News
Jul 9, 2015
Lo Que Pasa: When Dr. Vivienne Ng joined the UA Department of Emergency Medicine, she had specific goals to more formally and regularly integrate medical simulation into resident and medical student curricula. As director of Emergency Medicine Simulation, she continues to expand simulation education and has added teaching labs where emergency medicine residents can practice rare procedures before performing them on patients. Read more.
Jul 8, 2015
Tomas Nuño, PhD, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine as research assistant professor.
Jul 1, 2015
Phoenix Business Journal reported that Two University of Arizona emergency medicine researchers, Drs. Ben Bobrow and Art Sanders, are co-authors of a national report released today to the U.S. Congress and other stakeholders to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. Read more.
Jun 30, 2015
Two University of Arizona researchers are co-authors of a report released that examines current statistics of cardiac arrest in the United States and recommends public health strategies to improve survival rates.
Jun 26, 2015
Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH, assistant professor and director of Emergency Medicine Simulation, continues to expand simulation education in the Department of Emergency Medicine, adding teaching labs using fresh cadavers and pig heads for residents to practice rare procedures before they perform these on patients. Dr. Ng joined the DEM faculty two years ago with specific goals to more formally and regularly integrate medical simulation into the resident and medical student curricula.
Jun 26, 2015
Wednesday evening, Marnie Robles made sure her son, Sebastian, was ready for his practice with the Western Little League All Stars. “For the past few days, we've been asking the kids to hydrate before they come to practice,” she said. “Because we know it's going to be really hot. And we want to make sure nobody gets really sick on us.”
Dr. Katherine Hiller works in the emergency department at Banner University Medical Center. She said it is a slower time of year, but the hospital does get patients suffering from heat-related symptoms. Read more.
Jun 25, 2015
Lori Stolz, MD, RDMS, assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of Emergency Ultrasound at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, was elected Secretary of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's Ultrasound in Global Health Interest Group.
May 21, 2015
The prestigious award recognizes Dr. Spaite’s outstanding contributions to emergency medicine research throughout his career.
May 19, 2015
ScholarQuest provides research training and experience to Department of Emergency Medicine residents. The 2015 UA Department of Emergency Medicine Research Forum was held April 29.
May 18, 2015
Rockies John Axford and his wife, Nicole, nearly lost their little man March 25, the day Jameson was bitten on his right foot by a rattlesnake while playing outside in the backyard of the house the family was renting in North Scottsdale, Ariz. The 2½-foot-long snake sunk its fangs into Jameson not once, but twice. The pain and consequences were extreme. Each year, 250 to 400 people suffer rattlesnakes bites in Arizona, according to Dr. F. Mazda Shirazi, the medical director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the University of Arizona's College of Pharmacy. Although deaths from rattlesnake bites are rare, when a toddler is bitten twice, as Jameson was, the danger can escalate quickly. Read more.