Articles tagged as

department of emergency medicine

A pair of hands intertwined on top of a manequin's chest for a C-P-R demonstration.

Alachua County’s bystander CPR rates save lives, study finds

In College, Featured Article, Research, Students
Following the activation of an app that alerts users to nearby cardiac arrests, rates of bystander CPR improved
By Emily Mavrakis

UF Health, UAA and ACFR aid ailing fan at Gators football game

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
The fan was experiencing cardiac arrest
Six health care providers pose for a group photo outside of the Children's Hospital on the UF Health campus.

Enhancing surgical success

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
UF College of Medicine, UF Health implement innovative preoperative pathway
By Danielle Ivanov
A man uses a touch screen medication kiosk.

Patients can get common medications from automated pharmacy kiosks at three UF Health ERs

In College, Featured Article
UF Health pharmacy officials said the kiosks are available every day of the week, 24 hours a day
By Bill Levesque
Two residents dressed in scrubs display C-P-R protocol on a volunteer staff member in an emergency room

Department of emergency medicine, collaborators use innovative method to improve cardiac arrest outcomes

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
Through ECPR, certain cardiac arrest patients have significantly better chances of full recovery
By Emily Mavrakis
Mary Patterson wearing a U-F Health white coat

Dr. Mary Patterson named chair of the department of emergency medicine

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
She will draw on her passion for curiosity to advance the department
By Karen Dooley
Medical students Olgert Bardhi and Daniel Valladares in front of the UF Health emergency department entrance

Students create emergency department volunteer system during pandemic

In Featured Article, Students
The UF COVID-19 Student Service Corps is enlisting volunteers
By Emily Mavrakis
Henry Young portrait

Unlocking the keys to success

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
Emergency medicine physician Henry Young II, M.D., mentors the next generation of health care providers
By Leacy Burton
Health care workers prep a patient in the I-C-U.

National convalescent plasma study shows COVID-19 therapy ineffective in high-risk patients

In College, Featured Article, Research
The study was published by the New England Journal of Medicine
By Bill Levesque
Mary Patterson wearing a U-F Health white coat

Medical simulation expert and pediatric emergency medicine physician named interim chair of emergency medicine

In College, Faculty, Featured Article
Mary Patterson, M.D., has served as director of UF Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation since 2018
By Karen Dooley