• The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (AEMRC) is a collaborative statewide Center of Excellence dedicated to improving the health-care outcomes of patients with acute illness and injuries, in both pre-hospital settings and within the hospital.

AEMRC

Director's Message

The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (AEMRC) is a collaborative statewide Center of Excellence dedicated to improving the health-care outcomes of patients with acute illness and injuries, in both pre-hospital settings and within the hospital.

The center’s research focus extends from the pre-hospital environment, including 911 and emergency medical services (EMS) care, through the emergency department and critical care settings.

Samuel M. Keim, MD, MS
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center

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AEMRC News

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UA Medical Students Create CPR Training Videos in Spanish

A group of medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, working with the UA Department of Emergency Medicine and UA Sarver Heart Center, began identifying interventions that could increase the use of chest-compression-only CPR among Hispanics in Arizona.
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Completed Clinical Trial Offers New Hope for Stroke Patients


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Emergency Medicine Resident Research Forum Winners

The 2018 Maria Mandell Award Winners for the Best Research Presentation at the Department Research Forum are residents Whitney Robertson, MD, Georgia Baumann, MD, Ashley Guinn, MD, and Kurt Curtis, MD.

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Selected Recent Publications

Waterbrook AL, Balcik BJ, Goshinska AJohn. "Blood Glucose Levels After Local Musculoskeletal Steroid Injections in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: A Clinical Review." Sports Health. 2017:1941738117702585.
Beskind DL, Stolz U, Thiede R, et al. "Viewing an Ultra-Brief Chest Compression Only Video Improves some measures of Bystander CPR Performance and Responsiveness at a Mass Gathering Event." Resuscitation. 2017.
Amini R, Wyman MT, Hernandez NC, Guisto JA, Adhikari S. "Use of Emergency Ultrasound in Arizona Community Emergency Departments." J Ultrasound Med. 2017.
Denninghoff KR, Nuño T, Pauls Q, et al. "Prehospital Intubation is Associated with Favorable Outcomes and Lower Mortality in ProTECT III." Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017:1-6.
Natt B, Hypes C, Basken R, Malo J, Kazui T, Mosier J. "Suspected Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation." J Extra Corpor Technol. 2017;49(1):54-58.
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