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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Even low lead levels can cause small amounts of intellectual impairment depending on the child, according to Dr. Adam Blumenberg, emergency medicine physician and toxicology expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
In January, the Palestinian American emergency medicine physician served a three-week medical mission with the nonprofit MedGlobal at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the second-largest hospital in Gaza at the time.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.
—NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Overcrowding during extreme temperatures can trap heat, said Geoffrey Comp, an emergency medicine physician at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix.
—Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
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Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
In January, the Palestinian American emergency medicine physician served a three-week medical mission with the nonprofit MedGlobal at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the second-largest hospital in Gaza at the time.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.
—NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Overcrowding during extreme temperatures can trap heat, said Geoffrey Comp, an emergency medicine physician at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix.
—Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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