High performance CPR, which eliminates unnecessary pauses and utilizes a team approach, is thought to improve survival rates.
Author: Susan Coppa
Baby, then work: An effort to help resident-parents in emergency medicine
Spurred by former resident June Gordon, Stanford Emergency Medicine offers a new policy for residents who are pregnant or returning to work following birth.
On recovery, vulnerability and ritual: An exhibit in white
Matthew Wetschler, a former Stanford emergency medicine resident, experienced a severe accident that has influenced his art, now on display on campus.
Penguins, snow, and lots of running: A Stanford emergency physician’s ultramarathon in Antarctica
Stanford emergency medicine physician Rebecca Walker discusses her experience running an ultramarathon, and guiding a blind runner, in Antarctica.
The positives whisper: Thoughts on gratitude from an emergency medicine physician
Emergency medicine physician Al’ai Alvarez discusses how he integrates gratitude into his daily life and its many widespread benefits.
A Stanford doctor hits the field with the 49ers — as their airway management physician
Stanford Medicine's Peter D'Souza shares his experience as an airway management physician who attends NFL games with the 49ers.
Tips for caring for patients with disabilities, from a mother and physician
In this Q&A, Cori Poffenberger, a physician and mother to a daughter who has spina bifida, offers suggestions for caring for people with disabilities.
Amid devastation from the fire, a Stanford doctor stitches up George, a search dog
While working on the search and rescue team in the ruins of the Camp Fire, a Stanford emergency medicine physician helps in an unexpected way.
100 years later, flu epidemic remains a possibility, Stanford physicians say
One hundred years after the 1928 influenza epidemic, flu remains a threat to society today, several Stanford emergency medicine clinicians explain.
Emergency physicians train for search-and-rescue
Physicians and others from Stanford Emergency Medicine recently participated in a disaster preparation search-and-rescue drill at Moffett Field.
Preparing for the worst: Stanford Medicine teams train for mass casualty
Stanford Medicine teams recently trained for a disaster. Follow along throughout the morning as the emergency teams respond.
Stanford-developed app curriculum empowers health care providers in India
An app-based health training and triaging program spearheaded by Stanford's Ayesha Khan is now in use in India, and has led to the creation of village-based health workers.
To provide better, faster care, emergency department goes vertical
By replacing lay-down stretchers with vertical chairs, the Stanford emergency department has maximized space and reduced length of stay.