Professional organizations:

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
http://www.saem.org
An academically oriented organization composed primarily of Emergency Medicine physicians interested
in promoting research in the field.

American Academy of Emergency Medicine
http://www.aaem.org
A rapidly growing organization composed of Emergency Medicine physicians focused on ensuring reasonable public access to emergency services as well as financial equity for EM physicians.

American College of Emergency Physicians
http://www.acep.org
The oldest and largest established organization of Emergency Medicine physicians in the country. ACEP offers many valuable resources for medical students interested in the field, including the opportunity to attend the annual Scientific Assembly.

National Association of EMS Physicians
http://www.naemsp.org/
The NAEMSP is dedicated to the advancement of issues surrounding the field of out-of-hospital/pre-hospital emergency care. It represents physician specialists and medical directors responsible for EMS programs as well as non-physicians dedicated to out-of-hospital emergency medical care.

Emergency Medicine Resident's Association
http://www.emra.org
An organization devoted to promoting issues within Emergency Medicine most important to residents, interns, and medical students.

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org
The country's largest physician organization, the AMA has played an important role in the growth and development of Emergency Medicine. The website contains useful information for students interested in any specialty.

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Clinical Emergency Medicine:

e-Medicine: Emergency Medicine
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/index.shtml
An outstanding Emergency Medicine online-text, eMedicine: Emergency Medicine comprehensively presents detailed information on specialty specific topics in an easy to follow format. The core content, in addition to well-written clinical discussions and considerations of differential diagnoses, includes coverage of treatment options along with CME mini-quizzes that allow for self-testing.

Electrocardiogram Rhythm Tutor
http://doyle.ibme.utoronto.ca/EKG/rhythm/EKGTUTORIAL.htm
Concise textual descriptions of commonly encountered electrical rhythms with accompanying rhythm strips.

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Clinical General Medicine:

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov
An offering from the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC website is packed full of useful information on infectious disease topics. Included on the site are precautionary guidelines for foreign travel, links to the MMWR, the CDC Prevention Guidelines, and disease fact sheets.

e-Medicine
http://www.emedicine.com
Clinical online texts on several disciplines, the eMedicine project has impressively achieved a comprehensive coverage of clinically relevant topics that are presented in an easy to follow format. The core content, in addition to well-written clinical discussions and considerations of differential diagnoses, includes coverage of treatment options along with CME mini-quizzes that allow for self-testing.

Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp
An easily searchable database providing hyperlinks for medical journals, patient education, current medical news, and assistance with prescriptions. User registration is required.

Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/
A well-designed website offering current medical news, physician information categorized by specialty, peer-reviewed medical articles, links to popular on-line medical journals, and a large collection of multimedia resources interspersed throughout the site.

The Virtual Hospital
http://www.vh.org/
A regularly updated effort by the University of Iowa bringing clinically useful content to physicians and patients. The site contains a large collection of multimedia images, audio clips, and video clips. Well-written patient information fact sheets on common medical problems, diseases, and procedures add to the value of the website.

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Medical Reference:

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Website containing several of the key medical resources currently available on the Internet. Among other content, the site includes free access to MedLine, links to a 60,000 image database of historical photos and the Visible Human Project.

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov
A jump point to most medicine related websites offered by the federal government. Among many other, links to the content rich websites from the National Library of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute are included.

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Residency Program Information:

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - Residency Programs
http://www.saem.org/rescat/contents.htm
A complete listing of fact sheets on EM residency programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. An outstanding resource that includes information about curricula, special interests at the program, and direct links to the Internet sites of many programs.

AMA-FRIEDA
http://www.ama-assn.org
Select 'Emergency Medicine' in the search options for a complete listing of EM programs. Offers fact sheets on each program containing information about program directors, contact information, faculty facts, site locations, and benefit packages.

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Residency Application Guides:

Emergency Medicine Resident's Page
http://www.pipeline.com/~djoyce/medical/home.html
An extensive collection of EM related links. Surf over when you have a half-an-hour to kill, you'll be clicking on a lot of the sites listed in their indices.

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Observation Unit Protocols

BWH Observation Unit Protocol documents
Obs.zip
A compressed (zipped) file of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine Observation Unit Protocols. This requires an "unzipping" program. If your version of Windows does not already have one, a free version of Winzip is available from Winzip.com.

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