International EM

Image Source: Pixabay Author: Ryan Shanahan, MD2010-2011 AAEM/RSA PresidentOriginally Published: Common Sense Spring 2011 I recently returned from a trip to Haiti with a group of pediatric residents from Johns Hopkins. The person who runs the trip is a pediatric emergency medicine attending, and she invites the emergency medicine residents along. It was, in short, […]

In this episode, Fred Kency, Jr., MD and Terry Mulligan, DO MPH FAAEM, discuss the importance focusing on global emergency medicine development. Dr. Kency is a resident at University of Mississippi Medical Center and Co-Vice Chair of the ’16-’17 RSA Education Committee. Dr. Mulligan is the Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Director of the International Emergency Medicine Program and Fellowship, and 2017 AAEM Board Member.

Author: Wit Davis, DO MS MPH PGY2 Baystate Medical Center Board Member of Equal Health Your three-person resuscitation bay has four boarding intubated patients when the woman that you just stabilized becomes tachypneic to the 70’s with an O2 sat of 65% on non-rebreather. As you get her onto CPAP ventilation, the overhead alert announces […]

Recent flight By Dr. Chali Mulenga to Surabaya, Indonesia. “The kindness of the locals was a true highlight. I am already keeping in touch with some of the people I met. Such wonderful people.” Author: Amy Ho, MDUniversity of ChicagoOriginally Published: Modern Resident April/May 2016 International transports and repatriation is a part of flight medicine […]

Originally Published: Common Sense, November/December 2012 Original Author: Leana Wen, MD MSc, AAEM/RSA President I’m a senior EM resident — a young emergency physician, part of the “new breed” that’s always known emergency physicians to be residency trained, and EM as a well-respected field. Being part of AAEM, I’ve heard our leaders talk about the struggles […]

Originally Published: Common Sense, July/August 2012Original Author: Leana Wen, MD MSc, AAEM/RSA President International emergency medicine (IEM) is one of the most popular subspecialties in our field. As a senior resident, I have seen many a trainee light up when I discuss IEM. But even though IEM is a great buzzword, it can mean different […]