Banner Health FAQs

All About

AccessEmergency Medicine from McGraw Hill is a comprehensive online emergency medicine resource that provides quick diagnosis and treatment answers for a broad spectrum of complaints encountered in the ED, ranging from neurologic and pediatric emergencies, to poisoning and trauma

AccessEmergency Medicine provides medical students with a variety of resources needed to excel on their clerkship; assists residents in gaining instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading emergency textbooks that will establish an important foundation for learning; and allows practicing physicians to brush up on their medical knowledge when studying for their recertification exam.

Accessing this resource

• On-site: visit the Banner Health Library Services website from the navigation bar follow this link path: Resources>Databases>A>Access Emergency Medicine
• Off-site:
  • With Bannerhealth.com email: Start on the library website and click on anything. You will be asked to login once with your Banner Health email, password, and Microsoft Authenticator App.
  • Without BannerHealth.com email: Start at OpenAthens Portal. Login with your library issued Open Athens account and use links provided on the list of resources.
• Mobile: If you are accessing this resource via a mobile device, we highly recommend that you start at the library website (library.bannerhealth.com) and click on the >Resources>Databases>A>Access Emergency Medicine. Once you do so, you will be prompted to enter your Banner Health credentials and authenticate using the Microsoft Authenticator app.

How to search

1. Browse the books
2. Quick Reference section of AccessEmergency Medicine provides quick diagnosis and treatment answers. To the Point: Clinical Reviews are summaries of the latest published emergency medicine research & Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e
3. Multimedia menu includes Tintinalli's Necessary Takeaways which are video chapter summaries of Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine & the complete AccessEmergency Medicine video library
4. Cases can be generated from these resources in AccessEmergency Medicine: ​Which is Which?; Case Files: Emergency Medicine; Resident Readiness: Emergency Medicine
5. Search by keyword. This is useful when you don't know which text will include the answers that you are looking for. 

Search by Keyword

1. Search by keyword
2. Add additional terms as needed
3. The search terms are highlighted
4. Specify the type of resources are are looking for. (Patient Education should be provide from Krames and documented in the EMR)

Special Features

Access Emergency Medicine is more than just a source for textbooks. The site offers a number of interactive resources for improved learning.

Troubleshooting 

Chat with library staff if you are having problems accessing this resource.

Questions to facilitate troubleshooting independently or while requesting assistance:

1. What type of device are you using a) A Banner issued laptop? b) A Banner desktop computer? c) A personal computer? d) A phone or tablet?
2. Are you located at a Banner facility? If yes, at which facility are you located?
3. Can you check your IP address? You can google "what is my IP address" if you are unsure, Google "what is my IP address?"

Don't have an OpenAthens account? Use this form to request an account. It may also be helpful to view this OpenAthens video for detailed information on each of the resources.