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Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP) was founded in September of 2001 with a simple mission: provide the best medical education to emergency medicine practitioners everywhere. For more than twenty years, EM:RAP has passionately pursued this goal. In doing so, we have become the most listened to audio program in emergency medicine, with more listeners than the total number of emergency physicians in the United States. Today, EM:RAP continues to expand its mission through emergency medicine and beyond with a culture of continuous innovation. We’ve developed educational products that have re-defined standards for medical education, and we continue to challenge ourselves by developing new technologies, employing expertise from fields beyond medicine, and re-imagining what makes learning powerful. EM:RAP’s commitment to medical education also extends beyond national borders. To date, clinicians from over 160 countries have relied on EM:RAP for cutting-edge, mission critical education. Our products have made a difference in patients’ lives amidst public health crises, active warzones, and resource limited settings. While access to expert emergency medical care is expected in high resource nations, in many lower resource communities emergency medicine is still in its infancy. Through our nonprofit, EM:RAP Global Outreach, we are connecting a global community of scholarship that provides outreach and education where high-quality emergency care is needed most. We are a team of doctors, educators, designers, videographers, audio engineers, and artists, dedicated to improving healthcare by transforming medical education. More importantly, we are people who believe everyone deserves access to the highest level of medical care. We believe that great education makes great clinicians, and great clinicians take great care of patients.

03/06/2026
03/05/2026
03/05/2026

Is coffee a heart-healthy beverage? How great would that be? ☕☕☕
We brewed up a lovely segment for you this week with Amal and Swami discussing all manner of subjects in this edition of Cardiology Corner, but you know the part on coffee consumption got us to perk right up.
Pour over the entire segment by opening the EM:RAP app and pressing play on another delicious cup of medical education to make your heart sing.

03/04/2026

Happy EM Resident Appreciation Day!
The future of emergency medicine isn’t coming. It’s already here.

So today, we celebrate your passion, your growth, and the impact you have on every single patient.
At EM:RAP, we’ve got your back from shift #1 to shift #2,000 and every adrenaline-filled, practice-changing moment in between.
We’d like to extend a special shoutout to our incredible resident contributors on our CorePendium team. Your hard work keeps our education current, practical, and truly impactful.

Don’t forget! As an EMRA member, you get EM:RAP FREE, so sign up today!

Your CorePendium updates happen weekly! ✨New content, refreshed chapters, and updates you can trust—right when you need ...
03/03/2026

Your CorePendium updates happen weekly! ✨
New content, refreshed chapters, and updates you can trust—right when you need them. 🩺📚
Included with EM:RAP. Separate app, same great subscription. Happy reading! 😄

03/02/2026

Is there a scenario in which you would shock the flatline? We’ve all seen it on TV and reacted accordingly, but there are some situations where you might be throwing the kitchen sink at a patient. Jan and Swami discuss just such a case in this case of the week to kick off the EM:RAP March offerings.
This clip is just a taste of the entire conversation so head on over to the app and watch and/or listen to the whole conversation. They unpack it all, and you are not gonna want to miss this one!

02/27/2026

Blunt cardiac injury can be easy to overlook unless you know which trauma patterns should raise concern. This segment breaks down who needs screening, what tests actually matter, and how to interpret ECGs, troponins, and echoes in the real world.

02/26/2026

What’s the worst thing you could miss in a “classic kidney stone”? 😬

In this segment, Ryan Knight explains why CT imaging remains a powerful tool in suspected urolithiasis—especially for ruling out life-threatening mimics like AAA, appendicitis, obstructive infection, or renal infarction.
There is a growing trend to omit CT imaging in patients with classic urolithiasis symptoms. While ultrasound and clinical diagnosis have a role, this segment highlights why low-dose CT still matters—for risk stratification, consultant decision-making, patient education, and ruling out deadly mimics. ⚠️

With modern low-dose protocols delivering radiation comparable to a year of background exposure, the real risk may be what you don’t see. Where does your practice overlap or conflict with Dr. Knight? Let us know in the comments below. 💬👇

🎧 Listen to the entire segment only on EM:RAP!

So much goes on behind the scenes to keep CorePendium current—and our team delivers week after week. 💙📚When you need qui...
02/24/2026

So much goes on behind the scenes to keep CorePendium current—and our team delivers week after week. 💙📚
When you need quick, reliable answers at the bedside, this is the resource to reach for. 🩺✨
Included with EM:RAP. Download the CorePendium app and dive in.

02/23/2026

What are the indications and procedures for pre-transfer intubation of a critical stroke patient? 🧠🚑

In this Critical Care Mailbag, Swami and Scott tackle one of the toughest decisions in stroke care: airway management before interfacility transport for thrombectomy. GCS isn’t always helpful, motor scores can be preserved, and the patient who looks stable can deteriorate quickly.

They break down when to intubate (aspiration risk, decreased LOC, posterior strokes, high NIHSS, hemorrhagic conversion risk) and why securing the airway before transport can be safer than crashing during it. You’ll also hear practical pearls on blood pressure targets, ventilation strategy, and sedation choices to avoid hypoxemia, hypercarbia, or hypotension—the triple threat in stroke airways.

If you’re moving stroke patients, this is a must-listen segment. Check it out today only on on EM:RAP 🎧

02/21/2026

Does mechanical thrombectomy actually improve meaningful outcomes in intermediate-risk PE? 🤔

In the STORM-PE randomized trial, thrombectomy improved RV/LV ratios at 48 hours—but clinical outcomes were essentially identical to anticoagulation alone. Mortality, ICU and hospital length of stay, and clinical deterioration were similar, raising an important question: are we chasing imaging surrogates instead of patient-centered outcomes?

For now, anticoagulation alone remains a perfectly appropriate choice for many intermediate-risk patients.
How will this study change your current practice? Let us know in the comments. 👇💬
Listen for FREE: https://www.emrap.org/episode/ema2026february/abstract2thromb

02/20/2026

What do rec basketball 🏀, men over 30 👟, and a sudden “pop” 😳 have in common?

👉 Achilles tendon rupture!

That classic story should immediately raise your suspicion in the ED.
Protect it in plantar flexion 🦶⬇️
Keep them strictly non–weight-bearing 🚫🦵
Arrange timely ortho follow-up 📅
Miss it and they lose push-off strength. Catch it and you change their outcome. 💥

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