emergency medicine
noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention
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Moon continued to work in emergency medicine after leaving Freedom House, becoming the assistant chief of Pittsburgh’s EMS division before retiring in 2009.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
State records show that the doctor assigned to treat Maya specializes in emergency medicine and also has hospital privileges at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Karen Shackelford, MD, is an emergency medicine physician with years of experience helping patients dealing with blood pressure issues.
—Karen Shackelford, Verywell Health, 17 June 2025
Rounding out the list of new ACIP members are Dr. Michael Ross, whom Kennedy described Wednesday as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
State records show that the doctor assigned to treat Maya specializes in emergency medicine and also has hospital privileges at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Read more: Prevention & Treatment Diet and Nutrition 9 Sources
Karen Shackelford, MD, is an emergency medicine physician with years of experience helping patients dealing with blood pressure issues.
—Karen Shackelford, Verywell Health, 17 June 2025
Rounding out the list of new ACIP members are Dr. Michael Ross, whom Kennedy described Wednesday as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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