Department Blog

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Clinical Utility of Venoarterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in Patients with Drug-Induced Cardiogenic Shock: A Retrospective Study of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organizations’ ECMO Case Registry” (abstract available for full article published in Clinical Toxicology on October 16). The abstract was also presented at the 39th Congress of the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists in Naples, Italy, in May.

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Lay Responder Care for an Adult with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest” which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on December 5. MedicalXpress.com published a story about the article, titled "Bystanders Can Help More Cardiac Arrest Victims Survive."

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was lead author of “The Role of Take-Home Naloxone in the Epidemic of Opioid Overdose Involving Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl and Its Analogs” (abstract available), which was published in Expert Opinion on Drug Safety in June.

Hong Kim, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “Prepacked Naloxone Administration for Suspected Opioid Overdose in the Era of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl: A Retrospective Study of Regional Poison Center Data” (abstract available). The abstract was presented at the 50th North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology in Chicago in October 2018, and the full article was published in Clinical Toxicology on May 16.

Quincy Tran, MD, Assistant Professor; Daniel Haase, MD, Assistant Professor; and Jay Menaker, MD, Associate Professor, all in the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “The Critical Care Resuscitation Unit Transfers More Patients From Emergency Departments Faster and Is Associated With Improved Outcomes” (full text available), which was published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine on November 21.

Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, and George Willis, MD, Assistant Professor, both from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “Risk Management and Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in the Emergency Treatment of High-Risk Orthopedic Injuries” (abstract available), which will be published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in February.

Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was one of two guest editors of the upcoming February issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, focused on orthopedic emergencies.

Mike Abraham, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the authors of “The Emergent Evaluation and Treatment of Hand and Wrist Injuries: An Update” (abstract available), which will be published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in February.

Kami M. Hu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Joe Martinez, MD, Associate Professor, and Mike Winters, MD, Professor, all from the Department of Emergency Medicine, are among the authors of “The Critical Care Literature 2018,” which was accepted on November 17 for publication in a future issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

George Willis, MD, and Semhar Tewelde, MD, both Assistant Professors from the Department of Emergency Medicine, were the authors of “The Approach to the Patient with Hematuria” (abstract available), which was published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America in November.