The EMRA offices will be closed for the upcoming holidays from Wednesday, December 24, 2025 until Monday, January 5, 2026. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Future physician-astronauts, here’s a new opportunity that’s right up your alley — UCLA’s Space Medicine Fellowship. EMRA’s Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Committee gets a first-hand look with the
This specialty is ideal for emergency medicine and about ready to take off. Read on to get a grounded understanding of what it's like to care for patients extraterrestrially.
Redefining the (Emergency) Physician-Astronaut
(All images courtesy of NASA. Above, emergency physician Scott Parazynski, MD, participates in an Extravehicular Activity during STS-120, the 23rd shutt