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The Proceduralist is a patient case column dedicated to the emergency clinician. It includes images, videos, columns and conversation about procedures in the emergency department and urgent care settings. The cases are of real patients with real problems. They offer their body and images to us for teaching and continuing medical education. The goal is to help teach and inspire the clinician with procedural tips, our interactive cases and video. We also include important information from a series of experts in all fields of medicine, nursing and science.

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Martha Roberts, Nurse Practitioner

Martha Roberts, MSN, ACNP, PNP, RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN is an emergency department NP with over 15+ years of emergency nursing and teaching experience. Martha wrote about procedures and offered editorials for Emergency Medicine News for almost a decade and served on their editorial board. The original procedure blog, called The Procedural Pause, is still available on EM-News. Columns, videos and cases are still available and archived on the site. Martha got her start as a member of the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. She received a BA in environmental science and audio technology from American University, a BSN in Nursing from Georgetown University, and a MS in Nursing / ACNP from Georgetown University. In addition, she completed two other master’s programs for pediatric acute, critical and primary care from The Catholic University of America and is a triple board certified nurse practitioner. She was invited to work at Dr. Lynn Margulis’ Laboratory (under the late Dr. Margulis) in Amherst, MA and has assisted in the content for Microbiology: Principles and Explorations for Dr. Jacquelyn Black. She did an emergency department NP formal fellowship at INOVA Fairfax in Fairfax, Virginia. Martha has won several magnet awards, and grants for her work involving sepsis. She worked clinically in multiple hospitals in the DC/VA/MD area and ultimately became the Director of Education and Advanced Practice Providers for Dartmouth-Hitchcock at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Vermont. She is currently living and practicing in the Sacramento, CA area, most recently at UC Davis Medical Center. She continues to serve on the Medical Marijuana Board for the State of Vermont, reviewing cases and providing service. She is the host of the Emergency Medicine Bootcamps through The Center for Medical Education and is a long time faculty member. Martha has also served as faculty for Georgetown University and Marymount University. Her previous blog, The Procedural Pause, won an ASPHE award for excellence. She has served on national board review for ANCC and ENA and been invited to assist with teaching for both EmRap and Urgent Care Rap. She has been invited to dozens of national conferences over the last decade and continues to speak annually at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine Annual Conference. She is currently working as the lead editor for imaging and videos for the 8th edition of Roberts & Hedges. Her current work includes COVID relief work in Sacramento and producing content and podcasts for CCME.

James R. Roberts, Physician

Jim Roberts, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAAEM, has been practicing for over 40 years in the emergency department. Jim was one of the first residency trained ER docs in the country. Jim went to medical school at Thomas Jefferson University and completed his internship in Oakland at Highland General. His residency was completed at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. His fellowship in medical toxicology was completed at New York University / Bellevue Hospital under Lewis Goldfrank, MD. Jim had a number of positions at University hospitals over the course of his career, ultimately landing at Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia as the director and chairman of the Emergency Department and vice chair at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He also is a professor at Drexell University and started The Institute for the Treatment of Poisonous Bites and Stings as well as the fellowship in medical toxicology. His positions have also included being an senior consultant to the Philadelphia Poison Control Center and The Philadelphia Zoo. He continues to teach for The Center of Continuing Medical Education as a faculty member and has had this position for over 35 years. His book, Roberts & Hedges: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine is now in it’s 7th edition and he continues to write his column for Emergency Medicine News, “In Focus,” each month where he serves as the chairman of the editorial board. Jim also received ACEP’s prestigious National Teaching Award and AAEM’s coveted David K. Wagner teaching Award among numerous other awards and accolades in his robust career as a physician. Some of his other awards include being a Fellow in Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Best Doctors in America (2005-2006), Golden Apple Award, The SAEM Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award, and he won several ASHPE awards for excellence in medical writing and publishing. Jim was also one of the founding members of EMRA and has been a visiting professor at dozens of universities, including Harvard University. Finally, he is a certified medical review officer. His accomplishments are lengthy and prestigious within the field of Emergency Medicine and he is truly the king of all procedures in EM!