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Winter 2023: University of South Florida
Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays from the University of South Florida’s Emergency Residency family! First congratulations are in order for this year’s fellowship matches! 6 of our 10 amazing residents from the Class of 2024 are pursuing fellowship opportunities...
A Message to Our Donors: The Future of the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center
Your generous contributions to the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center (EMLRC) over the years have helped us provide cutting edge training programs, hands-on education utilizing state-of-the-art simulation and technology, and didactic instruction to...
Social Emergency Medicine: Naloxone out of the ED and into the Community
Background Recent events, including the tragic rash of opioid overdose deaths in Broward County, FL, have highlighted the continued toll that the opioid epidemic has on communities and healthcare systems across the state of Florida. Opioid overdoses remain an epidemic...
The Impact of Covid-19 on Influenza Incidence at a Community Hospital
Since its emergence in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) has been compared with endemic influenza (Stowe et al., 2021; Chotpitayasunondh et al., 2020; Belingheri et al., 2020; Belongia et al., 2020: Iacobucci et al. 2020). These...
Successful Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy with Catheter-Directed Embolectomy
Introduction: Currently there are no treatment guidelines for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy and limited data exist to help guide treatment strategies. Catheter-directed embolectomy can be a viable consideration and offers the benefit of decreased...
Bilateral Pneumothoraces After Trigger Point Injection Therapy: A Case Report
ABSTRACT Introduction Trigger point injections (TPIs) are a common, seemingly benign treatment for myofascial pain. One possible, but rare, adverse event associated with TPI is pneumothorax. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of TPI-associated bilateral...
Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Intravenous Drug User
Introduction: Infectious myositis is classically defined as a purulent infection of skeletal muscle and is seen in patients residing in tropical climates or in patients with immunosuppression [1]. In rare cases it has been seen in immunocompetent patients with a...
Fall 2023: EMRAF President’s Message
Hard to believe another academic year has come and gone again. Welcome to the new year and a particularly warm welcome to all our new classes of residents as you begin your careers in the exciting specialty of Emergency Medicine. I am honored to have the opportunity...
Fall 2023: North Florida
Hello from North Florida! Since our last update, the Class of 2023 has graduated with many former residents returning home for full-time EM positions. We wanted to give a special shout out to Johnny Nguyen and Hank Gureasko, ride or die besties affectionately known as...
Fall 2023: University of South Florida
Welcome, everyone, to sunny and vibrant Tampa Bay! On behalf of the University of South Florida’s Emergency Residency Family, we are thrilled to bring you up to speed on all the exciting developments in our program.As we embark on a new academic cycle, we can't help...
