Emergency Medicine Residents Receive Crash Course in Prehospital Patient Care
The UTHealth Houston Mobile Simulation Training Unit was utilized during our recent EMS Prehospital Skills Day Intern Orientation. The high-fidelity simulation provided robust exposure to real-life prehospital patient care for new Emergency Medicine residents. This orientation was made possible by…
UTHealth Houston Emergency Medicine Provides Training to Polaris Dawn Crewmembers
Along with educating students, residents, and fellows in the most advanced lifesaving therapies on Earth, UTHealth Houston Department of Emergency Medicine is helping to prepare members of the Polaris Dawn crew to handle medical emergencies in space. The Department of…
UTHealth Houston’s Emergency Department ECMO Program Saves Man with Heroic Resuscitation Effort
On Jan 6, Eric Herdejurgen, a 48-year-old operator for an oil company here in Houston, TX had severe chest pain after getting off of his exercise bicycle at home. He immediately notified his wife, a nurse at Memorial Hermann’s Heart…