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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Not Washing Your Hands One major oversight is not washing your hands properly—or at all—before and after meal prep, especially when handling raw meat or seafood, said Michael Levine, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at UCLA Health.
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Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Those bills, which came from specialists in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology who treated her, totaled more than $5,000.
—Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The researchers wanted to examine the circumstances surrounding those episodes to identify solutions for preventing such deaths, said Chaudhary, who is also an assistant professor in pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
From education to justice Initially, after graduating from college, Taylor Schlitz wanted to be a doctor like her mother, an emergency medicine physician.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
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Brian Mastroianni, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Those bills, which came from specialists in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology who treated her, totaled more than $5,000.
—Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The researchers wanted to examine the circumstances surrounding those episodes to identify solutions for preventing such deaths, said Chaudhary, who is also an assistant professor in pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
From education to justice Initially, after graduating from college, Taylor Schlitz wanted to be a doctor like her mother, an emergency medicine physician.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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