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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The hospital losing its trauma center designation means little to no change for patients coming to Mercy for emergency care, and all current hospital services — including emergency medicine, critical care and surgical care — will continue without interruption, the hospital’s statement said.
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, such a shift requires action at every level—from primary care to emergency medicine, from insurers to policymakers.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This includes the inability to timely and accurately diagnose life-altering or threatening conditions using imaging modalities which are essential in emergency medicine and trauma care.
—Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Though long stays in the emergency department are common, there isn’t good data that track the extremes, emergency medicine experts said.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, such a shift requires action at every level—from primary care to emergency medicine, from insurers to policymakers.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This includes the inability to timely and accurately diagnose life-altering or threatening conditions using imaging modalities which are essential in emergency medicine and trauma care.
—Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Though long stays in the emergency department are common, there isn’t good data that track the extremes, emergency medicine experts said.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for emergency medicine
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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