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The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan welcomed clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, patients, and advocates from around the world for the Diagnostic Excellence 2025 (DEX25) meeting, held October 27–29 at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor. This three-day gathering focused on advancing the safety and accuracy of clinical diagnosis through science, education, and collaboration.

Dozens of middle schoolers from underserved communities visited the University of Michigan Transportation research Institute’s (UMTRI) MCity test facility to explore hands-on lessons in science and safety.

Michigan Medicine hosts the International Center for Automotive Medicine research center, and unique fellowship, that allows medical professionals and automotive engineers to partner on improving automotive safety and the prevention of injuries

When a University of Michigan lacrosse player walked into an urgent care clinic with bruises on his legs and vision changes, a rare procedure available at Michigan Medicine saved his life.

On October 14, Michigan Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center, with support from the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, hosted the first-ever Cardiac Arrest Survivor Celebration Dinner. Survivors gathered with the very people who once fought to keep them alive, in a night that honored not only patients who beat the odds, but also the many hands that made their recoveries possible.

Medicaid reimbursement often falls short of treatment costs, leaving trauma centers on the front lines of the gun violence epidemic to absorb losses Study authors concerned Medicaid funding cuts could further strain trauma centers Costs stayed flat through 2019, then rose 33% from 2019 to 2021, coinciding with a rise in firearm injury during the pandemic

Stroke patients evaluated using telemedicine (telestroke) have higher odds of receiving essential treatment, yet it takes longer for them to be treated — potentially limiting the benefits, finds a Michigan Medicine.

In 2022, the Emergency Department launched its sepsis team, which partners with sepsis teams across the hospital to strengthen recognition and care. Nowhere have improvements been greater than in the Adult Emergency Department. Innovations such as nurse-initiated sepsis screening, electronic medical record alerts, and “sepsis huddles” have improved communications and bundle compliance for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Since 2020, these efforts have reduced mortality by 6.5% — an estimated 393 lives saved.

Starting April 2, 2025, Michigan will be implementing new child passenger safety laws based on guidelines and best practices recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

A lawnmower accident left Dawson Yacks without a thumb and two fingers. Using his second toe, a University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital surgeon was able to make him a new one.

If you’ve ever waited in an emergency department, you know it can be stressful and long. At Michigan Medicine’s Adult Emergency Services (AES), teams are working to improve comfort, communication, bedside technology, and, ultimately, reduce wait times.

A University of Michigan led study finds that patients hospitalized with sepsis who were previously healthy ultimately died because of late intervention.

Every second counts during a prolonged seizure. Known as status epilepticus, these seizures won’t stop on their own, and if not treated fast, they can lead to brain damage, ICU stays, or death. Michigan Medicine is now leading a major clinical trial that could change how these patients are treated in the emergency department. The study, called KESETT (Ketamine add-on therapy for Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial), funded by the NIH, will test whether adding ketamine to current treatments can stop seizures more effectively.

In the late 1980s, Michigan Medicine’s pediatric emergency care was more like a walk-in clinic tucked in a corner of the adult emergency department. With limited resources and space, and only two physicians trained in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM), with others moonlighting, it was a humble start fueled by a love for kids, grit, and a vision for something better.

Emergency department boarding of admitted patients to hospital beds has risen steadily and peaks in winter months.