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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Isabella’s future plans include being an emergency medicine physician.
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
If swallowed, these beads can expand inside the gastrointestinal tract and cause bowel obstructions and even death, says Todd Zimmerman, DO, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and medical director at Pediatrix Medical Group.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 16 Aug. 2024
Besides practicing emergency medicine, Lemon is also co-director of clinical programs at the new Institute for Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins University — a team of researchers studying how humans are impacting the health of the planet and how that, in turn, impacts the health of humans.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
End of carousel Potential for dehydration The most important and controllable risk is dehydration, said Richard Doyle, a health system clinician of emergency medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
—Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
If swallowed, these beads can expand inside the gastrointestinal tract and cause bowel obstructions and even death, says Todd Zimmerman, DO, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and medical director at Pediatrix Medical Group.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 16 Aug. 2024
Besides practicing emergency medicine, Lemon is also co-director of clinical programs at the new Institute for Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins University — a team of researchers studying how humans are impacting the health of the planet and how that, in turn, impacts the health of humans.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
End of carousel Potential for dehydration The most important and controllable risk is dehydration, said Richard Doyle, a health system clinician of emergency medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
—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 28 Sep. 2024.
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