Emergency Medicine & Trauma
Emergency Medicine & Trauma
The Division of Emergency Medicine and Trauma has faculty with diverse research interests such as: wilderness medicine, pre-hospital care, fatigue and sleep deprivation and its effects on physician performance, cardiac markers, health care delivery for pediatric, cardiac and trauma patients, wound healing, international healthcare delivery and clinical decision rules. The division is also actively involved in research involving simulator training.
Emergency Medicine News
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Pediatric emergency department recognized
Santa Clara County recognized Stanford’s pediatric emergency department for its ability to handle a broad spectrum of medical emergencies in young patients.
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Faculty and staff honored
Nancy Morioka-Douglas is named physician of the year, the new professionalism award is presented in honor of Kelley Skeff, and Erika Schillinger takes home the quality and safety award.
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Teaching about addiction treatment
An addiction medicine curriculum at Stanford School of Medicine trains students to better understand causes of and treatments for substance use disorders.
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Leaders discuss plans for Stanford Medicine
In remarks at the State of Stanford Medicine address, the medical school dean and the CEOs of Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health praised their organizations’ response to the pandemic and outlined plans for the upcoming year.
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Emergency outcomes for veterans
Veterans taken by ambulance to VA hospitals have significantly higher survival rates than veterans transported to non-VA hospitals, researchers find.
Upcoming Courses
Conferences and Workshops
New courses are added regularly— please check back often
Online Courses
- Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy with Timeouts
- Prescription Drug Misuse and Addiction: Compassionate Care for a Complex Problem
- Introduction to Food and Health
- To Prescribe or Not To Prescribe? Antibiotics and Outpatient Infections
- Managing Atrial Fibrillation
- SonoDoc: Case-Based Learning in Bedside Ultrasound
- Screening and Assessing Depression in Primary Care Settings: Clinical and Ethical Considerations
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Related Clinical Trials
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Paramedic Treatment of Prolonged Seizures by Intramuscular Versus Intravenous Anticonvulsant Medications
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Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.