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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Transplant surgeon Oscar Salvatierra dies
Oscar Salvatierra founded Stanford’s pediatric kidney transplant program, helped write the national legislation that regulates organ transplants, and conducted research in kidney transplantation.
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On the Ides of March, the future is revealed
On March 15, Stanford medical students nervously awaited the moment they could find out where they had matched for their residencies.
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Exhibit of an almost-drowned man
A bodysurfing accident and the ensuing months of struggle to regain movement are the inspiration for Matthew Wetschler’s new exhibit of paintings at the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge at Stanford.
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Cutting back on meat-derived protein
Nutrition expert Christopher Gardner discusses the protein-consuming habits of America, the drawbacks and ways to eat better.
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Telehealth for young patients
Digital health technology is helping Stanford Children’s Health offer patients and their families better access to Stanford Medicine pediatric experts.
Upcoming Courses
Conferences and Workshops
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03/30/2019
Stanford Advanced Airway Management and Fiberoptic Course
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge - Stanford, CA
New courses are added regularly— please check back often
Online Courses
- Managing Atrial Fibrillation
- Prescription Drug Misuse and Addiction: Compassionate Care for a Complex Problem
- To Prescribe or Not To Prescribe? Antibiotics and Outpatient Infections
- Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy with Timeouts
- Introduction to Food and Health
- 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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Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. -
Paramedic Treatment of Prolonged Seizures by Intramuscular Versus Intravenous Anticonvulsant Medications
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.