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Across the University of Michigan Department of Emergency Medicine, sustainability has become an increasingly important part of delivering care. Through efforts to reduce waste, expand recycling, and prepare communities for climate-related health risks, the department’s Green Team is working to make sustainability part of everyday practice.

During a four-week global-health elective, Dr. Sharne Morrow traded high-tech diagnostics for a masterclass in clinical intuition during a four-week elective in Kumasi, Ghana. In a setting where labs and imaging were often unavailable or unaffordable, Dr. Morrow leaned into the core of emergency medicine: foundational history and physical exams.

An AI-powered model developed at University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, new research finds.

When Dr. Nate Hunt accepted the role of Medical Director for Survival Flight at the University of Michigan (U-M), it marked the realization of a vision that has guided nearly every step of his career.

In the fast-paced environment of the emergency department, critical decisions happen in moments. This year, Michigan Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine is strengthening support for those decisions with a new, first-of-its-kind role: Director of Emergency Medicine Ethics.

The mission trip was organized by Kenya Relief, which bases it’s missions in areas with little to no medical care. For Holinshead, it reminded her why she went into the medical field in the first place. The 20-person team from the U.S. and Canada included orthopedic and ear, nose, and throat surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists, and support staff.

Karen Hollingsworth’s training as a nurse helped her identify the symptoms of a urinary tract infection and when it rapidly developed into septic shock.

Problems with the United States stroke transfer system are drastically reducing survivors’ chances of receiving critical treatment and increasing the likelihood that they will leave the hospital with a disability, a study suggests.

After years of planning and construction, Children’s Emergency Services (CES) at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has launched a new four-room Fast Track to help families spend less time waiting.

Each Fall, a group of Michigan Medicine students, residents, fellows, and faculty trade scrubs for backpacks, caves, and rain-soaked trails as part of a four-week wilderness medicine course led by the Department of Emergency Medicine. The month blends lectures on wilderness medicine with hands-on, real-world scenarios in some of the region’s most rugged environments.

At 12 emergency departments, researchers followed 114 children, ages 4 to 17, with femur fractures. They compared pain medication, like opioids, with ultrasound-guided nerve blocks — injections of long-acting local anesthetic. The University of Michigan led the way with the most enrollees in the study.

The Michigan Medicine Capacity Command Center, known as M2C2, and operational changes have accelerated bed assignment, transfer acceptance and discharge while reducing length of stay for adult inpatients.

From physician mental health to rising patient volumes and funding cuts, every year Michigan Medicine faculty and trainees join the national conversation at the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) annual Leadership and Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.

The Department of Emergency Medicine is proud to welcome an accomplished and inspiring group of new faculty members to Michigan Medicine. Each brings unique expertise, fresh energy, and a passion for advancing emergency care, research, and education. From clinical innovation to creative pursuits outside the hospital, their stories highlight the diverse talent shaping the department’s future.

Nick McGowan had a head on collision with an underage drunk driver and had extensive injuries, which was cared for by Survival Flight, U-M Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Acute Care Surgery.