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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Story follows the Central University Hospital’s emergency medicine associate director Zhou Cheng-jun (Huo) who accepts an average-performing medical school graduate (Tsai) on to his team of elite peers.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Sheldon Williams was a city paramedic in the 1990s and also served as a police detective for 14 years and had been teaching recently at Pitt's emergency medicine program as well as consulting for the Department of Homeland Security and with FEMA.
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Inducing torpor-like states in humans is an active area of research, especially in relation to emergency medicine and long-duration spaceflight.
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An emergency medicine physician at UTHealth Houston is warning Texas residents about the biggest risks of the freeze set to hit the state today and how to stay safe.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Sheldon Williams was a city paramedic in the 1990s and also served as a police detective for 14 years and had been teaching recently at Pitt's emergency medicine program as well as consulting for the Department of Homeland Security and with FEMA.
—Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Inducing torpor-like states in humans is an active area of research, especially in relation to emergency medicine and long-duration spaceflight.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
An emergency medicine physician at UTHealth Houston is warning Texas residents about the biggest risks of the freeze set to hit the state today and how to stay safe.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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