Rules of the Road

Emergency Medicine: AAEM's Rules of the Road for Medical Students.
The Guide for a Career in Emergency Medicine
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident Section (AAEM/RSA)
A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM  &  Joel M. Schofer, MD

Chief Editors:

• A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Joel M. Schofer, MD (Secretary-Treasurer, Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Naval Medical Center, San Diego)

Faculty Editors:

• Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)
• Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
• Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA, Los Angeles)
• Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
• A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)
• Joe Lex, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, AAEM Education Committee/ Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia)
• Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)
• Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM (President, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine / Chairperson & Director, Temple University, Philadelphia)
• Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs,
  Benedictine University, Illinois)
• Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / President, Chicagoland Emergency Physicians / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)
• David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)

Resident Editors:

• Scott G. Weiner, MD (President, Founding Member and Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Harvard Affiliated Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston)
• Jeannie Tsai, MD (Founding Member & Former Vice-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Former CAL/EMRA President / Secretary-Treasurer, CAL/AAEM / University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
• Tobey Williams, MD (Immediate Past-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Chief Resident, Louisiana State University)
• Shahram Lotfipour, MD (Founding Member, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / Former Resident, Henry Ford Hospital System / Vice-President, CAL/AAEM / Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, University of California, Irvine)
• Scott E. Rudkin, MD (Former President, CAL/EMRA/ Marketing Editor, California Journal of Emergency Medicine, CAL/AAEM / Director of Medical Informatics, University of California, Irvine)
• Joel M. Schofer, MD (Secretary-Treasurer, Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Naval Medical Center, San Diego)

Web Editor:

• Scott E. Rudkin, MD, Director of Medical Informatics, University of California, Irvine

• Resident Author: Joel M. Schofer, MD (Secretary-Treasurer, Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Naval Medical Center, San Diego)
• Faculty Author: Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM (President, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine / Chairperson & Director, Temple University, Philadelphia)
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Joshua Broder, MD (Chief Resident, University of Maryland)
  
• Faculty Author: Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA)
• Faculty Editor: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)

• Resident Author: Joel M. Schofer, MD (Secretary/Treasurer, the AAEM Resident Section / Naval Medical Center, San Diego)
  
• Faculty Author: Peter Rosen, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACS (Chief Editor, Journal of Emergency Medicine / CAL/AAEM Board of Directors / Residency Director Emeritus, University of California San Diego)
• Faculty Editor: David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Resident Authors: Luan E. Lawson, MD (Former Member, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / East Carolina University)
  
• Faculty Authors: Felix Ankel, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, University of Minnesota) & A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

Chapter 4: “Selecting Your Medical School Advisor”

• Student Author: Barbara L. Keller, JD, MS-IV (Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
  
• Faculty Author: Howard Blumstein, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Former Assistant Residency Director at Wake Forest University & the Medical College of Pennsylvania)
• Faculty Editor: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

Chapter 5: “Letters of Recommendation"

• Resident Author: Shahram Lotfipour, MD (Founding Member, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / Former Resident, Henry Ford Hospital System / Vice-President, CAL/AAEM / Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: Gus M. Garmel, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Co-Program Director, Stanford/Kaiser Residency / Senior Staff Emergency Physician, the Permanente Medical Group)
• Faculty Editor: Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Nicole M. Wakim, BA, MS-IV (Loyola University, Chicago)
  
• Faculty Author: Jennifer A. Krawczyk Oman, MD, FAAEM (Associate Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA)

• Resident Author: Eric C. Bruno, MD (Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University)
  
• Faculty Author: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
  o Faculty Editor: Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: George Ralls, MD (Chief Resident, Orlando Regional Medical Center, University of Florida College of Medicine)
  
• Faculty Author: Steven G. Rothrock, MD, FAAEM, FAAP, FACEP (Orlando Regional Medical Center, University of Florida College of Medicine)
  o Faculty Editor: Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Cherlin Johnson, MS-IV (Member-Elect, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: Susan Stone, MD, MPH (Associate Residency Director, University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
• Faculty Editor: Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Paul Alleyne, MD (Temple University, Philadelphia)
  
• Faculty Author: Richard E. Wolfe, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Chief, Harvard Affiliated Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston)
• Faculty Editors: Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA) & Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Joseph P. Martinez, MD (Combined Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Maryland)
  
• Faculty Author: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)
• Faculty Editor: Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA)

• Resident Author: Kevin M. Ban, MD (Harvard Affiliated Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston)
  
• Faculty Author: Daniel R. Martin, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair of the Graduate Medical Committee, the Council of Residency Directors / Residency Director, Ohio State University)
• Faculty Editor: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)

• Resident Author: Robert W. Collins, MD (Indiana University) & Ann C. Collins, MD (Cornerstone Family Physicians, Indiana)
  
• Faculty Author: Wendy C. Coates, MD, FACEP (Director of Education, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles)
• Faculty Editor: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)

• Resident Author: Adrian Crisan, MD (Martin Luther King/Charles R. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles)
  
• Faculty Author: Deana Baudonnet, MD (Martin Luther King, Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles)
• Faculty Editor: Pamela L. Dyne, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Board of Directors, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors / Residency Director, UCLA/Olive View-UCLA)

• Resident Author: David T. Huang, MD (Founding Member & Fellow Representative, AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit / Multidisciplinary Critical Care Fellow, University of Pittsburgh)
  
• Faculty Author: Carey D. Chisholm, MD, FAAEM (SAEM Board of Directors / Former President, the Council of EM Residency Directors /Director, Emergency Medicine and Combined EM-Pediatrics Residencies, Indiana University)
• Faculty Editor: Mark I. Langdorf, MD, MHPE, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, Medical Director & Residency Director, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Fred Goodwin, Jr., MD (Georgetown University School of Medicine / Albany Medical Center, New York)
  
• Faculty Author: Louis Binder, MD, FACEP (Former President, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine / Director of Education, Case Western Reserve University / Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland)
• Faculty Editor: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)

• Resident Author: Amir Hootan Darvish, MA, MD (Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit)
  
• Faculty Author: Phyllis A. Vallee, MD, FAAEM (Associate Residency Director, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit)
• Faculty Editor: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)

• Resident Author: Michael E. Winters, MD (Combined Emergency/Internal Medicine Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore)
  
• Faculty Author: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)
• Faculty Editor: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Kyran Colbry, MD (Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine / University of Connecticut)
  
• Faculty Author: Jerris R. Hedges, MD, MS, FAAEM (Former President, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine / Chair, the Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon)
• Faculty Editor: David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Resident Author: Scott G. Weiner, MD (President, Founding Member and Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Harvard Affiliated Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Resident Author: Boris V. Lubavin, MD (University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Maryland ACEP Board of Directors / Director of Academic Development & Co-Director, EM/IM Combined Program, University of Maryland)
• Faculty Editor: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Kenneth Park, MS-IV (Medical Student Representative & Member-Elect, Board of Directors, the AAEM Resident Section / University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
  
• Faculty Author: Robert W. Wolford, MD, FACEP (Residency Director, Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals / Michigan State University)
• Faculty Editor: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)

• Resident Author: Bradley N. Younggren, MD (Madigan Army Medical Center/University of Washington)
  
• Faculty Author: Vince Markovchick, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Former President, the American Board of Emergency Medicine / Former Chair, the Residency Review Committee, ACGME / Denver Health, University of Colorado)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Lillian Oshva, MD (Chair-Elect, the AAEM Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Bellevue Hospital / New York University)
  
• Faculty Author: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / President, Chicagoland Emergency Physicians / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)
• Faculty Editor: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)

• Resident Author: Scott Matthew Zelasko, MS-IV (Medical College of Pennsylvania / Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia)
  
• Faculty Author: William K. Mallon, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, University of Southern California, Los Angeles / Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California)
• Faculty Editor: Joe Lex, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, AAEM Education Committee/ Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia)

• Resident Author: Henderson D. McGinnis, MD (Marshall University School of Medicine / Wake Forest University, North Carolina)
  
• Faculty Author: Barbara Katz, BA (President, the Katz Company, Inc.)
• Faculty Editor: Joe Lex, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Chair, AAEM Education Committee/ Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia)

• Fellow Author: J. Christian Fox, MD, RDMS, FAAEM (Former Fellow in Emergency Ultrasound at Christ Hospital, Illinois / Director of Emergency Ultrasound, University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: Michael J. Lambert, MD, RDMS, FAAEM (University of Illinois / Fellowship Director, Emergency Ultrasonography, Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago)
• Faculty Editor: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Jesse Pines, MD, MBA (Secretary-Treasurer-Elect, the AAEM Resident Section / University of Virginia Health Sciences)
  
• Faculty Author: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Faculty Author: Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM (President, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine / Chairperson & Director, Temple University, Philadelphia)
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)

• Student Author: Rakesh Marwah, BS, MS-III (University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Julie Hopkins Hamilton, MD (Stanford University)
  
• Faculty Author: Rebecca Smith-Coggins, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Member, the Residency Review Committee, ACGME / Residency Director, Stanford University)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Sachin J. Shah, MD (Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Center
  Albert Einstein, New York)
  
• Faculty Author: David K. Wagner MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Former President, the American Board of Emergency Medicine / Chair, MCP/Hahnemann, Philadelphia)
• Faculty Editor: Micelle J. Haydel, MD, FAAEM (Assistant Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Jeannie Tsai, MD (Founding Member & Former Vice-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Former CAL/EMRA President / Secretary-Treasurer, CAL/AAEM / University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
  
• Faculty Authors: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine) & Ramon W. Johnson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM (CAL/ACEP Board of Directors & Former President /Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, California)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Michelle Charfen, MD (Harvard Medical School / Harbor-UCLA Medical Center)
  
• Faculty Author: Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP (Former President, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine / Chair, University of Rochester, New York)
• Faculty Editor: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)

• Resident Author: Earl L. Miller, MD (Chief Resident, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit)
  
• Faculty Author: Joanne Williams, MD, FAAEM (Chair, AAEM Minority Affairs Task Force / Martin Luther King, Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles)
• Faculty Editor: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)

• Resident Author: Dan S. Mosely, MD (AAEM/RSA Board of Directors / Chief Resident, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Texas)
  
• Faculty Author: Robert G. Buckley, MD, MPH, FACEP (Commander, Medical Corps, US Navy / Residency Director, Naval Medical Center San Diego)
• Faculty Editor: Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)

• Resident Author: Michael A. LoGuidice, DO (AAEM/RSA Vice-President / Memorial Hospital, York, Pennsylvania)
  
• Faculty Author: David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)
• Faculty Editors: Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)

• Resident Author: Ziad N. Kazzi, MD (Chief Resident, Emory University)
  
• Faculty Author: Christopher Lewandowski, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Henry Ford Hospital System) & Trenna Adams, BS (Immigration Division, Legal Affairs, Henry Ford Health System)
• Faculty Editor: Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)

• Resident Author: Christopher Souders, MD (University of Rochester, New York)
  
• Faculty Author: Linda L. Spillane, MD (Residency Director, University of Rochester, New York)
• Faculty Editor: Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Christopher Sterrett, MD (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
  
• Faculty Author: Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)
• Faculty Editor: Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)

• Resident Author: Jeannie Tsai, MD (Founding Member & Former Vice-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Former CAL/EMRA President / Secretary-Treasurer, CAL/AAEM / University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
  
• Faculty Author: Margaret O'Leary, MD, MBA, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors & Chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee / Chair, the MBA Programs, Benedictine University, Illinois)
• Faculty Editor: Carol L. Barsky, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Board of Directors / Vice-Chair & Medical Director, Mount-Sinai Medical Center, New York)

• Resident Author: Tobey Williams, MD (Immediate Past-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Chief Resident, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
  
• Faculty Author: Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD, FAAEM, FACEP (Residency Director, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
• Faculty Editor: David A. Wald, DO, FAAEM, FACOEP (Assistant Residency Director & Co-Director EM Clerkship, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Resident Author: Janna Welch, MD (University of Virginia School of Medicine / Louisiana State University)
  
• Faculty Author: Philip Shayne, MD, FACEP (Residency Director, Emory University)
  
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Donald N. Janes Jr, MD, PhD (Loma Linda University, Loma Linda)
  
• Faculty Author: Gregory L. Larkin, MD, MSPH, MS, FACEP (Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health / Director of Academic Development, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Parkland Memorial Hospital)
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Rasha Hindiyeh, MSI (University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: Gregory L. Larkin, MD, MSPH, MS, FACEP (Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health / Director of Academic Development, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Parkland Memorial Hospital)
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)

• Resident Author: Joel M. Schofer, MD (Secretary-Treasurer, Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Naval Medical Center, San Diego)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
  o Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Jason May, MD (President-Elect, the AAEM Resident Section / University of Indiana, Indianapolis)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM (President, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine / Chairperson & Director, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Student Author: Brian Potts, MSIV, MBA (Board of Directors and Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / University of California, Irvine)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM (President, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine / Chairperson & Director, Temple University, Philadelphia)

• Resident Author: Scott G. Weiner, MD (President, Founding Member and Former Medical Student Representative, the AAEM Resident Section / Harvard Affiliated Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston)
  
• Faculty Author: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)
• Faculty Editor: Tom Scaletta, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Secretary-Treasurer / Chair, West Suburban Health Care, Illinois / Rush/Cook County Hospital, Chicago)

• Resident Author: Tobey Williams, MD (Immediate Past-President, the AAEM Resident Section / Chief Resident, Louisiana State University, New Orleans)
  
• Faculty Author: Joseph P. Wood, MD, JD, FAAEM, FACEP (AAEM President-Elect / Senior Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona)
• Faculty Editor: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD, FAAEM (AAEM Vice-President / Vice-Chair, University of California, Irvine)