Brown University

We are a four-year academic residency program dedicated to providing the highest quality education in emergency medicine. Our goal is to develop emergency physicians with exceptional compassion and knowledge. We inspire the highest professional standards as clinicians, scholars and leaders in emergency medicine.

EMRA Emergency Medicine: The Medical Student Survival Guide
Author: Chapter 1: Emergency Medicine: The Specialty

Brown University
Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Airway

Critical Care Device Series: Bag-Valve-Mask

1/18/2023 Barret Zimmerman, MD , Brendan Innes, MD , Allie Schick, MD
The bag-valve-mask (BVM) is ubiquitous and highly utilized in all fields of emergency care. Yet despite its seemingly intuitive operation and perceived simplicity, the BVM is an overlooked and misunde
EMRA Spotlight , Education Committee

Meet Jessie Werner, MD

2/26/2020 Jessie Werner, MD
We're pleased to introduce Jessie Werner, MD, vice chair of the EMRA Education Committee, 2020-2021.
Toxicology

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis: Mind the Gap, Give Patients What They Need

8/14/2019 Brendan Innes, MD , Stephanie Carreiro, MD
Patients with alcohol use disorder commonly present to the ED critically ill, with myriad underlying pathologies. Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) should be considered in anyone with prolonged and/or bing
Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose This Condition

10/17/2018 Matin Shah, MD
A 3-month-old female born at 37 weeks via vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery presented as a referral to the emergency department from an outpatient imaging center after obtaining a computed tomography (
Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Nobody Likes Surprises

3/4/2018 Cameron J Gettel, MD
Good news! There are fewer surprise bills now than a decade ago. A surprise medical bill is one a patient receives from an out-of-network provider after seeking care at a facility considered "in-netw
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Clinical , Simulation , Med Student

TCEP Medical Simulation: Simulated Emergencies, Real-World Medical Skills, Authentic Learning Experiences

11/28/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Nicholas Salerno, MD , Joseph Ponce , Alexander H. Tran, MD
TCEP Medical Simulation: Simulated Emergencies, Real-World Medical Skills, Authentic Learning Experiences "Doctor, the patient is unresponsive!" You look up at the monitor and the rhythm strip become
Representative Council
Resolutions , Representative Council , Speaker Report , Leadership Reports

Anatomy of an EMRA Resolution

8/9/2017 Tiffany Jackson, MD , Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH
Anatomy of an EMRA Resolution The EMRA Representative Council passed a whopping 16 resolutions at its spring meeting in Orlando, tackling topics ranging from electronic and remote voting (now approve
Match , Med Student , MSIV , MSIII

Navigating International Waters: Top 5 FAQs for International Medicine Graduates Matching into EM

6/12/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Mary Edens, MD, FACEP , Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, MD , Emily Hillman, MD , Adam Kenney, MD , Adam Kellogg, MD, FACEP
Navigating International Waters: Top 5 FAQs for International Medicine Graduates Matching into EM Applying for an emergency medicine (EM) residency as an IMG is tough, and much of the standard applic
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Medical Education , Simulation

Medical Simulation 102: Introduction to Simulation in EM Residency

6/6/2017 Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Shehni Nadeem, MD , Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH
Medical Simulation 102: Introduction to Simulation in EM Residency The goal for simulation is not task completion but optimization. Medical simulation was first formalized with roots in military medi
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Representative Council , Speaker Report

EMRA RepCo: Goes Digital

5/30/2017 Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH
EMRA RepCo: Goes Digital If you attended SAEM17, you probably noticed some changes during the EMRA Representative Council Meeting. After seeing only about 30% of our organization's representatives at