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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Karen Shackelford, MD, is an emergency medicine physician with years of experience helping patients dealing with blood pressure issues.
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Karen Shackelford, Verywell Health, 17 June 2025
Rounding out the list of new ACIP members are Dr. Michael Ross, whom Kennedy described Wednesday as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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.
—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
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Karen Shackelford, Verywell Health, 17 June 2025
Rounding out the list of new ACIP members are Dr. Michael Ross, whom Kennedy described Wednesday as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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.
—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
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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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