emergency medicine

noun

Definition of emergency medicine

: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention

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In 2017, a committee of emergency medicine physicians set out their own firearms research agenda. Adam Rogers, WIRED, "How to Reduce Gun Violence: Ask Some Scientists," 6 Aug. 2019 The summer program gives high school students 10 days with the staff of Stanford’s department of emergency medicine. Los Angeles Times, "Stanford investigating after noose hanging from tree is found on campus," 18 July 2019 And, in most cases, the diagnosis falls to a non-specialist, typically a doctor working in emergency medicine. John Timmer, Ars Technica, "AIs trained to help with sepsis treatment, fracture diagnosis," 27 Oct. 2018 Emergency rooms became departments of emergency medicine. Paul Seward, STAT, "Emergency departments: the ‘chewing gum and duct tape’ holding together U.S. health care," 3 July 2018 Lau, who is interested in emergency medicine, said Mental Health Connecticut was chosen because mental health is a topic relevant to them as medical students. Michael Walsh, Courant Community, "Students Taking Cross Country Bike Ride For Mental Health Connecticut," 13 June 2018 The bride, 32, and groom, 41, are both emergency medicine physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. New York Times, "Anisa Heravian, Bernard Chang," 3 June 2018 The guests will include Dr. Jay Falk, an emergency medicine physician in Orlando; Rodolfo Gari, M.D., MBA, Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center in Tampa; Abraham Rivera, M.D., of Tampa; Sheriff Rick Wells, Manatee County; Capt. Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, "'Raising Heroin's Children' debuts on Spectrum News 13," 21 May 2018 His internship in emergency medicine took him to the largest trauma hospital in Denver — a place sarcastically referred to as the gun-and-knife club. Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, "In the crosshairs of conscience: John Kitzhaber's death penalty reckoning," 5 May 2018

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First Known Use of emergency medicine

1966, in the meaning defined above

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emergency medicine

noun

Medical Definition of emergency medicine

: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention