emergency medicine

noun

: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention

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For instance, emergency medicine physicians at one health system must click 14 times to order Tylenol—that’s a lot. Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 According to Christopher Gaw, MD, an emergency medicine pediatrician with Nationwide Children's and one of the study authors, delta-8 THC exposures were significantly lower among states where delta-8 was banned. Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 13 Sep. 2024 Even low lead levels can cause small amounts of intellectual impairment depending on the child, according to Dr. Adam Blumenberg, emergency medicine physician and toxicology expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024 In January, the Palestinian American emergency medicine physician served a three-week medical mission with the nonprofit MedGlobal at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the second-largest hospital in Gaza at the time. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emergency medicine 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of emergency medicine was in 1966

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“Emergency medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medicine. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

emergency medicine

noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention

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