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Division of Emergency Medicine
The University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department is a fully approved Level 1 Trauma facility and tertiary referral center that is staffed by physicians 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The department has a census of about 36,000 patient visits annually and provides excellent care for acute emergencies in all subspecialties of medicine and surgery. Patients from all over Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and western Colorado are referred to the emergency department for definitive medical care.
All full-time faculty in the division are trained in emergency medicine and certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Attending faculty are on duty 24 hours a day and are directly involved in the clinical training of housestaff and medical students. Academic faculty in the division are active in ongoing clinical trials and research at the University. The division also has a Research Fellowship Training Program and Clinical Toxicology Consult Service. Other specialties within the division include Directors of Emergency Medical Ambulance Services and Disaster Medicine. The Division of Emergency Medicine also runs the AirMed Patient Transport Service.
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June/July Updates
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Air medical transport of prisoners.
McIntosh SE, Todd LE, Swanson ER, Youngquist ST. Air Med J. 2010 May-Jun;29(3):121-6.PMID: 20439029 [PubMed - in process]Related citations
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Dr. Peter Taillac is currently deployed to Afghanistan as a member of the Utah Army National Guard. Colonel Taillac is serving at a small combat support hospital near the Pakistan border. He will return early August.
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"Search and Rescue Activity on Denali" published in June edition of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal, authors: S McIntosh, Aaron Brillhart, Jennifer Dow, Colin Grissom
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Six of our residents had posters, presentations and/or abstracts accepted at the 2010 SAEM Annual Meeting in Pheonix, AZ on June 3-6. Dr. Brock Bemis, Dr. Matthew Dawson, Dr. Shaneen Doctor, Dr. Mark Goodman, Dr. Jessica Holly, and Dr. Erika Schroeder.
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Air ambulance transport times and advanced cardiac life support interventions during the interfacility transfer of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Youngquist ST, McIntosh SE, Swanson ER, Barton ED. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010 Jul-Sep;14(3):292-9.PMID: 20377403 [PubMed - in process]Related citations
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Neurologically intact survival in a porcine model of cardiac arrest: manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation vs. LifeBelt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Youngquist ST, Niemann JT, Allread WG, Heyming T, Rosborough JP. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010 Jul-Sep;14(3):324-8.PMID: 20388031 [PubMed - in process]Related citations
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"Wilderness Medical Society Consensus Guidelines on the Prevention and Treatment of High Altitude Illness" by Dr. Scott McIntsoh will be published in the June edition of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal.
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Dr. Scott McIntosh will be giving a talk about the "Top Ten Articles in Wilderness Medicine" at the Wilderness Medical Society Snowmass Conference in July 2010.
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