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Window to give stroke drug widens
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI
"This should convince the last skeptics and rally emergency medicine and neurology," said Saver, a professor of neurology at UCLA. As many as 40% of ER doctors say they would not use the drug, partly because of concerns about side effects and liability ...
Local EMS director awarded
Cass County Reporter, ND
Sauter, an emergency medicine physician at Innovis Health in Fargo, has been the medical director for the RCCARA since 2003. He serves as the medical director to the Casselton, Kindred, Hunter and Page ambulance services and the Buffalo and Leonard ...
Not Feeling Well? Can't Leave the Office? The Doctor Will See You Now
PR Newswire (press release), NY
All services are provided by emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians who are board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Board of Internal Medicine. Medicine At Work(TM) combines innovative medical ...
Emerson physician elected president of Mass. College of Emergency ...
Harvard Post, MA
He went on to Michigan State University for a one-year internship in osteopathic medicine followed by a three-year residency in emergency medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. He returned to Maine and joined the medical staff of ...
3 VVS siblings become MDs
Oneida Dispatch, NY
She will be specializing in emergency medicine. It was her high school physiology class that first sparked her interest in medicine. “I always liked how things worked — finding out how things worked, especially in the human body,” she said. ...
A Survey of Bedside Ultrasound Use by Emergency Physicians in ...
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)
Address correspondence to John C. Stein, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0208, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA., E-mail: jstein{at}medicine.ucsf.edu Objective. The purpose of this study was to ...
Teaching To Manage Asthma Can Reduce ER Visits
eMaxHealth.com, NC
... asthma emergencies can have a very disruptive effect on the quality of life for the child and their entire family,” said Joseph Zorc, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. ...
Bedside Sonographic Diagnosis of a Mobile Kidney in the Emergency ...
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)
Address correspondence to Stephen A. Shiver, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St, AF 1006, Augusta, GA 30912-4007 USA. E-mail: sshiver{at}mcg.edu Abdominal pain is a common presenting symptom in the emergency ...
Swine Flu Scare: Hospitals Step Up…
myfoxny.com, NY
Dr. Geoffrey Doughlin, the chairman of emergency medicine, says that over the last few days the hospital has seen about 200 more patients that the usual daily volume. The recent swine flu related deaths in New York City have created more concern among ...
[EMA]-Propofol for Sedation in Pediatric Patients
Therapeutics Daily (press release) (registration), PA
Peer Reviewer:Teresa Wu, MD, Director of Simulation Education and Training, Graduate Medical Education; Ultrasound Faculty and Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL. Pediatric patients in the emergency ...
Pediatric Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Linked To Video Games After ...
Science Daily (press release)
Co-authors at the UT Health Science Center include: Latisha A. Smith, MD, associate professor of medicine; Erik A. Maus, MD, assistant professor of medicine; James J. McCarthy, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine; Michelle Koehler, ...
At the Hospital, the Faces of Fear
New York Times, United States
On Tuesday, the number spiked to 169, according to Dr. Estevan Garcia, director of pediatric emergency medicine. At Schneider, in the Glen Oaks section of eastern Queens, there were 227 visits on Sunday, 262 on Monday and 273 on Tuesday, ...
Tri-City cedes market share to Palomar
Trading Markets (press release), CA
"When I saw the photos, with all the doctors in a row, that's a real problem," said Dr. James Dunford, the City of San Diego medical director and a UC San Diego professor of emergency medicine. "When those types of people stand up and talk about it, ...
It's emergency medicine vs. urgent care
SunHerald.com (registration),  USA
By Melissa Healy - Los Angeles Times People in the United States who slice a finger chopping vegetables, come home from work to a feverish baby or break a bone in a weekend football game have, at last count, more than 4000 emergency departments ...
Emergency boss denies poor treatment
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Dr McCarthy, who is also president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, denied reports that she had brushed off distressed nurses' requests for help in the department. "My role as president of the Australasian College for Emergency ...
Grieving mom stands in for U of C student at graduation
Calgary Herald,  Canada
Among other charitable local and international endeavours, it has helped to set up the Dr. Lindsay Leigh Kimmett Prize in Emergency Medicine, to be given out annually to a qualifiedUof C student specializing in emergency medicine. ...
Gender disparities seen in EMS care for chest pain
Reuters
... their male counterparts to receive aspirin and other recommended therapies by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel, according to study findings presented Friday at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference in New Orleans. ...
Review Finds Home Management Program For Children With Asthma Can ...
AHN
... emergencies can have a very disruptive effect on the quality of life for the child and their entire family," Joseph Or, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a statement. ...
Empathy: Good for Doctors and Bad for Judges?
Atlantic Online
... than their male counterparts (though it did not reach statistical significance), and psychiatrists did better than physicians in surgical fields, while there was no difference between internists, psychiatrists and emergency medicine physicians. ...
The Textbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL
... with 3 editors from the AHA, 3 from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and 55 contributors from various disciplines, with the majority from emergency medicine and the rest from cardiology, primary care medicine, and anesthesiology. ...
Province commits nearly $1.5 million to York Central ER
Georgina Advocate, Canada
Dr. Indy Ghosh, chief and clinical director of the hospital's emergency medicine program, forecasts even larger numbers this year. "Already this year, we are tracking to care for 75000 patients over the upcoming year. This funding will help us to ...
USA ill-equipped for a swine flu pandemic
USA Today
Yet even before the flu outbreak, emergency rooms could barely handle all the patients coming through their doors, says Katherine Heilpern, chair of Emory University 's Department of Emergency Medicine in Atlanta . "Most emergency rooms are working at ...
ER in the Deep South
Acadiana Medical News, LA
"States in the Deep South had the lowest access to both emergency medicine trained/board certified emergency physicians and any emergency physician in the country," said Adit Ginde, MD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of ...
Illinois Hospital Honored with Community Service Award
eNews Park Forest, IL
The Ron W. Lee, MD Excellence in Pediatric Care awards are presented each May. Dr. Lee was the director of emergency medicine at Loyola University Medical Center and was instrumental in establishing and fostering the EMSC program in Illinois. ...
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Improved Medical Student Satisfaction and Test Performance With a Simulation-Based Emergency Medicine Curriculum: A Randomized Controlled Trial. (Apr 2009)
Is the Ordering of Imaging for Suspected Venous Thromboembolism Consistent With D-dimer Result? (Apr 2009)
Acad Emerg Med
Identification of fall risk factors in older adult emergency department patients. (Mar 2009)
Applicant considerations associated with selection of an emergency medicine residency program. (Apr 2009)
Emerg Med Clin North Am
Heliox in airway management. (Nov 2008)
Am J Emerg Med
Ultrasound diagnosis of papilledema and increased intracranial pressure in pseudotumor cerebri. (Mar 2009)
Multipolar radiofrequency ablation in controlling hemorrhage from blunt liver trauma. (Feb 2009)
Pediatr Emerg Care
A transatlantic caterpillar. (Mar 2009)
Use of the pediatric EZ-IO needle by emergency medical services providers. (May 2009)
Eur J Emerg Med
Adult epiglottitis: 6 years experience in a university teaching hospital in Hong Kong. (Mar 2009)
Severe valproic acid intoxication: case study on the unbound fraction and the applicability of extracorporeal elimination. (May 2009)
JAMA
Primary care outcomes in patients treated by nurse practitioners or physicians: a randomized trial. (Jan 2000)
N Engl J Med
A comparison of sclerotherapy with staple transection of the esophagus for the emergency control of bleeding from esophageal varices. (Sep 1989)
Endoscopic biliary drainage for severe acute cholangitis. (Jun 1992)
BMJ
Barking mad? another lunatic hypothesis bites the dust. (Dec 2000)
Use of computer terminals on wards to access emergency test results: a retrospective audit. (May 2001)
Prehosp Emerg Care
Can emergency medical dispatch codes predict prehospital interventions for common 9-1-1 call types? (Oct-Dec 2008)
Potential impact of a verbal prehospital DNR policy. (Apr-Jun 2009)
Air Med J
A validated pediatric transport survey: how is your team performing? (Jan-Feb 2008)
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