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SAEM 2019: Gun Safety, Over Testing and More
Michigan Medicine experts highlighted new research during the keynote address and plenary session at the annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting.
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Patient Visits Higher at Rural Emergency Departments
A new study found that rural emergency department visits grew by 50 percent during a 12-year timeframe, suggesting that rural emergency departments serve as safety nets for many patients.
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How U.S. Children and Teens Die: Study Reveals the Widespread and Persistent Role of Firearms
Firearms have been the No. 2 cause of death for at least 17 years, even as prevention efforts have cut the death rate in half from motor vehicle accidents, the No. 1 cause
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Survival Flight Makes a New Friend in Cancer Patient
While staying at University Hospital, one patient looked out his window to see the maize and blue helicopter taking off. Little did he know, he would soon meet the team.
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Researchers Launch Website on Firearm Deaths and Injuries Among Children
New childfirearmsafety.org site offers free access to data, designed to accelerate prevention
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‘BOOST-3’ Trial Seeks to Improve Outcomes After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Severe traumatic brain injury treatment based on brain tissue oxygen levels might help patients have better recoveries. BOOST 3 trials will begin in 2018.
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Thai Cave Conditions Pose Health Challenges After Rescue
After spending nearly three weeks trapped in a cave, the rescued soccer players and their coach face a tough yet hopeful road to recovery.
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Unsure About tPA to Treat Stroke? Call an Expert
Intervention in the emergency department for stroke is complicated. An emergency department physician suggests actions care teams can take to be ready.
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Dispelling 'Dry Drowning' and Other Swimming Safety Myths
Get information on swimming safety and learn the truth about common swimming myths, including whether or not dry drowning is real and how long to wait after eating.
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Building an Ultrasound System to Detect Secondary Brain Injury
Galvanized by a unique funding opportunity, a cross-disciplinary team of an engineer and emergency medicine physicians combined forces to combat traumatic brain injury.
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Just Breathe: New Device Diagnoses Lung Diseases Using Breath
Read how by bringing chromatography technology bedside has made detecting acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other life threatening lung diseases dramatically easier.
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Explore the Inside of an Ambulance with This 360-Degree Video
What happens inside an ambulance? A paramedic explains how young patients are transported to the hospital.
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Bariatric Patients Provide Perspective on Self-Referral to Emergency Departments
To increase patient satisfaction and lower costs in emergency departments, researchers interviewed former surgical patients who later visited EDs with nonemergent conditions.
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Urgent Care vs. the Emergency Room: What’s the Difference?
Learn the difference between urgent care and ER and find out where to go when you need treatment for colds, fevers, broken bones, burns, infections and more.
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Ripple Effect: How Hurricanes and Other Disasters Affect Hospital Care
Learn how natural disasters affect hospital systems, including why hospitalization rates increase and the impact of stress on patients and healthcare workers.