EM Resident continued to inform and elevate this year, thanks to the incredible work of our up-and-coming authors.
We are proud to present the most popular content in EM Resident magazine and on emresident.org.
Heart of the Matter
The ECG Challenge prevailed as a perennial favorite, sharpening those ECG interpretation skills. This year's most-read entry focused on polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, but the section overall remained a powerhouse.
Top Content of 2022
Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound Series
This series by the Critical Care Committee dominated, with extra attention on:
- Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The 60/60 Sign, Let's Be Specific
- Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten
- Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The RUSH Exam - Slow Is Smooth and Smooth Is Fast
Critical Care Alerts
The Critical Care Committee's longest-running series, Critical Care Alerts, rounded out the rest of the most-read papers of 2022. The most popular alerts:
- Critical Care Alert: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
- Critical Care Alert: PEACH Trial
- Critical Care Alert: Femoral Artery Doppler Ultrasound is More Accurate Than Manual Palpation for Pulse Detection in Cardiac Arrest
Popular Papers
- Critical Device Series: Arterial Lines Tips and Tricks
- Should I Run for Chief?
- Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Optimize Emergency Department Utilization for High-Risk Elderly Patients
- Balloon Tamponade to Stabilize Life-Threatening Rectal Bleeding
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy After COVID-19
- Critical Care Device Series: Tracheostomy Complications and Troubleshooting in the ED
- Verapamil in SVT: No Need to Drop the Beat
- Drowning in a Flash: A Review on Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema
- POCUS For the Win: Aortic Dissection
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Dislocation: A Case Study
Popular Podcasts of 2022
Learning on the go is second nature in EM, and EMRA*Cast's episodes are tailored for that. The most-downloaded episodes this year center on core topics:
- The Difficult Airway
- Finances for the Resident & Early Attending
- ED Efficiency: Work Smarter, not Harder
- Sodium Bicarb in Cardiac Arrest
- Pearls on Massive Transfusion
- Subclavian Central Lines
Evergreen and Often-referenced
One of the best things about EM Resident is its enduring nature — core concepts and fundamental approaches stand the test of time, as proven by the fact that many of our most-referenced articles of 2022 were first printed in prior years:
- Take a HINT on Central Vertigo in the Emergency Department
- STEMI Equivalents: Can't-Miss Patterns
- The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis
- Your First Shift in the Unit: Demystifying Ventilator Alarms
- Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: E-Point Septal Separation to Estimate Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
- All About EMTALA: The Law That Runs the ED
- How to Manage MDMA Toxicity
- Arterial Line Placement: Basics for Medical Students
- Tripping off Trumpets: Diagnosis and Management of Jimson Weed Toxicity
- The Pediatric ECG and Long QT Syndrome