CDR Sean Stuart, DO, FACEP

GSACEP continues to focus on supporting you at every stage of your career. I’m excited to share that in the last few months, we’ve continued our long-standing trend of progress. We’ve launched several initiatives aimed at enhancing the support we provide to our members and advancing the practice of emergency medicine in federal service. These initiatives include new information packets for medical students and graduating residents, the development of a webinar series, and expanded website resources such as a compendium of mental health support. Additionally, based on your feedback, we are expanding our communication avenues to include more social outlets, a revised Facebook group for member interaction, and a news brief to keep you informed on topics that matter most to you. Each of these efforts reflects our commitment to delivering greater value and ensuring that GSACEP remains a leader in our field and a bastion for emergency physicians serving our country.

The GSACEP Board members are elected by the members of the Government Chapter of ACEP to represent their interests through dedicated advocacy, community outreach, and active participation in the annual ACEP council meeting. These members generously volunteer their time and effort to support emergency physicians working in federal service or the United States Armed Forces. Learn more about your representatives here.

Mallori Wilson, Sean Stuart et al.

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in civilian trauma centers and on the battlefield. One of the emerging treatment options for hemorrhage in austere environments is tranexamic acid (TXA). However, the landscape is not amenable to the current delivery standard. This study compared the pharmacokinetics of TXA via a standard 10-minute intravenous infusion (IV infusion), intravenous rapid push over 10 s (IV push), and intramuscular injection (IM) in a swine polytrauma and hemorrhagic shock model (trauma group) compared to uninjured controls (control group).

Our excellent training is provided by leveraging the military-civilian partnership with Wright State University.  We offer the unique experience to train in high acuity and high-volume civilian hospitals taking care of the sickest of the sick patients every shift, while also working at WPAFB honing officership and military leadership. Our military faculty also get dedicated time to work with the residents at their primary civilian clinical site which is a busy Level 1 trauma center.  Our dedicated ITE prep has led to historic high pass rates of ABEM exams, while the combination of academic and clinical experience has pushed alumni into competitive fellowships (including critical care, EMS, ultrasound, simulation, wilderness medicine, and toxicology), MTF leadership positions, AFSOC billets, and beyond.