The Department of Emergency Medicine is excited to announce that the High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T to Optimize Chest Pain Risk Stratification (STOP CP) study started enrolling patients on January 25, 2017. Thirty-six participants have been enrolled as of March 10th. The STOP CP study is a prospective…
Dr. Matthew Ryan has been recognized as an Outstanding Peer Reviewer by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL provides a peer review process to “ensure submitted resources are accurate, clear, complete, and relevant to health education.” As a peer reviewer who has provided an extraordinary amount…
According to a research article published by Drs. Bucciarelli, Payton, and Falgiani, patients do not have adequate knowledge about the costs and services associated with freestanding emergency departments (FSED). These results were determined from a 19-item survey distributed to Springhill FSED patients over a 3-month span. The research emphasizes the…
In the 2015 Global CAMEO Enrollment challenge, the dedicated Department of Emergency Medicine research team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie, has risen to the top out of 55 sites in four countries over the last quarter. The CAMEO study aims to recruit patients presenting with symptoms of…
The Department of Emergency Medicine is honored to announce that Kristy L. Radeker, Senior Grants Specialist, was one of 13 College of Medicine employees to win a 2015 University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award! The Superior Accomplishment Award Program recognizes staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service, efficiency and/or…
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complex disorder associated with rapidly progressive lung inflammation, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, hypoxemic respiratory failure and one or more well-defined risk factors including sepsis and severe trauma. Since its original description in 1967, experimental and clinical evidence has provided considerable insight into the…
