Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Bruce D. Adams practices Emergency Medicine. He went to medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is ranked 72 in research and 47 in primary care medicine He received awards:"Texas Super Doctors", "Who's Who in America (68th Edition, 2014)", "Best Doctors of San Antonio 2013", "Honorary Member, Board of Directors", "Who's Who in America (64th Edition, 2010)", "Listed in Guide to Americas Top Emergency Medicine Physicians (CRCA, 2010 edition)", "Who's Who in America (63rd Edition, 2009)", "Surgeon General of the Army "A" Proficiency Designator 62A9A", "Who's Who in America (62nd Edition, 2008)", "Council of Central Texas Red, White & Blue Gala Certificate of Recognition", "Who's Who in Science and Engineering (10th Edition, 2007-2008)", "Who's Who in America (61st Edition, 2006-2007)", "Order of Military Medical Merit", "Faculty of the year award", "Selected for promotion to Colonel (for 2007)", "Top Reviewer", "Inducted into the 11th US Cavalry Regiment Blackhorse Order of the Combat Spur", "Emergency Medicine Faculty of the Year Award", "Emergency Medicine Resident of the Year", "Excellence in Emergency Medicine Research Award", "Research Award, 3rd place", "Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel", "Promoted below the zone (early) to Major", "Flight Surgeon of the Year (Spurgeon H. Neel Award)", "Flight Surgeon of the Year", "Finalist, Resident of the Year", "Fellow (FACEP)", "Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster (2 awards)", "Legion of Merit", "Combat Medic Badge", "Expert Field Medical Badge", "Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (2 awards)", "Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal", "Global War on Terrorism Service Medal", "Overseas Service Medal", "Joint Commendation Medal", "Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal", "Army Commendation Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters)", "Valorous Unit Award", "Joint Meritorious Unit Award", "Army Superior Unit Award", "Army Meritorious Unit Award" and "Combat Service Patches (3 awards)". Bruce D. Adams is a published doctor. He published 33 publications, including: 'Amlodipine overdose causes prolonged calcium channel blocker toxicity.'

Publications

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• Propofol for benzodiazepine-refractory alcohol withdrawal in a non-mechanically ventilated patient: a case report.
• ACP Journal Club. Longer perishock pauses were associated with decreased survival to hospital discharge after out-of-hospital shockable cardiac arrest.
• Myeloproliferative disorders and the hyperviscosity syndrome.
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the combat hospital and forward operating base: use of automated external defibrillators.
• When dead is only mostly dead: understanding which causes of sudden cardiac death have good outcomes.
• Registry of emergency airways arriving at combat hospitals.
• The law of unintended consequences: The Joint Commission regulations and the digital rectal examination.
• Panel synopsis: pre-hospital combat health support 2010: what should our azimuth be?
• Inspiratory resistance maintains arterial pressure during central hypovolemia: implications for treatment of patients with severe hemorrhage.
• Improvised airway management devices.
• Chest radiography: the trauma team point of view.
• A video based training program improves defibrillator inspection compliance.
• Fosphenytoin may cause hemodynamically unstable bradydysrhythmias.
• Pinch-an-inch test for appendicitis.
• Cardiac arrest of nonpatients within hospital public areas.
• Emergency medicine residents effectively direct inhospital cardiac arrest teams.
• Tenecteplase and return of spontaneous circulation after refractory cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Geriatric all-terrain vehicle trauma.
• Bystander cricothyroidotomy performed with an improvised airway.
• Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1996: psychiatric services to Cuban migrants in the final days of Operation Sea Signal.
• Decreasing the time to defibrillation: a comparative study of defibrillator electrode designs.
• "Code Blue" in the hospital lobby: cardiac arrest teams vs. public access defibrillation.
• "Utstein style" spreadsheet and database programs based on Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access software for CPR data management of in-hospital resuscitation.
• Emergency battlefield cricothyrotomy complicated by tube occlusion.
• Tiagabine: let seizing dogs lie?
• Cardiac arrests of hospital staff and visitors: experience from the national registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Role of first-drawn indeterminate troponin-I levels in the Emergency Department.
• The anion gap does not accurately screen for lactic acidosis in emergency department patients.
• Emergency physicians in the military: a sequel.
• Amlodipine overdose causes prolonged calcium channel blocker toxicity.
• Traumatic brain injury complicated by environmental hyperthermia.
• Honoring the Admiral: Boerhaave-van Wassenaer''s syndrome.

Schools

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• Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences

• Walter Reed Army Med Center

• Eisenhower Army Med Center

• Med College Ga

Conditions Treated

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• Migraine
• Sepsis

Doctors Specialties

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• Emergency Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO

Awards

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• Texas Super Doctors
• Who's Who in America (68th Edition, 2014)
• Best Doctors of San Antonio 2013
• Honorary Member, Board of Directors
• Who's Who in America (64th Edition, 2010)
• Listed in Guide to America’s Top Emergency Medicine Physicians (CRCA, 2010 edition)
• Who's Who in America (63rd Edition, 2009)
• Surgeon General of the Army "A" Proficiency Designator 62A9A
• Who's Who in America (62nd Edition, 2008)
• Council of Central Texas Red, White & Blue Gala Certificate of Recognition
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering (10th Edition, 2007-2008)
• Who's Who in America (61st Edition, 2006-2007)
• Order of Military Medical Merit
• Faculty of the year award
• Selected for promotion to Colonel (for 2007)
• Top Reviewer
• Inducted into the 11th US Cavalry Regiment Blackhorse Order of the Combat Spur
• Emergency Medicine Faculty of the Year Award
• Emergency Medicine Resident of the Year
• Excellence in Emergency Medicine Research Award
• Research Award, 3rd place
• Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
• Promoted below the zone (early) to Major
• Flight Surgeon of the Year (Spurgeon H. Neel Award)
• Flight Surgeon of the Year
• Finalist, Resident of the Year
• Fellow (FACEP)
• Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster (2 awards)
• Legion of Merit
• Combat Medic Badge
• Expert Field Medical Badge
• Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (2 awards)
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
• Overseas Service Medal
• Joint Commendation Medal
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• Army Commendation Medal (with 3 oak leaf clusters)
• Valorous Unit Award
• Joint Meritorious Unit Award
• Army Superior Unit Award
• Army Meritorious Unit Award
• Combat Service Patches (3 awards)

Education

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• Medical College of Georgia
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• University of California, Davis

Hospital

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• University Health System
• William Beaumont Army Medical Center

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