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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An interruption in treatments could allow HIV to rebound in less than a month, in some cases, and could lead to more resistant strains arising, Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine physician and professor at Brown University School of Public Health, told CNN.
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Hira Humayun, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The rewarding part of this is emergency medicine gives us a real opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives every day.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
They are primarily staffed with medical providers who practice family or internal medicine rather than emergency medicine.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
Nevertheless, Robby must put his game face on and welcome a new crop of emergency medicine hopefuls.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Hira Humayun, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
The rewarding part of this is emergency medicine gives us a real opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives every day.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
They are primarily staffed with medical providers who practice family or internal medicine rather than emergency medicine.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
Nevertheless, Robby must put his game face on and welcome a new crop of emergency medicine hopefuls.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for emergency medicine
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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