EMCrit is an American medical collective and publishing group made up of

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in the field of critical care and

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. The group publishes a number of digital resources to equip physicians,

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and

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. Functioning as a key component of the Free Open Access Medicine education and

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movement, and with 34,000 subscribers on

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and 300,000 monthly podcast downloads, it has been cited by the clinician information provider

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as "arguably the most popular EM–critical care-focused site". EMCrit was founded in 2009 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM, an

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. He completed a surgical critical care fellowship at the

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. He also completed an

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fellowship and helps teach an ECMO course in San Diego.

Publications

The 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

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credits. 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

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to provide checklists regarding

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. 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

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at the

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. In 2020, the IBCC added a chapter with instructions for medical professionals regarding how to treat and combat

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, during the

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, which was soon included among recommended resources by institutions.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, https://emcrit.org/ibcc/toc/, name=Internet Book of Critical Care 2020 non-fiction books Medical manuals 2009 podcast debuts