Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Number 3, May 2026
West
Open Access at WestJEM.com
ISSN 1936-900X
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health Indexed in MEDLINE
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 3, May 2026
Climate Change 490 Selected Impacts of Urban Heat Islands on Emergency Medical Services Utilization in Rhode Island K Moretti, Y Liang, JM Nicklas, B Fox-Kemper, C DiCerbo, H Torabzadeh, CH Schmid, A Aluisio
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Reducing Waste: Instrument Recycling in the Emergency Department EH Chen, K Taguma, N Addo, JK Quinn
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Creating and Maintaining a “Climate-Smart” Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Current Progress and Future Potential L Moujaes, K Iuliucci
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Climate Change and Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review Across Emergency Medicine Subspecialties L Moujaes, K Iuliucci S Wheat
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Implementing a Climate Health Education Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Trainees and Faculty E Lewis, CM Smalley, M Kostura
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Mechanisms and Intervention Strategies for Heat Stroke-Associated Myocardial Dysfunction: A Narrative Review Y Zhuang, X-h Zhuang, X-y Zhang, D-C Wang, Y Yang
Education 534 Evidence-based Medicine Questions Logged by Emergency Medicine Residents On Shift in Relation to American Board of Emergency Medicine Content Areas S Kudrimoti, M Needham, JR Albers, JB Brown, E Cervantes, P Sgobba, AK Varadhan,DM Yenser, BG Kane 540
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National Survey of Telemedicine Curricula Among Emergency Medicine Residencies C Reisig, D Soubannarath Gwee, W Simmons, B Tarantino, N Naik
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