Frameworks

Frameworks, a supplementary curriculum for Foundations of Emergency Medicine, focuses on teaching organized approaches to common clinical entities. The Frameworks curriculum aims to equip emergency medicine residents with cognitive scaffolding to efficiently work up and care for undifferentiated patients (eg “Approach to AMS”, “Approach to Stroke”, “Approach to Syncope”, etc). These may be used in the classroom setting and/or for on-shift teaching as a simple visual resource to provide resident learners with cognitive approaches to complex patient complaints. A detailed instructor guide will be provided for each Framework to assist the instructor and support resident teaching.

For the current academic year, there will be one or more Frameworks paired with each unit of the Foundations I curriculum.  However, learners may review these at any time or with other FoEM courses as they wish.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE– For adapted use of this course in the virtual setting, please review our Virtual FoEM page.

System	Topics	Framework	Guide
Gastrointestinal	Approach to Nausea and Vomiting	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Abdominal Imaging	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Jaundice	Framework	Guide
Pulmonary	Approach to Hypoxemia	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Emergent Airway Management	Framework	Guide
Cardiology	Approach to Tachydysrhythmias	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Bradycardia	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Syncope	Framework	Guide
	Approach to CHF	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Cardiac Arrest	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Undifferentiated Shock	Framework	Guide
	Approach to HTN in the ED	Framework	Guide
Trauma	Decision Making in Trauma - Traumatic Head Bleed	Framework	Trauma Guide (ALL)
	Decision Making in Trauma - Penetrating Neck Injury	Framework	See above
	Decision Making in Trauma - Chest Trauma	Framework	See above
	Decision Making in Trauma - Abdominal Trauma	Framework	See above
	Decision Making in Trauma - Pelvic Trauma	Framework	See above
	Decision Making in Trauma - Vascular Extremity Injury	Framework	See above
Pediatrics	Approach to the Sick Neonate	Framework	Guide
	Approach to the Febrile Neonate	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Pediatric Abdominal Pain	Framework	Guide
Ophthalmology, Ear, Nose & Throat	Approach to Vision Loss	Framework	Guide
Infections Disease	Approach to Fever in the HIV Patient	Framework	Guide
Neurology	Approach to AMS	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Weakness	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Syncope	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Stroke	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Vertigo	Framework	Guide
Toxicology & Environmental	Approach to the Poisoned Patient/ Toxicologic Resuscitation	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Toxidromes	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Hypothermic Resuscitation	Framework	Guide
Renal & Genitourinary	Approach to Testicular Pain	Framework	Guide
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Approach to Female Pelvic Pain	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Vaginal Bleeding	Framework	Guide
Endocrine & Metabolic	Approach to Hyperglycemia/Insulin	Framework	Guide
Hematology & Oncology	Approach to Sickle Cell Crisis	Framework	Guide
Psychiatry	Approach to the Agitated Patient	Framework	Guide
Immunology & Dermatology	Approach to the Undifferentiated Rash	Framework	Guide
	Approach to Thermal Burns	Framework	Guide