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Emergency Medicine
Patient-reported racism and emergency care
Patient-reported racism and emergency care
A new study by Penn LDI fellows used text messaged-based surveys to assess patient emergency department experience, including the impact of race.
Hands-on medical simulation, simplified
Hands-on medical simulation, simplified
Elizabeth Sanseau of CHOP and Annenberg’s Kyle Cassidy discuss Annenberg Hotkeys, a medical simulator developed during the pandemic to remotely prepare health care providers for emergency situations.
Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand
Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand
An integrated four-year ultrasound curriculum helps Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine students build competence and confidence in the classroom and the clinic.
Combating provider burnout and stress with music
Combating provider burnout and stress with music
Health care providers, long susceptible to burnout, have turned to music to alleviate the stress of the pandemic.
‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims
‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims
The innovative program addresses the country’s high rate of preventable fatalities by offering training on how to recognize and stop life-threatening bleeding.
Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities
Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities
Penn Medicine researchers also find that white patients are more likely to be chemically sedated in emergency departments at hospitals that treat high proportion Black patients, suggesting that hospital demographics can impact practice patterns.
Insights on trust and vaccines: Lessons from an emergency department analysis
Insights on trust and vaccines: Lessons from an emergency department analysis
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine completed a survey to determine who people trust when it comes to vaccine hesitancy.
Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice
Guiding emergency medicine toward a North Star of racial justice
Eugenia South, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and vice chair for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Emergency Medicine, highlights the need to connect and act in support of equity and inclusion on many fronts.
New emergency department program enables patients to recover at home safely
New emergency department program enables patients to recover at home safely
Penn Medicine established a program to improve support for patients after emergency department visits, helping them recover at home instead of the hospital.
Delayed emergencies in COVID times
Delayed emergencies in COVID times
A new study shows how often people put off non-COVID emergency care during the pandemic, who stayed home, and what kind of care they deferred.
In the News
KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Philly Habitat for Humanity to receive $4 million grant for home repair program
A study by Eugenia C. South of the Perelman School of Medicine and John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues found that repairing a home can reduce crime on a block by 23 percent.
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The New York Times
Inside the hospital where Damar Hamlin’s life was saved
Jeremy Cannon and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the importance of rapid response and the impediments to beneficial research for cardiac arrest patients.
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The New York Times
CPR and defibrillators: What you need to know
Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that only a tiny fraction of people who have a cardiac arrest and are not at a hospital get CPR, calling it a national tragedy.
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WESA Radio (Pittsburgh)
Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows
A co-authored Penn study found that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows
A study by Eugenia South of the Perelman School of Medicine and John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues finds that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.
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ABC News
Damar Hamlin’s collapse highlights importance of bystanders learning CPR
Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people don’t realize the importance of CPR in the case of an unconscious patient who isn’t breathing.
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