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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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June/July Updates
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Dr. Troy Madsen and Dr. Virgil Davis recevied a UUMG Quality Improvement Grant for Evaluation of Revised Chest Pain and Trauma Protocols for Safety, Efficacy, and Compliance.
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WELCOME 2009-2010 INTERNS: Jay Blankenship, Shaneen Doctor, Mike Felten, Mark Goodman, Jessica Holly, Eliza Johnson, Patrick Ockerse, and Caroline Vines.
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Dr. Susan Stroud was awarded Assistant Program Director of the Year at SAEM.
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Dr. Erika Schroeder has been voted in as the new Vice-Chair of the EMRA Internation Medicine Interest Group.
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Congratulations to our second class of graduates: Matthew Ashton, Joseph Bledsoe, Burke Hatch, Anna McKeone, Carl Seger, Zachary Sturges, Jenarah Tekippe, and Anne Zink.
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Dr. Michael Mallin wrote a paper titled "Utility of the Emergency Department Observation Unit in Ensuring Stress Testing in Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients" that was recently accepted for publication in Critical Pathways in Cardiology.
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Appropriately screened geriatric chest pain patients in an observation unit are not admitted at a higher rate than nongeriatric patients. Madsen TE, Bledsoe J, Bossart P. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2008 Dec;7(4):245-7.
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Dr.Zak Foy did a presentation at SAEM on "IV Contrast only CT Scan of Abdomen".
2009-2010 Chief Residents: Matthew Dawson & Michael Mallin
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| Physician documentation of nonspecific EKG changes predicts hospital admission among observation unit chest pain patients. Madsen T, Bledsoe J, Bossart P. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2009 Mar;8(1):34-7. |
Observation unit admission as an alternative to inpatient admission for trauma activation patients. Madsen TE, Bledsoe JR, Bossart PJ. Emerg Med J. 2009 Jun;26(6):421-3. |
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