Dr. Megan Fix has been honored with the University of Utah's Distinguished Service Award, a reflection of her steadfast commitment to education, mentorship, and the cultivation of excellence within the...
Dr. Scott McIntosh, AirMed ER doctor, talks about AirMed training with Park City Fire District in effort to reduce response times for cardiac arrest patients that could increase their chances...
Christy Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., emergency medicine professor and physician with University of Utah Health, has been named the inaugural chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Spencer...
Emergency Medicine is the newest department at University of Utah's Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. Previously a division within the Department of Surgery, the Department of Emergency Medicine becomes...
Dr. M. Austin Johnson was awarded a SAEM Young Investigator Award for 2020! Congratulations to Dr. Johnson! https://www.saem.org/research/saem-awards/saem-award-winners
Nicholas Levin, MD won the American College of Emergency Physicians 2019 Best Resident Research Paper Award. Highly deserved! Congratulations! The study was titled, "The Use of delta-Modified Early Warning Scores...
INTRODUCTION: Tranexamic acid (TXA) improves survival in traumatic hemorrhage, but difficulty obtaining intravenous (IV) access may limit its use in austere environments, given its incompatibility with blood products. The bioavailability...
On May 16 2007, Dr. Scott McIntosh reached the summit of Mt. Everest with an all Sherpa team. This team included record-holder Apa Sherpa who had summitted for the 17th...
A patient suffering with heroin or opioid addiction can go to the emergency room at University of Utah Hospital and receive a one-time, five-day prescription for buprenorphine or suboxone, be...
Our study suggests that pulse check times with transesophageal echocardiography are shorter versus with transthoracic echocardiography for ED point-of-care ultrasonography during cardiac arrest resuscitations, and further emphasizes the need for...