• Prospective study of emergency medicine provider wellness across ten academic and community hospitals during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Kelker, Heather; Yoder, Kyle; Musey, Paul, Jr.; Harris, Madison; Johnson, Olivia; Sarmiento, Elisa; Vyas, Punit; Henderson, Brooke; Adams, Zachary; Welch, Julie (Springer, 2021)

  Background While COVID-19 has had far-reaching consequences on society and health care providers, there is a paucity of research exploring frontline emergency medicine (EM) provider wellness over the course of a pandemic. ...
• Boarding of Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department 

  Mohr, Nicholas M.; Wessman, Brian T.; Bassin, Benjamin; Elie-Turenne, Marie-Carmelle; Ellender, Timothy; Emlet, Lillian L.; Ginsberg, Zachary; Gunnerson, Kyle; Jones, Kevin M.; Kram, Bridgette; Marcolini, Evie; Rudy, Susanna (Wolters Kluwer, 2020-08-01)

  Objectives: Emergency department boarding is the practice of caring for admitted patients in the emergency department after hospital admission, and boarding has been a growing problem in the United States. Boarding of the ...
• Creation and Implementation of a Large-Scale Geriatric Interprofessional Education Experience 

  Mcquown, Colleen; Ahmed, Rami A.; Hughes, Patrick G.; Ortiz-Figueroa, Fabiana; Drost, Jennifer C.; Brown, Diane K.; Fosnight, Sue; Hazelett, Susan (Hindawi, 2020-07-25)

  The care of the older adult requires an interprofessional approach to solve complex medical and social problems, but this approach is difficult to teach in our educational silos. We developed an interprofessional educational ...
• Perception of Physician Empathy Varies With Educational Level and Gender of Patients Undergoing Low-Yield Computerized Tomographic Imaging 

  Kline, Jeffrey A.; Lin, Michelle P.; Hall, Cassandra L.; Puskarich, Michael A.; Dehon, Erin.; Kuehl, Damon R.; Wang, Ralph C.; Hess, Erik P.; Runyon, Michael S.; Wang, Hao; Courtney, D Mark. (SAGE, 2020-06-01)

  Objective: Lack of empathic communication between providers and patients may contribute to low value diagnostic testing in emergency care. Accordingly, we measured the perception of physician empathy and trust in patients ...
• Can we predict which COVID-19 patients will need transfer to intensive care within 24 hours of floor admission? 

  Wang, Alfred Z.; Ehrman, Robert; Bucca, Antonino; Croft, Alexander; Glober, Nancy; Holt, Daniel; Lardaro, Thomas; Musey, Paul; Peterson, Kelli; Trigonis, Russell; Hunter, Benton R. (Wiley, 2021)

  Background Patients with COVID‐19 can present to the emergency department (ED) at any point during the spectrum of illness, making it difficult to predict what level of care the patient will ultimately require. Admission ...
• Effect of an Aerosol Box on Intubation in Simulated Emergency Department Airways: A Randomized Crossover Study 

  Turner, Joseph S.; Falvo, Lauren E.; Ahmed, Rami A.; Ellender, Timothy J.; Corson-Knowles, Dan; Bona, Anna M.; Sarmiento, Elisa J.; Cooper, Dylan D. (University of California, 2020-11)

  Introduction: The use of transparent plastic aerosol boxes as protective barriers during endotracheal intubation has been advocated during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic. There is evidence ...
• Young male with coughing and chest pain 

  Motzkus, Christine; Pettit, Nicholas (Wiley, 2021-02)
• Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with Bacterial Co-infection Admitted to the Hospital from the Emergency Department in a Large Regional Healthcare System 

  Lardaro, Thomas; Wang, Alfred Z.; Bucca, Antonino; Croft, Alexander; Glober, Nancy; Holt, Daniel B.; Musey, Paul I., Jr.; Peterson, Kelli D.; Trigonis, Russell A.; Hunter, Benton R. (Wiley, 2021)

  Introduction The rate of bacterial coinfection with SARS‐CoV‐2 is poorly defined. The decision to administer antibiotics early in the course of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection depends on the likelihood of bacterial coinfection. ...
• Clinical prediction rule for SARS-CoV-2 infection from 116 U.S. emergency departments 2-22-2021 

  Kline, Jeffrey A.; Camargo, Carlos A.; Courtney, D. Mark; Kabrhel, Christopher; Nordenholz, Kristen E.; Aufderheide, Thomas; Baugh, Joshua J.; Beiser, David G.; Bennett, Christopher L.; Bledsoe, Joseph; Castillo, Edward; Chisolm-Straker, Makini; Goldberg, Elizabeth M.; House, Hans; House, Stacey; Jang, Timothy; Lim, Stephen C.; Madsen, Troy E.; McCarthy, Danielle M.; Meltzer, Andrew; Moore, Stephen; Newgard, Craig; Pagenhardt, Justine; Pettit, Katherine L.; Pulia, Michael S.; Puskarich, Michael A.; Southerland, Lauren T.; Sparks, Scott; Turner-Lawrence, Danielle; Vrablik, Marie; Wang, Alfred; Weekes, Anthony J.; Westafer, Lauren; Wilburn, John (PloS, 2021-03)

  Objectives Accurate and reliable criteria to rapidly estimate the probability of infection with the novel coronavirus-2 that causes the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) and associated disease (COVID-19) ...
• Establishing a Low-Resource Simulation Emergency Medicine Curriculum in Nepal 

  Wang, Alfred; Saltarelli, Nicholas; Cooper, Dylan; Amatya, Yogendra; House, Darlene R. (Association of American Medical Colleges, 2020-07-15)

  Introduction High-fidelity medical simulation is widely used in emergency medicine training because it mirrors the fast-paced environment of the emergency department (ED). However, simulation is not common in emergency ...
• Multicenter registry of United States emergency department patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 

  Kline, Jeffrey A.; Pettit, Katherine L.; Kabrhel, Christopher; Courtney, D. Mark; Nordenholz, Kristen E.; Camargo, Carlos A. (Wiley, 2020-11-12)

  This paper summarizes the methodology for the registry of suspected COVID‐19 in emergency care (RECOVER), a large clinical registry of patients from 155 United States (US) emergency departments (EDs) in 27 states tested ...
• TACIT (High Sensitivity Troponin T Rules Out Acute Cardiac Insufficiency Trial) 

  Pang, Peter S.; Fermann, Gregory J.; Hunter, Benton R.; Levy, Phillip D.; Lane, Kathleen A.; Li, Xiaochun; Cole, Mette; Collins, Sean P. (American Heart Association, 2019-07-10)

  Background Identifying low-risk acute heart failure (AHF) patients safe for discharge from the emergency department (ED) is a major unmet need. Methods A prospective, observational, multi-center pilot study targeting ...
• Rapid Adaptation to Remote Didactics and Learning in GME 

  Hickam, Grace; Santen, Sally A.; Cico, Stephen John; Manthey, David; Wolff, Margaret; Moll, Joel; Lambert, Alexandra; Jordan, Jaime; Haas, Mary R. C. (Wiley, 2020-09-08)

  Weekly didactic conference in emergency medicine education has traditionally united residents and faculty for learning and fostered community within the residency program. The global pandemic Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) ...
• Remodulin® Pump Failure: An Emergency Medicine Simulation Scenario 

  Wipprecht, Steven; Wagner, Jake; Bona, Anna; Falvo, Lauren; Ahmed, Rami A. (Cureus, 2020-05-21)

  Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease that causes high patient mortality. With limited hemodynamic reserve, many PH patients require maintenance IV infusion medications to maintain their activities of daily ...
• COVID-19 and Medical Education: A Four-Part Model to Assess Risks, Benefits, and Institutional Obligations During a Global Pandemic 

  Barach, Paul; Ahmed, Rami A.; Nadel, Eric S.; Hafferty, Frederic; Philibert, Ingrid (Elsevier, 2020-10-23)

  The practice of medicine carries inherent risks, especially during outbreaks of highly contagious diseases like Ebola, H1N1, tuberculosis, and COVID-19. Exposure risks remain and extend to medical students and resident/fellows ...
• Why an Algorithmic “Rule-Out MI” Order Set Is Necessary But Not Sufficient Care for Chest Pain in the Emergency Department Setting 

  Nault Connors, Jill D.; Prittie, Alex; Musey, Paul I. (Sage, 2019)
• Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Among Healthcare Workers With Differing Levels of COVID-19 Patient Exposure 

  Hunter, Benton R.; Dbeibo, Lana; Weaver, Christopher; Beeler, Cole; Saysana, Michele; Zimmerman, Michelle; Weaver, Lindsay (Cambridge University Press, 2020-08-03)

  Healthcare employees were tested for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. Among 734 employees, the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was 1.6%. Employees with heavy COVID-19 exposure had similar antibody prevalence as those ...
• Qualities Important in the Selection of Chief Residents 

  Turner, Joseph; Litzau, Megan; Mugele, Josh; Pettit, Katie; Sarmiento, Elisa J.; Humbert, Aloysius (Cureus, Inc., 2020-04-07)

  Background Chief resident selection occurs by numerous methods. Chief residents also fulfill multiple roles, requiring a broad skill set. However, there is little literature on which qualities various stakeholders value ...
• Variations in the California Emergency Medical Services Response to Opioid Use Disorder 

  Glober, Nancy K.; Hern, Gene; McBride, Owen; Mercer, Mary P. (eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2020-04-16)

  Introduction: Opioids contributed to over 300,000 deaths in the United States in the past 10 years. Most research on drug use occurs in clinics or hospitals; few studies have evaluated the impact of opioid use on emergency ...
• Wellness: Combating Burnout and Its Consequences in Emergency Medicine 

  Stehman, Christine R.; Clark, Ryan L.; Purpura, Andrea; Kellogg, Adam R. (eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2020-04-13)

  Medicine recognizes burnout as a threat to quality patient care and physician quality of life. This issue exists throughout medicine but is notably prevalent in emergency medicine (EM). Because the concept of "wellness" ...

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