Rating: 4.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: App featuring the PV Cards from the excellent blog Academic Life in Emergency Medicine.

User Comment:A very user friendly app with PV cards organized by topics alphabetically making it easy to find the info you are looking for. Also downloads the content so that you can access it off-line which is great. Already a big fan of the PV cards but this makes it easier than trying to organize it myself in iBooks.

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description:This app is from the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada

User Comment: This is a really great idea, take what have become pretty complex guidelines and try to filter them into an app that allows you to make your way through the algorithms in a simple manner. The app itself is simple but does what it tries to accomplish. My only concern is the relatively aggressive use of antivirals despite the minimal benefit to most patients (which is really a guideline issue).

Website
Rating: 4.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: It has every formula you ever need. You can even sort them by specialty to zoom in on key ones relevant to the pathology you seek

User Comment: Best free medical formula app out there to date.

Rating: 4/5
Cost:Free for CMA members

Brief Description:All of the content from CMAJ available as an app for your iPhone and iPad.  Can read on your mobile device, download PDFs or keep a collection of your bookmarks.

User Comment: Although it is a journal aimed at a general audience, there is occasionally EM relevant content.  Also, it’s great to see this journal have an app option that is free for most Canadian physicians.

Rating: 4/5
Cost:Free

Brief Description:Pharmacopeia, drug interactions, medical formula calculator, pill identification

User Comment: does not always contain Canadian brand names

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: handheld acuity at 4 or 8 feet for iPhone/iPad

User Comment: quick and easy way to test acuity without having to take patient to eye room or carry pocket card.  Limited features unless you buy the “pro” version. iPad version does allow for line randomization.

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: contains multiple images and clinical captions of ocular diagnoses, eye charts and links to wiki-based resources

Rating: 3/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Image repository for medical professionals to browse, search for and get some suggestions on medical images.

User Comment: Some amazing pictures in all the gory details of the crazy things we see in the medical world.  A little unclear if there is much of an educational component to this app.

Rating: 4/5
Cost: 4.99$

Brief Description: File reader that allows you to organize, edit, highlight your PDF files as well as view many other file types.

User Comment: Great for reading articles when not using an App like papers, also good place to store notes that you might use on the job (eg. PV cards from Academic Life in EM).

Rating: 5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: An amazing app that is surprisingly useful in the multicultural world of EM practice. It allows you to translate from English to nearly every other language and back the other way.  It can do text-to-text, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and speech-to-speech.

User Comment: Have found it useful for medical terms that family members cannot translate, patient who speaks good but not great English and there are one or two terms you are trying to clarify for them.

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: From the UK resuscitation council, contains all the ACLS algorithms in a step by step fashion for Adult and Pediatrics. 

User Comment: very basic algorithms but should be helpful for the beginner learner or moments of utter panic.

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Simple medical calculator with formulas in different specialties including ER, ICU, Nephrology, etc.

User Comment: If you click on “info” button on top right of each formula the reference is provided for the formulas.

Rating: 4/5 
Cost:  Free

Brief Description: This app has the following features:

1. Reference for a myriad of topics in medicine, similar to articles on popular eMedicine website
2. Drug database and interaction guide
3. EM news articles and updates on recently published trials relevant to EM 3) CME articles.

Rating: 3/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: designed by a neurosurgeon it provides scoring systems for neurology/neurosurgery, anatomy review of the brain, cranial nerves, dermatomes and vascular structures related to the brain.

User Comment: Images are a bit small in their original format, although you can pinch to zoom.

Rating: 4.5/5
Cost: Free with companion App for iTunes

Brief Description: essentially an ITunes for all the articles in your collection.

User Comment: Allows you to organize all the papers you have, make notes on them, and easily email them to colleagues/learners.  An indispensible app for the academic teachers out there.  Syncs with your Mac to easily have all your articles with you on the go.

Rating: 4.5/5
Cost: $3.49

Brief Description: Rapid result for a/w interventions, cardiac/sedation/pain medications, pediatric sizing of equipment (eg. Chest tubes) in a concise and simple manner.

User Comment: A great safety net to have in your back pocket specially for those who rarely see the “sick” infant/child.

Rating: 4/5
Cost: $240

Brief Description: Medical calculator, dosing calculator, pharmacopeia, interactions, DDx generator

User Comment:

• One Minute Ultrasound

• I like it better than Epocrates since it is Canadian and thus Canadian trade names are included.  It has a drug interactions tool.  It also has short topic reviews and DDx. 
• It is an excellent all round database, including Canadian drug names and SI units.  Use it most of the time instead of Up To Date (use this only when I want more in-depth reference on a topic). Downside is $200 cost.

Rating: 4/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description:One minute videos showing different U/S demonstrations relevant to the ED.  Done by the Ultrasound Podcast crew it's a nice resource for that quick bedside/teaching reference.

Download

Rating: 4/5 
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Abdominal CTs of common ED pathology presented in PACS like viewer with comments. Brush up for those late night pre-reads.

Website

Rating: 5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: "Read" is an incredible app available on iOS which allows you to keep up with the latest literature by allowing you to receive papers relevant to your specialty, keep up with your favourite journals and allow for one tap downloads of articles (via open access or your institution’s online subscription).

User Comment: An outstanding new app that makes it simple and easy to keep up with the latest articles. Great interface and good customer support.

Rating: 4.5/5 
Cost: Free for any TOH staff/residents with a valid TOH email address. Check your TOH email for detailed instructions on how to access the service.

Brief Description:This is a great mobile version of the excellent content from UpToDate, which has become ubiquitous in the practice of medicine.

User Comment:  Easy to use and great content. The one draw back is you have to have an Internet connection to use it as none of the content is downloaded to your device.

Rating: 4/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Free alternative to PePID consists of resident's notes on variety of EM topics. Focused on actionable items for common ED presentations.

User Comment:  Replaces little black book I made in med school and residency. 

Rating: 3.5/5
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Anatomy of the brain with 3D images, labels and info on the function of each one of the structures.

User Comment: Images looks great, specially on iPad. Can look something up for yourself or show a patient when relating it to area of stroke.

Rating: 4/5
Annals of Emergency Medicine Podcast Website
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Dr. David Newman and co-host summarize the previous month’s Annals of EM articles.

User Comment: Good for staying up to date with latest articles in Annals. Not in depth enough to really know articles but can help with finding articles of interest.

Rating: 4/5
Audio Digest Emergency Medicine Website
Cost: $471.89

Brief Description: Most of the same speakers as EM RAP. Excellent quality lectures on core EM topics, without the synthesized music & Mel Herbert’s irritating jokes. Less US medicolegal. High quality, but also much for serious/conservative in format.

Rating: 5/5
Cost: $99 per year

Brief Description: Amal Mattu’s monthly podcast

User Comment: High quality topic reviews, usually 3 or 4 per month with guest speakers.

Rating: 5/5
Website: ITunes
Cost: Free

Brief Description: (from the site) In this podcast, we discuss all things related to the crashing, critically ill patient in the Emergency Department. Find the show notes at blog.emcit.org

User Comment: Excellent, short podcasts on a number of ED/Critical Topics. Also contains the “famous” awake intubation podcast

Rating: 4.5/5
EMRAP Website
Cost:$345 Staff / $195 Residents

Brief Description:Crazy Australian host presenting lectures from "giants" in EM

User Comment: Excellent resource, for my liking I could use a little less medico legal content

Rating:4/5
Emergency Medicine Cases Website or ITunes
Cost: Free

Brief Description:Discussions from Canadian EP's on different topics in EM.

User Comment:Nice to have a resource from Canadian physicians point of view.

Rating: 4/5
ER Cast Website or ITunes
Cost: Free

Brief Description: Variable 10-20 minute topic reviews usually in interview (hallway consult) format with specialists or EP's.

Rating: 4.5/5
FOAMCast Website
Cost: Free

Brief Description: A podcast from two emergency medicine residents (Dr. Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust and Lauren Westafer @LWestafer) that aims to bring FOAM content together with core text content from Rosen’s and Tintinalli (“Rosenalli”).

User Comment: Provides quick episodes which would seem to be great for residents and any physician looking to start using FOAM resources. They finish each episode with Rosh Review questions which help the listener start preparing for licensing or re-certification exams.

Rating: 5/5
Website: iTunes
Cost: Free

Brief Description: 10 minute review of literature dedicated to medical education. Relevant and Succinct.

Rating: 4/5
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Website
Cost: Free

Brief Description: From the site - The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine (SGEM) is a knowledge translation (KT) project. Its goal is to shorten the KT window from about ten years down to one year. To do this it will turn traditional medical education on its head.

Comments:This is a multi-platform project with a Podcast, Facebook and Twitter presence. The podcasts (which tap into the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine resources) are formatted using a clinical question and then using the best evidence available to provide a summary statement. Additionally, it’s a Canadian creation, which always feels like it’s more applicable to our work.

Rating: 4/5
USC Essentials Online Website
Cost: $850 for staff, $170 for residents

Brief Description: Video and Audio content from USC Essentials yearly conference.

User Comment:

1. Great quality lectures and CME. Easily one of the best emerg reviews on the web.
2. Lots of the usual suspects from EM RAP however not much overlap on the lectures (as far as I can tell). The last two years, the talks are only 15-30 minutes, which means a tonne of topics are covered but you don’t fall asleep during the lecture. Also great for taking a “break” from reading while preparing for licensing exams.
3. Price has now become prohibitive for most, might as well go to the conference itself.