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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.

RSA Responds to the Further Implementation of the SVI

After much discussion, the RSA board has voted to no longer support the implementation of the SVI. RSA remains concerned about the monetary and other detrimental effects that the SVI has on medical student applicants. We hesitate to add yet another hurdle to the already stressful residency application process, particularly when the SVI has failed […]

Happy Holidays from the RSA Wellness Committee

For more wellness resources for medical students and residents, visit our Wellness Committee page.

AAEM/RSA Signs On to Support AFFIRM

AAEM/RSA signed on to support AFFIRM as network partners in December of 2018. Read the RSA Advocacy Committee’s article on gun violence and why this issue is so important to emergency medicine residents and students.