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Abstract Purpose: Create a deliverable with national and local mental health resources to decrease suicide rates in Uinta County adolescents. Background: Since 2018, Wyoming has held the highest suicide rate in the U.S. and Uinta County has the second-highest suicide rate in the state as of 2020. Uinta County has 1.5-fold more deaths by suicide …

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Introduction A major meta-analysis conducted in 2016 found that 1 in 4 medical students internationally met the criteria for depression. Other studies have suggested that students of color face increased prevalence of depression and anxiety, as well as non-male gender students and students with disabilities. However, few studies have assessed student well-being across a multitude …

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Background Clinical decision-making is influenced by cognitive biases, yet traditional medical education provides limited opportunities to explore these biases in real-time. This study evaluates whether outdoor experiential learning enhances awareness of decision-making processes and bias recognition among emergency medicine (EM) residents. Methods We developed an outdoor experiential workshop where EM residents selected one of three …

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Background Vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm dissection is a rare vascular pathology affecting 1–5 per 100,000 individuals yearly. Over 80% of vertebral dPSAs are extracranial and can present with a wide variety of symptoms from headache, neck pain, arm pain due to mass effect, to TIA or stroke due to embolic phenomena or mass effect. While blunt …

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Background Aortic dissection is a life-threatening vascular emergency that typically presents with chest or back pain, but it can manifest atypically with abdominal symptoms. This case is noteworthy for its unusual presentation—isolated abdominal pain as the initial manifestation of a Stanford type B aortic dissection involving the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). The case highlights a …

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