In medicine, triage is a process by which care providers such as medical professionals and those with first aid knowledge determine the order of priority for providing treatment to injured individuals and/or inform the rationing of limited supplies so that they go to those who can most benefit from it. Triage is usually relied upon when there are more injured individuals than available care providers, or when there are more injured individuals than supplies to treat them.
Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians specialize in providing care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages. As first-line providers, in coordination with emergency medical services, they are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and performing the initial investigations and interventions necessary to diagnose and treat illnesses or injuries in the acute phase. Emergency medical physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units. Still, they may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics.
Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) in humans. Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe hypothermia, there may be hallucinations and paradoxical undressing, in which a person removes their clothing, as well as an increased risk of the heart stopping.
The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library.
A medic is a medical practitioner or student such as a medical doctor or an emergency medical responder such as a paramedic.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is a professional organization of emergency medicine physicians in the United States. ACEP publishes the Annals of Emergency Medicine and the Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open.
The Annals of Emergency Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of emergency medicine care. It is the official journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and is published on their behalf by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Donald M. Yealy. It was established in 1972 as the Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians and obtained its current title in 1980.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) is an independent professional association of emergency physicians in the United Kingdom which sets standards of training and administers examinations for emergency medicine. The patron is The Princess Royal.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in the field of anaesthesia, intensive care, pain, and emergency medicine. The editor-in-chief is Michael Haney.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) is a medical school in Khuzestan Province of Iran.
Chest is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering chest diseases and related issues, including pulmonology, cardiology, thoracic surgery, transplantation, breathing, airway diseases, and emergency medicine. The journal was established in 1935. It is the official journal of the American College of Chest Physicians which publishes the journal. The editor-in-chief is Peter Mazzone.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine:
McLaren Greater Lansing, is a tertiary teaching facility with 240 acute care beds, located in Lansing, Michigan on the southern edge of the Michigan State University campus. Among its services are a Level III Trauma Center/Emergency Department, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute, cardiac programs, medical/surgical units, and women and children's health services including a birthing center. Also located at the healthcare campus is the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing and Outpatient Care Center.
Emergency Medicine Australasia is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering emergency medicine. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell. It is the official journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine. The founding editor was George Jelinek and the current editor-in-chief is Geoff Hughes. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.353.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering emergency medicine. It is the official journal of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. The editor-in-chief is Stephen Hayden. The founding editor was Peter Rosen and it is published by Elsevier. It was established in 1983 and originally published by Pergamon Press. The journal is often referred to by its acronym, JEM.
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering emergency medicine. It was originally established as Emergency in 2013, changing to the current name in 2019, and is published by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The journal has been ranked as a Q1 journal in the SCImago journal ranking since 2021. It has also received an impact factor of 5.4 for the first time in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) release for the articles published in 2022, making it a Q1 journal. Based on 2022 Journal Impact Factors, the journal was ranked first in Asia and fifth worldwide among journals published in the field of emergency medicine. It ranked fourth worldwide when considering Journal Impact Factors without self-citations.
Lynne Doreen Richardson is an American emergency physician and health services researcher. She is a professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Richardson is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in the field of emergency medicine, including out-of-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care, disaster medicine, emergency public health and safety, and disaster mental health and psychosocial support. It was established in 1985 as the Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine, obtaining its current title in 1989. It is published Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine. The editor-in-chief is Samuel J. Stratton.
The African Journal of Emergency Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering research in the field of emergency medicine, with a focus on Africa. The journal publishes research articles, reviews, brief reports of scientific investigations, and case reports as well as commentary and correspondence related to topics of scientific, ethical, social, and economic importance to emergency care in Africa. The editors-in-chief are Stevan R. Bruijns and Lee A. Wallis. It is the official journal of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine. In addition, it is the official journal for the Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania, the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, the Egyptian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Libyan Emergency Medicine Association, the Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals, the Sudanese Emergency Medicine Society, the Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria, and the Rwanda Emergency Care Association. It is also an affiliate journal of the Trauma Society of South Africa and the Namibian Medical Society.
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering wilderness medicine. It is the official journal of the Wilderness Medical Society and published its Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines. The journal is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is William D. Binder.
