EMCrit is an American medical collective and publishing group made up of physicians in the field of critical care and emergency medicine.[1][2] The group publishes a number of digital resources to equip physicians, clinical pharmacists, nurses, paramedics and researchers. Functioning as a key component of the Free Open Access Medicine education and open access movement, and with 34,000 subscribers on Twitter and 300,000 monthly podcast downloads, it has been cited by the clinician information provider Medscape as "arguably the most popular EM–critical care-focused site".[3][4]
| EMCrit Podcast - Critical Care and Resuscitation | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Scott Weingart, MD FCCM |
| Genre | Medical Research |
| Format | Audio |
| Language | English |
| Length | approx. 20 minutes |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 1, 2009 |
| Cited for | Counts for AMA Continuing Education credits |
| Related | |
| Website | emcrit |
| Author | Josh Farkas, MD |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Public health Critical care medicine |
| Published | 2020 |
| Publisher | EMCrit |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Online |
| Website | emcrit |
EMCrit was founded in 2009 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM, an intensivist in New York. He completed a surgical critical care fellowship at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.[4] He also completed an ECMO fellowship and helps teach an ECMO course in San Diego.[5]
Publications
editThe group is best known for their podcast, EMCrit Podcast - Critical Care and Resuscitation. A new podcast episode is published every two weeks and can be used by healthcare professionals for American Medical Association continuing education credits.[6]
The group wrote the Resuscitation Crisis Manual, a medical manual sold by Leeuwin Press and written by 50 medical professionals. The format of the manual is based on the airline industry's cockpit QRH (quick reference handbook) and the guide uses crew resource management principles created for aviation safety to provide checklists regarding patient safety.[7]
The group publishes the Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC), an online medical textbook focused on topics in critical care medicine written by American physician Josh Farkas, MD, a practicing ICU doctor and attending pulmonologist at the University of Vermont.[8]
In 2020, the IBCC added a chapter with instructions for medical professionals regarding how to treat and combat Coronavirus disease 2019, during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was soon included among recommended resources by institutions.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "What it's like in critical care medicine". American Medical Association. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
The online resource students interested in pulmonary and critical care medicine should follow…EMCrit, a blog about emergency medicine and critical care.
- ^ Simpson, Elizabeth (17 May 2017). "Vitamin C as sepsis treatment: Should doctors wait for proof, or treat dying patients now?". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Christopher M. Tedeschi MD MA (28 July 2017). "Notes From a Most Unusual Critical Care Conference". Medscape. WebMD. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
FOAMed has its roots in a loosely organized but influential community of bloggers and podcasters. EmCrit, arguably the most popular EM–critical care-focused site, boasts more than 34,000 Twitter followers.
- ^ a b "Department of Emergency Medicine". Renaissance School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Faculty". Reanimate Conference. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ "CME for Critical Care". EMCrit/EB Medicine. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The Resuscitation Crisis Manual". Leeuwin Press. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The University of Vermont Medical Center". University of Vermont Medical Center. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Farkas, Josh (March 2020). "COVID19". The Internet Book of Critical Care (digital) (Reference manual). USA: EMCrit. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "A List of Resources for COVID 19: Scientific and medical data". Princeton University Library. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "COVID19 - Resources for Health Care Professionals". Penn Libraries. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.