Stanford physician Barbie Barrett has had a long career in emergency and disaster medicine; she discusses it here.
Despite improvements in pre-hospital care, many women in India continue to die from burn injuries, a study by a Stanford emergency medicine physician shows.
High performance CPR, which eliminates unnecessary pauses and utilizes a team approach, is thought to improve survival rates.
Spurred by former resident June Gordon, Stanford Emergency Medicine offers a new policy for residents who are pregnant or returning to work following birth.
Matthew Wetschler, a former Stanford emergency medicine resident, experienced a severe accident that has influenced his art, now on display on campus.
Stanford emergency medicine physician Rebecca Walker discusses her experience running an ultramarathon, and guiding a blind runner, in Antarctica.
Teenager Chicco Adamo was severely injured while kayaking. But, thanks to care teams at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, he is recovering.
Stanford Medicine's Peter D'Souza shares his experience as an airway management physician who attends NFL games with the 49ers.
An emergency room physician shares the story of treating a baby with a gunshot wound and how the experience shaped her views on gun violence.
The cost of treating animal-related injuries in U.S. emergency rooms is about $1.2 billion per year, a new Stanford study shows.
Stanford health care providers and vet technicians volunteered to help humans and animals affected by the most destructive fire in California’s history.
A Stanford University class hopes to increase awareness and understanding of human trafficking and improve resources to detect, treat and decrease it.
A Stanford Medicine magazine article shares four stories of digital medicine helping patients.
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.
On their first official date together, Andrea Traynor, a Stanford clinical associate professor, saved Max Montgomery with CPR. Now they educate others via bystander CPR workshops.
Snakebites decrease after periods of drought, according to a Stanford-led study that examined 20 years of snakebite data across California.
