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Emergency Medicine
Penn’s patriotic mission to train Navy medical staff
Penn’s patriotic mission to train Navy medical staff
A partnership between the U.S. Navy and Penn Medicine’s Trauma Division aims to provide military medical staff with the skills they need for deployment.
Keeping calm in case of catastrophe
Keeping calm in case of catastrophe
How emergency medical teams at Penn Medicine build the playbook for disaster preparedness.
To get drivers to put down their phones, make it a game
To get drivers to put down their phones, make it a game
A large trial of strategies to reduce distracted driving presented by Penn Medicine experts show that those that were “gamified” yielded a lasting reduction in handheld phone usage while driving.
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
New research from Penn Medicine finds that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving.
Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent
Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent
Penn Medicine faculty and LDI fellows are working to design the kind of interventions that will connect patients with eligible care coverage.
Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health
Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health
Nationwide, health care workers are facing strains to mental health, but Penn Medicine’s regular reminders about its mental health platform lead to significant improvements of symptoms.
Trust and equity in emergency departments
Trust and equity in emergency departments
Penn Medicine is working to improve the emergency department experience for all patients, including those with distrust of the medical system at large.
Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
Iris Reyes, who founded the Alliance of Minority Physicians in 2012, is working to expand the program to underrepresented students and professionals across the region.
Helping hospitalized patients address addiction with empathy
Helping hospitalized patients address addiction with empathy
Certified recovery specialist Eric Ezzi brings compassionate care to for patients dealing with substance use, a role that is part Penn Medicine’s efforts to address the urgent drug addiction crisis.
Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery
Pain scores, age can help identify patients more likely to use few or no opioids after surgery
A Penn Medicine study shows that patient pain scores are a good predictor for opioid use, but younger patients and those who hadn’t used opioids before are less likely to take them.
In the News
Seattle Times
Eighteen little things to cool you down on a hot vacation
Jonathan Bar of the Perelman School of Medicine says that time and temperature are the key factors to avoid being “barbecued” by extreme heat.
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CBS Philadelphia
Paying drivers to stay off cell phone could make roads safer, Penn study finds
A study by M. Kit Delgado of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a $50 financial incentive for drivers to stay off their cell phone could make the roads safer.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Drug deaths and overdoses plague Philly jails, raising concerns about plans to step up Kensington arrests
Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine says that opioid withdrawal is typically not life-threatening, but that underlying health conditions or multidrug use can result in serious complications.
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Slate.com
What’s going on with tranq?
Jeanmarie Perron of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the appearance and progression of skin ulcers and tissue loss on xylazine users is different than with other intravenous drugs.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Cardiac arrest recoveries are great stories, but they’re rare. We can fix that
In an opinion essay, Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine says that low survival rates for cardiac arrest can be improved by increasing rates of CPR.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Philadelphia hospital program adds psychologists to bridge mental health services for trauma survivors
A new psychology team at the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program has provided about 46 survivors with short- and long- term therapy, featuring remarks from Elinore Kaufman and Lily Brown of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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