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‘Each second wasted after accident or heart attack may cost a life'
Expressindia.com, India
The government should focus on emergency medicine, which is still not a recognised speciality in the country. Critical care is the need of the hour; emergency medicine should therefore be part of the medical curricula as well, so that we have doctors ...
Seton Center names Rhett
San Marcos Daily Record, TX
They've also named the chief of emergency medicine. Emergency Service Partners is a physician-owned emergency medicine group dedicated to providing hospital clients and their patients with the highest quality service available. ...
32% of U. of C. redirected patients are poor, uninsured
Chicago Tribune, United States
Period," said Dr. Larry Weiss, president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. "I am not aware of any other similar arrangement. It's safer to redirect people to another facility on your campus such as an urgent-care center. ...
Pocono Power Broker Dr. Peter Favini
Pocono Record, PA
Favini graduated in 1983 and did his residency in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He taught there for a while, worked in New Jersey, then landed at Pocono Medical Center in 1988. "I'm here to stay as long as ...
Wilford Hall's emergency department much more than that
Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, AL
The 59th Emergency Medicine Squadron received more than $1.2 million in grant money to support these research projects, which will effect treatments in many areas of medicine. "The outcomes of these research projects reach far beyond the realm of ...
Whatever happened to the hse's 100 Plus scheme?
Irish Medical News, Ireland
The consultant posts were to be spread across 24 hospitals and covered a range of specialties including emergency medicine, radiology, general medicine, general surgery and geriatric medicine. The Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, ...
Reopening ER takes more than meets the eye
Daily News - Galveston County, TX
In April, Dr. Brian S. Zachariah, director of emergency medicine, resigned out of frustration about the closure of the emergency room. His departure leaves only one emergency room physician from a team of 17 faculty members before the hurricane. ...
Some cough medicine overdoses deliberate: Report
Canada.com, Canada
An analysis of 189 children who died from medication overdoses showed a significant percentage appeared to have been intentionally overdosed, the doctors reported in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. "This is a heads up," said Dr. Richard Dart, ...
Emergency-doc shortage could linger: study ModernHealthcare.com
Emergency physician shortage settling in FierceHealthcare
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Military Medicine
EMS Magazine, MD
Dr. Hastings completed her residency in emergency medicine at Fort Hood, TX, in 1986 and completed follow-on assignments as chief of the emergency departments at the 98th General Hospital at Nuremberg, West Germany, and Darnell Army Hospital. ...
Surge Capacity EMS Magazine
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New era for ER: How the latest emergency technology is saving New ...
New York Daily News, NY
On Friday, docs from all over the state will meet in New York City, at the American College of Emergency Physicians Forum, to discuss, in part, the future of emergency medicine. But for local ERs, the future is now. Cutting-edge electronics and medical ...
As Insurance Coverage Increases, ERs Get Busier
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY
In an analysis published last year in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, researchers found overall visits to the ER increased by 26% nationwide between 1996 and 2004. A disproportionate share of the growth came from those whose incomes put them at more ...
Eagle Scouts named; Crocker named to medical board
Austin American-Statesman, TX
Dr. Pat Crocker, chief of emergency medicine at Dell Children's Medical Center, has been named to the Texas Medical Board, the agency charged with licensing and disciplining the state's doctors. Gov. Rick Perry appointed six others along with Crocker ...
Evansville doctors team up in emergency room
Evansville Courier & Press, IN
Dr. Robert Reynolds, who completed his residency at St. Mary's in Evansville, rounds out the emergency room team with nearly 15 years of emergency medicine experience. The three doctors take over operation of the emergency room Friday. ...
ER losing faculty
Daily News - Galveston County, TX
By Laura Elder GALVESTON — The director of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has resigned as frustration mounts about the slow recovery of John Sealy Hospital's emergency room. Dr. Brian S. Zachariah resigned ...
EMRI's “Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Emergency Care” gets ...
PRLog.Org (press release), TX
YC Venudhar, Registrar & Secretary, Executive Council, OU and Dr.GVRamana Rao, Executive Partner, Emergency Medicine Learning and Care-EMRI, in the presence of Prof.T.Tirupati Rao, Vice Chancellor, Osmania University and Mr. Venkat Changavalli, ...
OU to grant affiliation to EMRI's PG course Express Buzz
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Denver Health team at Trauma Center honored
Denver Post, CO
(Steve Peterson, Special to The Denver Post) If anyone knows a thing or two about triumph over challenge, it's the paramedics and emergency medicine physicians at Denver Health Medical Center. The circumstances are often horrific, but the medicine that ...
What's in your medicine cabinet? Add cleaning out your cabinet to ...
Baxter Bulletin, AR
According to a recent article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, poison centers reported thousands of very young children accidentally ingesting medications prescribed to adults in their households," the ACEP said. What should you do with the old ...
Student's death spurs steps toward street safety
Yale Daily News, CT
Dr. Gregory Larkin, professor of surgery in emergency medicine, said he still vividly remembers the shock of learning that one of his students had been involved in an accident. According to police reports from the accident, Rainof had been crossing the ...
Hospitals brace for twisters' devastation
Tulsa World, OK
Most don't plan to be the casualty from a tornado," said Dr. Charles Stewart, the director of research at the Oklahoma Institute for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. "Yet, we are squarely in tornado alley. It can happen here. In this neck of the woods, ...
Males, especially young ones, are the weaker sex!
News-Medical.net, Australia
Dr Acworth, the study's lead author, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, included all child emergency room visits during 2004 across 11 paediatric and general hospitals who are part of a research ...
Think of the ER as if it were a restaurant
Los Angeles Times, CA
There is plenty of money in healthcare, but where it ends up may be the most unpalatable meal of all. Morocco is an assistant professor and associate residency director of emergency medicine at UCLA Medical Center, and was the medical supervisor for ...
Nathan Kuppermann awarded Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award
Rocklin and Roseville Today, CA
Nathan Kuppermann, a professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine, has been awarded the Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award by the national Academic Pediatric Association ...
An education in medicine, need
OCRegister, CA
Now that I start the next stage of my education as an emergency medicine resident I find myself excited for the future. Excited about the possibility of saving a single life. Excited knowing that PRIME-LC has provided me with tools to help fix a ...
Local doctor named Physician of the Year
Greenwood Index Journal, SC
He finished his emergency medicine residency at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia in 2004 and has worked in the emergency department at Self Regional Medical Center since 2004. Logan has served in medical control for Greenwood County EMS ...
Ask Dr. Hibberd: Dizziness Causes and Cures
NewsMax.com, FL
He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He also is a member and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The week in business: April 27-May 8, 2009
IdahoStatesman.com, ID
Her areas of expertise include natural capitalism, sustainable development, globalization, energy and resource policy, economic development, climate change, land management, and fire rescue and emergency medicine. Proceeds will benefit the University ...
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Ann Emerg Med
Serious Bacterial Infections in Infants Who Have Experienced an Apparent Life-Threatening Event. (Jan 2009)
Do Minority or White Patients Respond to Brief Alcohol Intervention in Trauma Centers? A Randomized Trial. (Feb 2009)
Acad Emerg Med
Clerkship directors in emergency medicine: statement of purpose. (Sep 2008)
Prescriptions for Schedule II Opioids and Benzodiazepines Increase after the Introduction of Computer-generated Prescriptions. (Apr 2009)
Emerg Med Clin North Am
Venothromboembolism. (Aug 2008)
Pulse oximetry in emergency medicine. (Nov 2008)
Am J Emerg Med
Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia masquerading as pneumonia--a rare cause of non-traumatic hemothorax. (Feb 2009)
Pericardial effusion impending tamponade: a look beyond Beck's triad. (Feb 2009)
Pediatr Emerg Care
A transatlantic caterpillar. (Mar 2009)
Meningitis and epidural abscess related to pansinusitis. (Apr 2009)
Eur J Emerg Med
Differences in opinions on disaster myths between first-year and sixth-year medical students. (Apr 2009)
Patient outcomes after noninvasive mechanical ventilation at a high dependency unit of an emergency department. (Apr 2009)
JAMA
Deferred consent. A new approach for resuscitation research on comatose patients. (May 1986)
N Engl J Med
Mifepristone (RU 486) compared with high-dose estrogen and progestogen for emergency postcoital contraception. (Oct 1992)
Management of emergencies. I. Management of the unconscious patient. (Apr 1966)
BMJ
Somatostatin v placebo in bleeding oesophageal varices: randomised trial and meta-analysis. (Jun 1995)
Primary care in the accident and emergency department: I. Prospective identification of patients. (Aug 1995)
Prehosp Emerg Care
Performance of endotracheal intubation and rescue techniques by emergency services personnel in an air medical service. (Jan-Mar 2009)
Validity of helicopter emergency medical services dispatch criteria for traumatic injuries: a systematic review. (Jan-Mar 2009)
Air Med J
Formal testing and utilization of streaming media to improve flight crew safety knowledge. (Mar-Apr 2008)
Supraventricular tachycardia in a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: conclusion. (Mar-Apr 2009)
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iBody mass index
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iCerebrospinal white blood cell correction in traumatic lumbar puncture
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iEstimated creatinine clearance for males
iFactor IX dosing
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iFree water deficit
iFunctional Residual Capacity
iHuman to dog years conversion
iIdeal Body Weight Percentage for Females
iIdeal Body Weight Percentage for Males
iIdeal Body Weight for Females
iIdeal Body Weight for Males
iInspiratory Capacity
iIonized calcium estimation
iKilograms to pounds conversion
iLow Density Lipoprotein
iMean arterial pressure
iNasal cannula oxygen FiO2 estimation
iOsmolar Clearance
iPounds to kilograms conversion
iPredicted peak expiratory flow (PEF, peak flow) - females
iPredicted peak expiratory flow (PEF, peak flow) - males
iPregnancy Wheel
iProtein Catabolic Rate for Patients on Hemodialysis
iResidual Renal Function in Patients on 3 times/week hemodialysis (mL/min)
iRoom air alveolar-arterial gradient (A-a gradient)
iSerum osmolarity estimation
iSodium Deficit In Hyponatremia (Males)
iSodium Deficit In Hyponatremic Females (meq)
iSodium Excess In Hypernatremic Females (meq)
iSodium Excess In Hypernatremic Males (meq)
iSodium Fractional Excretion
iSodium bicarbonate replacement
iSodium correction in hyperglycemia
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iPittsburgh knee rule
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iBenign Positional Vertigo: Bedside Treatment
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iHow to Tie a Bow-Tie
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iCardiac arrest: likelihood of mortality and neurologic recovery
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iCoronary disease probability
iCrotalid snakebite severity score
iCroup score (pediatric)
iEctopic pregnancy risk
iGeriatric depression scale (Koenig)
iGlasgow Coma Scale
iMangled extremity severity score
iMini mental status exam
iNIH Stroke Scale
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iOpioid Potency Comparison
iPediatric Resuscitation Equipment - Sizing by Age
iPediatric Vital Signs
iSynovial Fluid Classification
iSystemic Glucocorticoids Comparison
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