In this episode, we interview Dr. Stuart Harris. Dr. Harris is the founder and Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Wilderness Medicine, and the Director of the MGH Wilderness Medicine Fellowship. He is a full-time attending physician in the MGH Emergency Department and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency in 2003. He has been conducting research with the Himalayan Rescue Association in the Mt. Everest region since 1999 and the U.S. Army’s Research Institute for Environmental Medicine since 2004, and is currently working on the next edition of Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine .

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In these two lectures from the GSACEP 2025 Conference, we discuss AI and the future of battlefield medicine, as well as the subject of prisoner rights in the ED.

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In this episode, we interview science and tech journalist Tereza Pultarova on her work with drone warfare in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War.

More of Tereza's work can be found here:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/autonomous-drone-warfare

https://x.com/TerezaPultarova

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In this episode of the GS ACEP podcast, guest host Dr. Anne Long interviews Dr. Katrina (“Kat”) Landa, an emergency physician and former Navy officer, about mass-casualty management in combat settings—focusing on her experience during the Abbey Gate bombing in Kabul in August 2021. Drawing on her roles as mass casualty coordinatorat the NATO Role 3 hospital in Kandahar (2018–2019) and later as officer in charge of a Shock Trauma Platoon during the Afghanistan withdrawal, Dr. Landa describes how deliberate training, a shared mental model, and well-prepared corpsmen shaped her team’s response under extreme chaos.

They discuss practical frameworks for mass-casualty triage, pre-hospital damage-control resuscitation, the realities of operating in an austere environment with limited supplies, and the critical importance of communications, logistics, and integrated trainingwith line units. Dr. Landa also reflects on leadership, moral injury, and what junior military physicians and commands can do now to better prepare for future high-acuity, low-frequency events.

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Lieutenant Commander Anne Long, an active duty emergency medicine physician in the U.S. Navy, shares her journey from joining the military for financial reasons to discovering a passion for military medicine during her operational roles, including a challenging deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. She describes her experiences in military emergency medicine, emphasizing preparedness through training and partnerships with civilian medical centers to maintain skills despite the evolving nature of military operations and the drawdown of large-scale conflicts. She highlights the greatest reward of her military career as the relationships and connections she's formed with colleagues and other military personnel.

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In this episode of the GSAC EP podcast, Dr. Amy Hildreth, Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, shares her insights and personal experiences on navigating uncertainty in military medicine. From her first deployment to Kandahar to managing mass casualty events, Dr. Hildreth discusses the critical importance of developing uncertainty tolerance, managing stress, and using practical frameworks to enhance performance in high-stakes environments. The episode explores strategies such as preparation, cognitive flexibility, mentorship, simulation training, and mindfulness to help medical professionals and trainees thrive amid the unknown. Listeners will gain valuable tools for embracing uncertainty and leading with confidence on and off the battlefield.

#MilitaryMedicine #EmergencyMedicine #UncertaintyTolerance #StressManagement #Mentorship #SimulationTraining #MedicalEducation #MedicalPodcast #VeteransCare #ProlongedCasualtyCare

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Stay ahead of emerging challenges with this episode on trends in the illicit drug market and their impact on emergency care. Commander Christine De Forest shares first-hand clinical experience managing patients with substance use disorders, with a focus on potent synthetics like fentanyl and xylazine (“tranq”), withdrawal protocols, pharmacologic strategies, and practical considerations for ED clinicians. Equip yourself with current approaches to improve outcomes for patients struggling with addiction in your emergency department.

Keywords: substance use disorder, emergency department, opioids, synthetic drugs, fentanyl, xylazine, withdrawal management, pharmacologic treatment, harm reduction, emergency medicine, clinical practice

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Hear the latest for the littles from pediatric EM physician Dr. Nadia Pearson.

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