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BMJ Group teams up with the College of Emergency Medicine
WebitPR (press release), UK - 23 hours ago
Thursday 15th May, 2008 - BMJ Learning, part of the BMJ Group, announced today that it has formed a partnership with the College of Emergency Medicine in ...
Neurologic And Neuropsychological Symptoms May Result From ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 2 hours ago
... Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine and Sainte-Justine Hospital, is published in the May edition of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. ...
UI emergency medicine specialists serve all of Iowa
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - May 12, 2008
And its Trauma Center, based at UI Hospitals and Clinics, is Iowa's only residency program in emergency medicine and one of only two Level I trauma centers ...
GCC Ministers to Tackle Alternative Medicine Issue in Geneva Confab
Arab News, Saudi Arabia - 13 hours ago
The agenda of the upcoming conference includes primary health care, the pricing of medicine, emergency medicine, and oral health. ...
Conference tackles emergency care
ABC Online, Australia - 13 hours ago
He says the latest techniques and procedures in emergency medicine are being shared. "The idea is just to get the latest updates and make sure we're all on ...
Cardiac Troponin and Outcome in Acute Heart Failure
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - May 14, 2008
Address reprint requests to Dr. Peacock at the Department of Emergency Medicine E19, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland OH 44195, ...
Summit doctor brings back the home visit
Summit Daily News, CO - May 13, 2008
“He’d done a pretty good job,” said the Summit County doctor who practices house call emergency medicine. Three weeks later, the snowboarder tore it back ...
Healing the medical system Ottawa Citizen
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NBC 30 Investigates Overcrowded Emergency Rooms
NBC30.com, CT - 9 hours ago
Broderick heads up the Emergency Medicine Department at Danbury Hospital and said wait times are considerably lower than the national average. ...
Emergency medicine brings variety of problems, emotions to health ...
Times and Transcript, Canada - May 8, 2008
By Linda Hersey Practising emergency medicine at The Moncton Hospital means plenty of variety for Dr. Serge Landry. Dr. Serge Landry is an emergency room ...
Higher Levels of a Blood Protein Linked to Heart Failure Death
Bloomberg - May 14, 2008
``In the past, we've treated them all the same,'' said W. Frank Peacock IV, vice chairman of emergency medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and the ...
Emergency Sedation and Pain Management
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - May 13, 2008
With up to 70% of all emergency department (ED) visits involving the diagnosis and treatment of various acute and chronic pain syndromes, emergency medicine ...
Nanosphere Incorporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha, NY - May 13, 2008
As Doctor Frank Peacock, Vice Chief of Emergency Medicine and Director of Clinical Operations at the Cleveland Clinic observed 13.2 million people show up ...
Health Centers in Peru to be on "Yellow Alert" as of today because ...
Living in Peru, Peru - May 13, 2008
Emergency medicine, hospitalization and Intensive Care Units will find themselves with at least 20 percent of beds available at any emergency's disposition. ...
More Medical School Grads Select Specialty Practices
RedOrbit, TX - 19 hours ago
Scanlan's not sure whether he will be a primary care doctor or specialize in emergency medicine. He did rotations in some of the higher-paid specialties, ...
Safety panel to hold meeting Thursday
Anderson Herald Bulletin, IN - 14 hours ago
He holds a Master of Science degree in nursing as a family nurse practitioner as well a registered nurse specializing in emergency medicine. ...
Emory Physician Kathryn L. Hall-Boyer Honored as ’Hero of ...
WebWire (press release), GA - Apr 28, 2008
The Hero of Emergency Medicine campaign is part of ACEP’s 40th anniversary and recognizes emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to ...
Italians coming to study crisis medicine
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Apr 25, 2008
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Italians are experts in pizza, pasta and design, but Israel is where the Italians come to learn about emergency medicine. ...
Novey Joins SMH Emergency Dept.
RedOrbit, TX - May 9, 2008
Novey was most recently attending physician at Mercy Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his medical degree from Mt. Sinai School of ...
Pharmaceutical benefits and emergency stockpile expanded
The Australian, Australia - May 13, 2008
THE Rudd Government will spend almost $1 billion adding new drugs to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and maintaining the nation's emergency medicine ...
King's Daughters physician Franks receives certification form ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - Apr 25, 2008
ASHLAND -- King's Daughters Medical Center emergency medicine physician Dr. Kevin Franks recently received board certification by the American Board of ...
Neuroscience & Spine Institute and Department of Emergency ...
PR Web (press release), WA - May 1, 2008
Research Triangle Park, NC (PRWEB) May 1, 2008 -- Clinipace, a growing on-demand clinical research software company, announces the successful completion of ...
College of Medicine honors grads
Rockford Register Star, IL - May 3, 2008
Matthew D. Heslinga, Glen Ellyn, Emergency Medicine; Carrie N. Hood, Rushville, Obstetrics-Gynecology. Sherrell T. Lam, Queens, NY, Psychiatry; ...
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Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - May 12, 2008
Dr. Hank Wagner is board certified in Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is an active member of the ...
Cleveland doctor named ACEP 'Hero of Emergency Medicine'
WKYC-TV, OH - Apr 18, 2008
The campaign is a part of ACEP's 40th anniversary, and recognizes emergency doctors who have made important contributions to emergency medicine, ...
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Correlation between acid-base parameters measured in arterial blood and venous blood sampled peripherally, from vena cavae superior, and from the pulmonary artery. (Apr 2008)
Knee pain: an unusual late complication of meningococcal septicaemia. (Apr 2008)
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BMJ Group Teams up with the College of Emergency Medicine
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BMJ Learning, part of the BMJ Group, announced that it has formed a partnership with the College of Emergency Medicine in the UK, to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses for Fellows and Associate Fellows of the ...
CAGEM – (Clinical Advisory Group Emergency Medicine)
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Meetings to attend once during your entire residency 4) CAGEM – (Clinical Advisory Group Emergency Medicine) 2nd Wednesday of each month 9am-10:30A 3R conference room.
BMJ Group teams up with the College of Emergency Medicine
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Thursday 15th May, 2008 - BMJ Learning, part of the BMJ Group, announced today that it has formed a partnership with the College of Emergency Medicine in the UK, to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses for Fellows ...
Consultants and Senior Consultants Emergency Medicine - UAE
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Global Nurse - Global Nurse are always seeking new applicants looking to experience working in the Middle East. We provide an excellent recruitment service for all Doctors with experience from the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Norway, ...
Infectious Diseases in Emergency Medicine
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Infectious Diseases in Emergency Medicine. Publisher: Saunders | Pages:240 | 2008-05-28 | ISBN: 1416058559 | PDF | 3.2 MB. Topics include: Traveler Related Infections,” “ED Treatment of Pneumonia”,” Pneumococcaland influenza ...
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New Ford hospital strives for 5-star treatment
The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine
From the Detroit Free Press:. Henry Ford Health System is taking unprecedented steps to change that, along with many other traditional hospital practices, in a $350-million community hospital and wellness complex opening in February on ...
FACEP: Whose Side Are You Really On?
The Doc Whisperer
We have been following the medico-legal issues raised by the in-fighting in emergency medicine for some time now; occasionally with amusement, but almost always with disappointment and gravitas. We find Dr. Graber’s recent article, ...
Is an EM physician a replaceable entity?
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I heard an EM physician mention that he had a fear, whether founded or completely ubsurd I am not sure, that EM physicians could be at least partly replaced by Nurse Practitioners or PA's. I believe such is going on in Miss. ...
The eve of destruction or The Kimery Report?
Project Disaster
In 2006, the California Journal of Emergency Medicine report, “The Crisis in Emergency and Trauma Care in California and the Unites States,” stated that “a crisis affecting every geographic region and every socioeconomic segment of the ...
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Jefferson Emergency Medicine
The Thomas Jefferson Emergency Residency page has a new home. It is a site run by the Residents and has tons of great new information. Head on over to http://jeffemres.googlepages.com/ for more info about the residency and to see the ...
Consultants and Senior Consultants Emergency Medicine -...
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Consultants and Senior Consultants Emergency Medicine - UAEGlobal Nurse are always seeking new applicants looking to experience working in the Middle East.We provide an excellent recruitment service for all Doctors with experience from ...
Anatomy Week: Stupid Yogi Tricks, the Valsalva Maneuver, and Hypoxia
Guadalupe Storm-Petrel
Not surprisingly, emergency medicine physicians have reported on the consequences of such yogic anatomical folly: one case, in Pune, involved a 40-year-old yoga practitioner who managed to introduce air into his retropharyngeal and ...
UI emergency medicine specialists serve all of Iowa
Coralville Courier
These are just a few of the many ways that UI Health Care specialists in emergency medicine answer the call to serve Iowans every day, around the clock, anywhere they are needed. And its why they and other Emergency Medical Service ...
Consultants and Senior Consultants Emergency Medicine -...
Mployd.com
Patient Care services include Royal and VIP, Paediatrics, Medical, Surgical, Day Care, Critical Care, Operating Room, Post Anaesthetic Recovery Room, Emergency and Outpatient Speciality Clinics and Behavioural Sciences. ...
Useulness of B Natriuretic Peptides and Procalcitonin in Emergency ...
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Organisation: University of Melbourne Department: Medical Education Unit Location: VIC Date Posted: 12 May 2008 Closing Date: 27 May 2008.
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Flashcards for the Emergency Medicine exam.
Minimally Interrupted Cardiac Resuscitation by Emergency Medical ...
The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine
From the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA):. Instruction for EMS personnel in MICR, an approach that includes an initial series of 200 uninterrupted chest compressions, rhythm analysis with a single shock, 200 immediate ...
Conference Spotlight: Joe Lex MD, FACEP, FAAEM
International Emergency Medicine
Dr. Joe Lex, FACEP, FAAEM, has been involved in Emergency Medicine for more than 40 years, initially as an Army medic with the 25th Infantry "Tropic Lightning" Division in Vietnam . He spent several years as an Emergency Medicine ...
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