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Division of Emergency Medicine
The University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department is a fully approved Level 1 Trauma facility and tertiary referral center that is staffed by physicians 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The department has a census of about 36,000 patient visits annually and provides excellent care for acute emergencies in all subspecialties of medicine and surgery. Patients from all over Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and western Colorado are referred to the emergency department for definitive medical care.
All full-time faculty in the division are trained in emergency medicine and certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Attending faculty are on duty 24 hours a day and are directly involved in the clinical training of housestaff and medical students. Academic faculty in the division are active in ongoing clinical trials and research at the University. The division also has a Research Fellowship Training Program and Clinical Toxicology Consult Service. Other specialties within the division include Directors of Emergency Medical Ambulance Services and Disaster Medicine. The Division of Emergency Medicine also runs the AirMed Patient Transport Service.
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CORD Presentations March 2011
Patrick Ockerse (Virgil Davis,PI): Emergency Medicine Resident Orthopedic Training in Outpatient Ski Clinics vs Inpatient Setting (Poster.
Mike Enslow (Megen Fix, PI):Emergency Medicine Resident Anesthesia Training In A Private Practice Versus Academic Setting (Poster).
Megan Fix, MD: Effect of Student and Resident Trainees on Markers of Flow in a Mixed Adult and Pediatric Emergency Department.
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Dr. Peter Taillac presented to the conference "EMS:State of the Science 2011" in Dallas, Tx on February 25 & 26. His topic was "Rational Use of Tourniquets in Civilian EMS."
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| Thank you Dr. Joyce for your time with us!
Dr. Steve Joyce will be retiring from the Division of Emergency Medicine and the School of Medicine effective Feb. 19th after 25 years. His area of interest has been Emergency Medical Services. He served as Medical Director of the Salt Lake City Fire Department for 20 years. After retirement, he hopes to spend time goofing off, teaching EMTs and Paramedics, goofing off, doing Disaster Medicine consulting, and goofing off.
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SAEM Presentations February 2011 Anas Sawa, Virgil Davis: Ketofol vs. Propofol in the Emergency Department.
Mike Enslow, Virgil Davis, Megan Fix: Emergency Medicine Resident Anesthesia Training In A Private Practice Versus Academic Setting.
Jay Blankenship: CPOE. Mike Wallace: Injuries Associated With River Sports.
Adam Bowman, Rob Preston, Scott Youngquist: MRSA and Resistant Pseudomonas are Infrequent Causes When Trauma Patients Admitted via the ED Subsequently Develop Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP).
Scott Youngquist: The Association Between Acute Medical Illness And Motor Vehicle Collisions In The Elderly.
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| Dr. Marion McDevitt and Dr. Scott McIntosh are the Chairs of the Wilderness Medical Society Winter Conference in Park City Held in February. |
Demographic, Geographic, and Expedition Determinants of Reachign the Summit of Denali. McIntosh SE, McDevitt M, Rodway GW, Dow J, Grissom Ck. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, Fall 2010. |
| Dr. Michael Mallin passed the National Board of Echocardiography. |
Prospective Outcoms of Pregnant Emergency Department Patients with Documented Fetal Cardiac Activity on Ultrasound. Mallin M, Dawson M, Schroeder E, Hatch B, Jackson I, Ahern M, Bossart C, Madsen T. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, In Press.
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Dr. Scott Youngquist received the Young Investigator Award from the American Heart Association in November.
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Dr. Peter Taillac spent three months in Afghanistan, as a physician for the Utah Army National Guard. Colonel Taillac served at a small combat support hospital near the Pakistan border, caring for wounded soldiers and civilians.
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