Points & Pearls: The Year in Review 2025

Get all 41 evidence-based issue summaries from 2025 in a single volume.

Points & Pearls: The Year in Review 2025 is your annual compilation of all of the Points & Pearls summaries from Emergency Medicine Practice, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, and Evidence-Based Urgent Care.

That’s 41 one-page issue summaries in a single, convenient volume. Each summary highlights the key clinical takeaways, practice-changing insights, and references from the full issues.

What the 2025 edition includes:

41 single-page issue summaries
Links to full issues on our website
Links/QR access to CME tests (up to 164 total CME credits available with a journal or bundle subscription)
Specialty/State-Required CME map link
Interactive Clinical Pathways collection link and QR
EMplify and Urgentology podcast links
References to key tables and figures for each issue

Access it anywhere:

Downloadable and printable PDF (desktop & mobile-friendly) for on-shift reference
QR and website links embedded for deeper review

Topics for 2025 include:

Emergency Medicine Practice

Alkali Exposure
Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Knee Pain
Sodium Disorders
Chronic Neurologic Diseases
Thyroid Emergencies
Hand and Wrist Emergencies
Sepsis and Septic Shock
Status Epilepticus
Adrenal Insufficiency
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Cannabis-Related Emergencies
Trauma EXTRA!: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Trauma EXTRA!: Difficult Airway Management in Trauma
Stroke EXTRA!: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Stroke EXTRA!: Stroke in Young Adults

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice

Pediatric Primary Headache Disorders
Apophysitis Management
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections
Pediatric Sexual Abuse
Hematuria
Status Epilepticus
Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus
Febrile Seizures
Colitis
Measles, Mumps, and Varicella
Neonatal Rashes
Pediatric Trauma EXTRA!: Pediatric Wound Care

Evidence-Based Urgent Care

Nephrolithiasis in Urgent Care
Ankle Injuries
Elbow and Forearm Pain, Part I
Elbow and Forearm Pain, Part II
Migraine and Primary Headache
Wrist Injuries
Ocular Injuries
Diverticular Disease
Low Back Pain
Travel-Related Illnesses
Respiratory and Genitourinary Laboratory Testing in Urgent Care
Asymptomatic Hypertension

Ways clinicians use The Year in Review:

For quick refreshers before or during shift
To review the year’s issues in one place
To get high-level takeaways that complement the full issues
For current or new subscribers, to gain quick, easy access to the CME you need and trust

Why emergency medicine and urgent care clinicians love our annual Year in Review:

Saves time on deep learning and CME planning
Simplifies annual review of high-impact clinical topics
Provides fast clinical refreshers mid-shift
Compiles emergency + pediatric emergency + urgent care learning in one resource
Helps you quickly identify CME topics relevant to your practice

Need Specialty/State-Required CME credits?

Take your learning even deeper with a subscription. Subscribers can earn CME, including Specialty and State-Required CME credits, by completing the CME activities associated with the full 2025 issues.

A subscription gives you access to all CME available from the journals you receive—access all Specialty CME categories outlined below when you subscribe to all three.*

Stroke: 8 credits
Trauma: 28 credits
Pharmacology: 25.25 credits
Infectious Disease: 22 credits
Pain Management: 4 credits
Child Abuse: 4 credits
Sexual Assault: 4 credits
Substance Use: 8 credits
Gynecology/Obstetric: 2 credits

*Credits available by completing CME for the full issues; subject to state/institutional approval.