News Archive

Announcing the 2022-2023 AAEM/RSA Board of Directors & Medical Student Council

Please join us in congratulating the following residents and medical students on their election to the 2022-2023 AAEM/RSA Board of Directors and Medical Student Council. These members will take their seats by May 1, 2022 and serve through May 1, 2023. Board of Directors PresidentLeah Colucci, MD – Yale New Haven Hospital Vice PresidentCorey McNeilly, […]

Attend the AAEM Workforce Town Hall

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | 7:00pm-9:00pm CT Join AAEM for an opportunity for everyone to talk freely and ask questions about the state of the EM workforce. We hope that you all will attend to voice your concerns, ideas, and solutions to move our specialty forward.

Program Director Panel

Join the AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council as they interview residency program directors about applying emergency medicine during COVID-19. The panel will be held via Zoom Webinar. Interviewers Christine Babcock, MD MSc FACEP FAAEMProgram Director, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Chicago David Snow, MD MSc FACEPProgram DirectorLoyola Emergency Medicine Residency ProgramAssistant Professor of Emergency MedicineLoyola University Medical Center […]

Treating Common Protest Injuries — A Guide for the Cause

Authors: Nahal Nikroo, MD; Ryan DesCamp, MD MPH; Manpreet Singh, MD MBE; Harpreet Singh, BSc **The information below is general advice only. If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 9-1-1 or seek immediate medical care. Tear Gas + Pepper Spray Smoke Inhalation Rubber Bullet Injuries/Bruises Most rubber bullet injuries can leave a bruise […]

Important Due Process Legislation Update

H.R.6910 – To Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services Issue Regulations to Ensure Due Process Rights for Physicians Furnishing Emergency Medical Services We are excited to announce that U.S. Representatives Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect emergency physician due process rights. This marks a definitive step towards […]

AAEM/RSA President’s Message to Residents and Students: COVID-19

Dear Emergency Medicine Residents and Students, We have reached a critical time in modern medicine with the pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Today, I wanted to take a minute to remind you just how important you are in this fight against COVID-19. Over the coming days and weeks, your efforts will be critical in helping to […]

Infographic: What It Takes to Make a Doctor

References: 1. https://www.samuelmerritt.edu/nursing/fnp_nursing/curriculum 2. http://med.stanford.edu/md/mdhandbook/section-4-curriculum-overview.html 3. https://tafp.org/media/default/downloads/advocacy/scope-education.pdf 4. https://www.tafp.org/Media/Default/Downloads/advocacy/scope-ramas.pdf

AAEM/RSA Endorses AFFIRM Petition

AAEM/RSA has endorsed the AFFIRM (American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine) petition for federally funded research to create non-partisan solutions to the American firearm injury epidemic. You too can sign the #StandAFFIRM petition which will be sent to Congress on July 17, 2019. AFFIRM advocates for non-partisan solutions to gun violence based on […]

Call to Action: Indiana House Bill 1097

Nurse practitioners are fighting to pass a bill that would grant them independent practice in Indiana (House Bill 1097). The bill introduces itself as a means for NPs to sign a record on a death, however goes on to state that it “Sets forth requirements that must be met in order for an advanced practice […]

AAEM Takes a Stand on the Use of APPs in ED

Read the full letter from the AAEM board of directors and the position statement on the AAEM website.