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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Moreover, he’s spent most of his career highlighting the vital importance of emergency medicine and the doctors who perform it; a mitzvah in and of itself.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
The nurse, two emergency medicine physicians and a forensic pathologist testified as state witnesses to offer opinions on in what way Alexander may have sustained the injury.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
John D’Angelo, currently executive vice president of the group’s central region who began his career there 25 years ago as an emergency medicine physician, will replace him.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Federal and state policy decisions made nearly 40 years ago limited the number of hospital beds, said Arjun Venkatesh, who studies emergency medicine at Yale.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
The nurse, two emergency medicine physicians and a forensic pathologist testified as state witnesses to offer opinions on in what way Alexander may have sustained the injury.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
John D’Angelo, currently executive vice president of the group’s central region who began his career there 25 years ago as an emergency medicine physician, will replace him.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Federal and state policy decisions made nearly 40 years ago limited the number of hospital beds, said Arjun Venkatesh, who studies emergency medicine at Yale.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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