“When you hear ‘according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission,’ followed by a warning about a dangerous consumer product, our hospital assisted in providing some of the data that helped to prevent further injury or death from that product,” said Harvey Meislin, MD, professor of emergency medicine. Read more. 

 

DEM Research Contributes to National CPR Guidelines

 

 

First High-Performance CPR Training Course
 

AEMRC – Phoenix recently held its first training session, which is part of a collaborative project called “High Performance CPR University,” in the Center for Simulation and Innovation at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. EMS personnel from across the nation, as well as Japan and Taiwan, took part in the first of many planned high-fidelity training sessions. Read more. 

 

Recertification for BUMCT Pediatric ED 

Congratulations to the physicians and staff of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, which recently was recertified as a Pediatric Prepared Emergency Care: Advanced Care facility by the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Read more.
 

Emergency Nurses Day 2015

The Department of Emergency Medicine faculty group treated nurses to lunch and dinner Oct. 14 in honor of Emergency Nurses Day. Nurses also received a flash drive from Drs. Kevin Reilly and Lisa Chan with 4,933 pictures taken in the ED since 2002 as a thank you for all of the excellent work they do.

Students, Residents & Fellows
 
Students See Eye to Eye in Popular EM Skills Lab



The Department of Emergency Medicine’s popular monthly courses for fourth-year medical students attract participants from the College of Medicine as well as from other LCME-approved medical schools around the country. Read more.

 

DEM Residents Raise $1,200 for Charity 

UA Department of Emergency Medicine faculty and residents raised more than $1,200 during the national philanthropic campaign, the Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) EM Day of Service. The campaign encourages emergency medicine providers to choose a day or multiple days throughout September to organize opportunities to give back to the community they serve. UA DEM residents and faculty collected food and hygiene products and held a bake sale to raise funds for the DEM’s chosen charity, Wings for Women’s “No Hungry Kids Tucson.” Read more.

Residents Compete in ACEP Conference SIMWars 

A team of four University of Arizona emergency medicine residents recently participated in the Emergency Medicine Resident Association’s SIMWars competition at the 2015 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) national conference in Boston. It was the first year the UA has competed in SIMWars, a single-elimination tournament in which resident teams compete against each other in simulated patient scenarios. Each team performs on the national stage in front of a live audience of their peers and are judged by academic leaders in emergency medicine and simulation education. Read more.
 

DEM Abstracts Accepted to 2016 SCCM Congress

Congratulations to Department of Emergency Medicine faculty, fellows and residents whose research abstracts have been accepted to the 2016 Society of Critical Care Annual Congress Feb. 20-24 in Orlando:

• Predictors of Difficult Intubation When Using Video Laryngoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit - Raj Joshi, MD, Josh Malo, MD, John Bloom, MD, John Sakles, MD,  Jarrod Mosier, MD
• Emergency Department Recognition of Critical Illness Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency - Garrett Pacheco, MD, Cameron Hypes, MD MPH, Raj Joshi, MD, Jarrod Mosier, MD
• First Attempt Success at Intubation Is Associated with Lower Odds of Adverse Events in the ICU - Jeremy Greenberg, MD, Jarrod Mosier, MD, Raj Joshi, MD, John Bloom, MD, Josh Malo, MD, John Sakles, MD, Cameron Hypes, MD MPH
• Reason for Failed Attempts at Laryngoscopy Differs Between Video and Direct Laryngoscopes - Duncan Johnston, MD, Jarrod Mosier, MD, Raj Joshi, MD, Josh Malo, MD, John Sakles, MD, John Bloom, MD, Cameron Hypes, MD MPH
• Derivation of a Bundle to Improve First Attempt Success at Intubation in the Intensive Care Unit - Melissa Kelsey, DO, Cameron Hypes, MD, MPH, Raj Joshi, MD, Josh Malo, MD, John Bloom, MD, John Sakles, MD, Jarrod Mosier, MD
   

Announcing the 2014 Annual Report

 

The Department of Emergency Medicine 2014 Annual Report highlights some of our exciting clinical care, research and education endeavors. View online or download a pdf. 

 
 

      Awards & Recognition






Harvey W. Meislin, MD, professor of emergency medicine, has been awarded the 2016 Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at the AACEM annual retreat dinner Feb. 22, 2016 in Tempe. Dr. Meislin is the second UA Department of Emergency Medicine faculty member to receive this distinguished award. Peter Rosen, MD, clinical professor of emergency medicine, received the first AACEM Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Read more.

Daniel Spaite, MD, distinguished professor and co-director of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center - Phoenix, received the American College of Emergency Physicians “Outstanding Contributions in Research” Award in October during the 2015 ACEP Scientific Assembly International Meeting in Boston. The prestigious award recognizes Dr. Spaite’s outstanding contributions to emergency medicine research throughout his career. Read more.  Dr. Spaite also was featured as one of "25 Emergency Medicine & EMS Professors You Should Know" on the website Medical Technology Schools.

Tomas Nuño, PhD, research assistant professor, received approval for his application to the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). He was funded under the Health Disparities Research Program.The overarching aim of Dr. Nuño’s work at the UA Department of Emergency Medicine is to identity disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes and to find methods to prevent and control cardiovascular disease among emergency medicine populations, including racial and ethnic minorities and rural populations. He has expertise with population-based intervention research methods and the use of large national databases. The award is for a period of two years and is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). 

Richard Amini, MD, assistant professor, has been selected as assistant dean of student affairs at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. He and Kathy Smith, MD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, join Violet Siwik, MD, assistant professor of family and community medicine, who also serves in this role and is currently also interim associate dean for student affairs and admissions. Read more.


Elaine Situ-LaCasse , MD, PGY-III University Campus, received an Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Scholarship to the Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills (EMBRS) Workshop. Read more. Dr. Situ-LaCasse also was awarded an Arizona College if Emergency Medicine (AzCEP) Education/Research Seed Grant for her study, "Deriving a Simplified Sonographic Approach for the Identification of Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Dyspnea or Chest Pain in the Emergency Department."

Srikar Adhikari, MD, associate professor, received the 2015 College of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Award in recognition of his contributions to mentoring. 
 
Lisa Stoneking, MD, has been elected chief of staff elect for Banner – University Medical Center South.
 


Christine Huang, MD, PGY-IV, Combined EM and Pediatrics Residency Program, received the 2015 Resident Excellence and Leadership Scholarship awarded by the UA Office of Graduate Medical Education. 



Kenneth Iserson, MD, professor emeritus, is publishing a 2^nd edition of “Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments” (NY:McGraw-Hill). It should appear in early 2016.
 

 

Alumni Spotlight

Emergency physician and UA Emergency Medicine Residency Program alumnus Casey Solum, MD, Class of 2014, relates harrowing and heartfelt experiences from the ER in the Nov. 5 issue of the Downtown Devil. Dr. Solum presented at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Mini-Medical School 3.0 to talk about his experiences and lessons learned from working in the emergency medical field.
 

Where in the World is Ken?

“I am returning to the Caribbean for all of November, not for a holiday, but to work and teach at the Emergency Medicine residency in Guyana. This time, we will be graduating five physicians from our three-year Vanderbilt University-run program. These graduates go through an intense written and oral exam based on their study of material in the ABEM curriculum. This includes half-day weekly conferences, simulation labs, and additional ultrasound training using a donated machine from Vanderbilt's Emergency Department.
 
I’ve also arranged for RAD-AID International to provide additional radiology and ultrasound training. That is actually incidental to why I asked them to come. They will be surveying the hospital’s needs for additional radiology equipment and systems, with the idea that they can usually supply some from the U.S. and other sources.
 
Also, I have just returned the final proofs for the new 2^nd edition of “Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments” (NY:McGraw-Hill). It should appear in early 2016 and (start your guffawing now) a photo of me is on the front cover.
 
I’ll be back in early December and then leave mid-January for seven months in Antarctica to be the lead physician for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station. I’ll be there through next September during the Antarctic winter. That means no sun except for, perhaps, the first couple of weeks. It’s my second tour there. The first was for the summer season (no night) in 2009-2010. (We do have Internet.)”
 
Best wishes from abroad,
Ken