Gaps
o Hallucinogens
o Heavy Metals
o Hydrocarbons and Volatile Inhalants
o Inhaled Toxins (CO, CN, etc.) and Altered Hb
o Lithium and Mood stabilizers/Seizure Med
o Methylxanthines
o Muscle Relaxants
o Opioids
o Pesticides/Herbicides/Rodenticides
o Plants, Mushrooms, and Herbs
o Sedative Hypnotics
o Vitamins

# Pediatrics, Geriatrics, and Women's Health

* Pediatric Emergency Medicine
o General Approach to the Pediatric Patient
o Pediatric Resuscitation
o Neonatal Emergencies and Resuscitation
o Fever, Infection, and Sepsis
o HEENT / Dental
o Upper Airway Obstruction and Infection
o Reactive Airway Disease and Pneumonia
o Cardiac Disorders
o Endocrine Emergencies
o Gastrointestinal Disorders
o Infectious Diarrheal Disease and Dehydration
o Renal and Genitourinary Tract Disorders
o Neurologic Disorders
o Trauma and Orthopedics
o Rashes
* Women's Health and the Pregnant Patient
o Women's Health
o General Approach to the Pregnant Patient
o Acute Complications of Pregnancy
o Chronic Medical Illness and Pregnancy
o Drugs and Radiation in Pregnancy
o Lactation
o Complications of Infertility Treatment
o Labor and Delivery
* Geriatric Patients
* The Morbidly Obese Patient

# EMS and Disaster Medicine

* Principles of Emergency Medical Services Systems
* Air Medical Transport
* Disaster Medicine
* Blast Injury
* Weapons of Mass Destruction↓
o Biological
o Chemical
o Radiological and Nuclear

# Intensive Care Unit Topics

* Introduction to Critical Care
* Avoiding Common ICU Errors
* The ICU Book by Marino
* ICU Sedation and Delirium
* Rounds
* Ventilator Associated Lung Injury
* Nutrition
* Glycemic Control
* Anemia and Transfusion in the Critically Ill
* Pressure Sores
* Constipation
* Induced Hypothermia
* DVT Prophylaxis
* Line Sepsis
* Critical Illness-related Corticosteroid Insufficiency (CIRCI)
* Anesthesiology
* MERT Teams
* ECMO
* Xigris/Protein C
* Palliative and End of Life Care
* Intensive Care Unit Logistics
* ICU Literature
* Certification

# EM Practice and Philosophy

* You suck at acid/base (Handout)
* Awake Intubation (Handout by Anita)
* How to Dominate the Ventilator (Handout)
* Getting over the Shock (Handout)
* Induced Hypothermia
* Hypothermia Podcast on Amal Mattu's EMPodcast series Dec 2008
* Dobutamine Debate 11/12/08

Other People's Lectures

* Amal Mattu EKGs
* Amal Mattu Cardiology Update
* Aortic Dissection
* Peter Rosen's Vision of Emergency Medicine
* Peter Deblieux on Ventilators
* EGDT by Emanuel Rivers
* CardioCerebral Resuscitation by Bentley Bobrow
* Joe Lex Lecture Page
* Pharyngitis & the Long Tail by Centor
* Valve Emergencies by Swadron
* Headache by Swadron


Procedures

* Central Lines
o Supraclavicular Approach
o Sterility and the Central Line Bundle
o CVP and A-line Pressure Monitoring
* Ultrasound Guided LP
* Airway
o Cricothyrotomy the Weingart way, Take that Rabinovich!
o Weingart-Basics of Laryngoscopy
o Weingart-Awake Intubation
o Bimanual Laryngoscopy
o The different appearance of the trachea vs. the esophagus
o Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
o Fiberoptic Stylet by Levitan
o Fiberoptic stylet with jaw thrust
o Fiberoptic stylet with laryngoscope
o VAM Difficicult Airway Vids--including Storz Intubations
o Intubating Laryngeal Airway Video I
o Intubating Laryngeal Airway Video II
* Lateral Canthotomy & Cantholysis
* Crash Pacemaker Placement
* Dental Blocks
o Greater Palantine
o Incisive Mental
o Inferior Alveolar
o Infraorbital
o Nasopalantine
o Supraperiosteal

Trauma

* Blunt Abd Trauma
* Penetrating Chest Trauma
* Blunt Aortic Injury - Billy Mallon & Tim Fabian
* Pelvic Trauma by Tom Scalea (Handout)