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emergency medicine
noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention
Examples of emergency medicine in a Sentence
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If this doesn't work, keeping the inside of your nose moist with a saltwater spray or decongestant can be effective, says Dr. Steven Maher, an emergency medicine physician at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
In 2019, Blackstock quit her job as a professor of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health to do something about those dismal statistics and the wider problem of racial inequality in medicine.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024
This data raises questions on how residents perceive, access and interact with the health care system, said Phillip Levy, a physician and professor of emergency medicine at Wayne State University.
—Eleanore Catolico, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
The fellowship, which began in 2021, is the nation’s first to allow for an emergency medicine doctor to obtain advanced training in street medicine.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
Kelsey Johnson, 32, an emergency medicine resident at the University of Maryland was working the night shift when the bridge fell.
—Peter Nicholas, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Willis took over, and with each compression a doctor trained in emergency medicine was making one of the most difficult calculations in the field of obstetrics: when to turn from working on a mother to working on her baby.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
An increase in residue or white or greenish build-up around your faucet is another sign of hard water, Arie Francis, MD, an emergency medicine physician who specializes in medical toxicology and emergency medicine at Stony Brook Medicine, told Verywell.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2024
In addition, California requires county offices of education to buy supplies of the emergency medicine for middle schools, junior highs, high schools and adult schools.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of emergency medicine was
in 1966
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
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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