#emergency-medicine

#emergency-medicine

Michael VanRooyen has spent decades responding to emergencies around the world, with no choice but to stare straight ahead at suffering, destruction, and death. These experiences have taught him how to ease pain amid chaos, forced him to navigate moments of intense fear and danger, and given him the technical and emotional depth to support war-torn communities in their efforts to heal and rebuild.

They are writhing, holding their stomach, complaining of really bad abdominal pain and nausea, said Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist and toxicologist at Children's Hospital Colorado, who treats adolescents with the condition. They vomit and then just continue to vomit whatever they have in their stomach, which can go on for hours, Wang told CNN in a prior interview.

Dr Mohammed Mustafa, joins Centre Stage to talk about the horrific realities he witnessed during his volunteer postings in Gaza.

Anne Flower didn't fully commit to running the 2025 Leadville 100 Mile until about two weeks before the event. She had never run 100 miles before and was nervous about getting injured or having to take a long time off from running afterward to recover. But, she'd earned an automatic entry into the race - twice - earlier in the summer by winning both the 2025 Silver Rush 50 Mile and the 2025 Leadville Trail Marathon,

Carbon monoxide is a quiet assassin. Odorless and colorless, it has a uniquely efficient ability to starve the body of oxygen: It acts quickly, building up in the bloodstream and attaching to hemoglobin in oxygen's place. When oxygen can't attach, red blood cells don't transport it around the body, effectively suffocating the organs. This gas, a common by-product of incomplete fuel combustion, causes 50,000 to 100,000 emergency room visits and 1,500 deaths in the U.S. each year.

Sam Sears described his experience in Gaza as a "conveyor belt of carnage", highlighting the relentless influx of patients suffering from blast, shrapnel, and gunshot wounds. Upon arrival, he encountered a mass casualty incident involving two deceased children, ages nine and eleven. Reflecting on the heartbreaking moment of putting these children in body bags, he noted that the rapid pace of emergency situations often stripped away the dignity these young victims would normally be afforded. The sheer volume of casualties necessitated a focus on saving those who could still be helped.

"I've come to realize that healing isn't just about fixing bodies. It's about being present with people when they're scared, hurting, or confused," Chris says.

It's one of those beautiful and subversive works that comes together right when it's needed, offering another way of organizing society - egalitarian yet hierarchical.

Polineni emphasizes the need for emergency departments to leverage AI-driven decision support systems, which can analyze real-time data for effective triage and proactive care.

I was a very new intern, working in the ED. I got asked to see a young woman patient and the diagnosis put beside her name by triage staff said 'SELF HARM.'

Extreme heat events increase the risk of contact burns from hot surfaces in the environment.