Department Blog - July 2024

Samantha Camp, SOM class of 2027, has been awarded a one-year Medical Student Research Grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEMF) for her project “Biomarkers Predicting Functional Outcomes in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Requiring Thrombectomy.” Associate Professor Quincy Tran, MD, PhD is her mentor.

Instructor Gabriella Miller, MD, was featured and quoted in "Heat-Related Deaths Are On the Rise -- These 6 Expert Tips Can Reduce the Risk of Heatstroke," an article published June 10 in Woman’s World magazine. She discussed heat stroke symptoms and the importance of treating heat stroke as an emergency and calling 911. She also outlined practical ways to bring down an affected person's body temperature quickly, including ice baths, ice packs, and wet towels. 
https://www.womansworld.com/posts/health/heat-related-deaths-are-on-the-rise-these-6-expert-tips-can-reduce-the-risk-of-heatstroke

Professor Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, served as one of two training track leads for the cohort of eight UMSOM scholars including Assistant Professor David Gatz, MD, in the second Clinical, Translational, and Public Health training program offered by the Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation (CARTI). The competitive program for rising biomedical and clinician scientists offers training with a focus on research rigor, compliance, and grant writing to prepare them to pursue well-funded, innovative biomedical research.

“Use of Esmarch bandage does not increase peripheral vein size in healthy volunteers: a randomized clinical trial,” by Professor Brian Euerle, MD, Associate Professor Alexis Salerno, MD, Residents Robert Paterson, MD and Taylor Miller, MD, former clinical assistant professor Samantha King, MD, and Assistant Professor J. David Gatz, MD, was published online June 25 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Increasing the diameter of a vein may improve venous access during ultrasound-guided cannulation. Comparing use of a tourniquet only with use of a tourniquet + Esmarch bandage to increase basilic vein size in study participants, the study found no difference in vein size between the two groups but noted that participants in the tourniquet + Esmarch group reported greater discomfort. (Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Jun 25;83:20-24.)

Emergency Medicine resident Babette Newman, DO, UMMC clinical pharmacy specialist Matthew Poremba, PharmD, and Associate Professor Gentry Wilkerson, MD, coauthored “Angioedema Secondary to Tenecteplase Use in a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report,” published July 11 in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine.

“Revisiting ‘Left Without Being Seen’ Metrics in the ED: The current system drives problematic decisions regarding how care is allocated,” a commentary by Assistant Professor Gregory Jasani, MD, appeared May 20, 2024, in MedPage Today. Dr. Jasani proposes “a more balanced LWBS metric” that distinguishes between high- and low-acuity patients.