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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Though long stays in the emergency department are common, there isn’t good data that track the extremes, emergency medicine experts said.
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Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
My specialty, emergency medicine, had apparently not been in high demand here since the start of the ceasefire.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Nearly thirty years later, Dr. Robby is still doing just that for the next generation of emergency medicine physicians.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
In emergency medicine — a specialty in which doctors may have to make split-second decisions on treating pregnant women with urgent conditions — the drop was even greater, down 23.7% in 2023 and a further 7.1% in 2024.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
My specialty, emergency medicine, had apparently not been in high demand here since the start of the ceasefire.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Nearly thirty years later, Dr. Robby is still doing just that for the next generation of emergency medicine physicians.
—Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
In emergency medicine — a specialty in which doctors may have to make split-second decisions on treating pregnant women with urgent conditions — the drop was even greater, down 23.7% in 2023 and a further 7.1% in 2024.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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