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Looking for a way to get involved at AAENP? Leadership opportunities as State Representatives are needed for the following states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington D.C., & Puerto Rico. State Representatives are essential connections to our members and actively support the values and mission of AAENP. There is also an opening for the Northeastern Regional Director. If interested, please apply through the AAENP website at https://www.aaenp-natl.org/get-involved by submitting your updated CV as well as a Letter or Interest.
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ICYMI – AAENP is relaunching our Special Interest Groups (SIG) and are reaching out to you to join a SIG. SIGs provide networking opportunities, promote partnership with other organizations, and inform and support AAENP initiatives. SIGs provide an opportunity for members to suggest position statements, share collective interests and concerns with the AAENP BOD so your voice is heard
The current SIGs that are available are:
- Acute Care
- Prehospital/EMS
- Program Directors
- Urgent Care
- Wilderness Care
- Student
A meeting will be held in mid-September to answer any questions and provide more information. Questions? Reach out directly to our SIG Co-Chairs Diane Switzer (switzerd@seattleu.edu) and/or Nycole Oliver (nycole.oliver@yahoo.com).
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HAVE YOU CARED FOR A PATIENT WITH CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED MONKEYPOX? To assist emergency medicine professionals during this public health emergency, VisualDx, a clinical informatics company with over 20 years of providing public health solutions, is creating the Monkeypox Emergency Medicine Project in conjunction with ACEP and partner organizations including AAENP. We are asking members to contribute your confirmed monkeypox case images to the initiative. No identifying information will be collected. Images collected through the Monkeypox Emergency Medicine Project will be made freely accessible to better assist recognition, clinical care, education. It will also be made available within the VisualDx system.
By ensuring that emergency medicine professionals have access to a diverse set of clinical images, we can improve healthcare outcomes.
We appreciate your participation. You can find further details at www.visualdx.com/monkeypox-images
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Did you know that for two years AAENP has partnered with ACEP and several other organziations (including ENA, EMRA, SEMPA, and NAEMSP among others) on a CDC funded grant addressing COVID-19 and emergencing infectious threats? Because of this collaboration, new MONKEYPOX resources are available! Access this free guide at https://www.acep.org/monkeypox-field-guide/cover-page/
Additional resources on Testing and Treatment for Monkeypox area available from the CDC and vaccine information from this recent HHS Announcement.
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988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
In mid-July, the U.S. transitioned the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 — a three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care. The lifeline makes crisis care more easily available to those in need. Veterans, service members and their families can still reach the Veterans Crisis Line by calling 1-800-273-8255 or text to 838255. More information on 988 is available on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline webpage.
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We are happy to announce AAENP’s new partnership with Provider Practice Essentials. Their 1, 2, or 3 day workshops includes hands-on live suturing, the highest quality interactive presentations of EKG interpretation, pulmonary management, deadly rash and skin identification, and radiology interpretation. They also offer focused teaching in diagnostic and clinical ultrasound, and airway management. AAENP Members can take up to 20% off of all live conferences with early registration, and 10% discount off the regular price of the Emergency Medicine Board Review Series and related products (flashcard, stimulus photo review, audio review, and practice board exam question bank)! To access the member discounts, log in under the Membership section of the AAENP webpage.
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Have news to share??? Send any member updates (e.g., completion of degrees, kudos, program updates, etc) to be featured in upcoming newsletters to info@aaenp-natl.org.
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