Annual airway day and mechanical ventilation day closed out our summer conference series. For airway day, we learned about the difficult airway algorithm and then put it to the test with challenging live simulations involving impending airway failure scenarios. After familiarizing ourselves with various airway adjuncts, residents were able to work on improving fiberoptic skills. We closed out the day with an “airway rodeo,” where teams competed in a relay race that had stations including foreign body obstruction, digital intubation, utilizing the tomahawk approach, and more. Mechanical ventilation day came the following week and allowed us to learn the intricacies of ventilators alongside our respiratory therapists in the simulation lab.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Colleen Gutman to our pediatric emergency medicine faculty. She recently graduated from her PEM fellowship at Emory University and started working with us this summer. She is a great addition to our already strong longitudinal pediatric EM experience.

An unconventional recruitment season is now in full swing. This year, creativity is paramount as we work to increase the visibility of our program in novel ways. We recently launched our new Instagram (@ufemergencymed) and Twitter (@UF_EM), which highlight various aspects of our program and spotlight individual faculty, fellows and residents. We have also been hosting online meet and greets via Zoom with faculty and residents, which invites prospective applicants to become more familiar with our program. ■