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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For years, emergency medicine professionals have been sounding the alarm.
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Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Eric Snoey is an attending emergency medicine physician in Alameda Health System in Oakland.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Eric Snoey is an attending emergency medicine physician in Alameda Health System in Oakland.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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