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EMERGENCY PATIENT CARE Through our research, teaching, and service, the Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our patients, the careers of our trainees, the safety of our community, and the health of the world. We are committed to providing high-quality, efficient, and compassionate care to all of our patients.
Our Department of Emergency Medicine provides expertise in public health, injury prevention, disaster management, prehospital care and emergency medical services, toxicology, emergency health system management, and clinical emergency medicine so that we may develop emergency care systems that are locally relevant.
We staff and provide medical direction for the emergency departments of Grady Memorial Hospital, which is the only level-1 trauma center in metro Atlanta, and for Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory University Hospitals, which are private, not-for-profit, tertiary care hospitals.
The department also provides medical direction for the Georgia Poison Center – the third busiest poison center in the United States – and plays an integral role in the delivery of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) throughout metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
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Members of our Section of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine provide medical direction to key components of Atlanta's EMS system.
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Working in concert with Emory's Department of Pediatrics, members of our Section of Medical Toxicology provides medical direction to the Georgia Poison Center, the 3rd busiest in the nation.
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Our Center for Injury Control works extensively with the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention at the World Health Association (WHO) to promote injury prevention worldwide.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and throughout the developed world. Timely diagnosis and treatment can save tens of thousands of lives each year. Learn more about our current cardiac care projects.
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Brain injury and stroke kill huge numbers of Americans annually, and permanently disable many more, with few effective treatments. Donald Stein, the world-renowned leader of our Brain Injury Research Laboratory, was the first scientist in the world to note that progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, protects damaged brain tissue.
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The Emory Center for Injury Control, jointly supported by our department and Emory's School of Public Health, is one of only 4 programs in the US designated as "Collaborating Centers" for injury control and emergency health services by the World Health Association.
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