EMRA MedWAR 2023

The 8th Annual EMRA MedWAR, in collaboration with the ACEP Wilderness Medicine Section, hosted numerous teams in Philadelphia, PA. It was a day of exhilarating medical scenarios and amazing trails, all surrounded by beautiful fall foliage!

Congratulations to our 2023 MedWAR winners!

  • First Place: UCSF Fresno (Straight Outta Yosemite)
  • Second Place: Allegheny General Hospital (Codebusters)
  • Third Place: Augusta university (Feral Guinea Pigs)

In addition to the top 3 finishing teams, the EMRA Wilderness Division congratulates all the racers whose participation made the day so successful:

2023 MedWAR Teams

Team Name Program
Albert's Runaways Albert Einstein Medical Center
Codebusters Allegheny General Hospital
Feral guinea pigs Augusta University
My Three Dads Augusta University
Master Disimpactors ChristianaCare
TBD Florida State University / Sarasota Memorial Hospital
MTF  Georgetown EM
Running out of patients Good Samaritan university hospital
TBD Lakeland Health
HAPE or Just Out of Shape? Madigan Army Medical Center
Plan B52 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Bellevue NYU | Bellevue EM Residency
Trauma 99ers Stanford
Wreck EM Tech Texas Tech University Health Science Center - Lubbock
Straight out of Yosemite UCSF Fresno
Trauma Llamas UMass Chan Medical School
Husky Wild Pups University of Connecticut
Husky Hotties University of Connecticut

EMRA appreciates and recognizes Drs. Caudell, Haston and Irons for their dedication to Wilderness Medicine and support of EMRA’s MedWAR. Without their participation and support, EMRA would not be able to offer this amazing program to their members.

Thank you to BTG for their generous support and to Elsevier for their donation of Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine books.

Start preparing your teams now!  MedWAR 2024 is coming!

EMRA MedWAR 2023
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