It means immediately, right now, ASAP. It usually has an extremely urgent connotation.
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The medication is given immediately as a single dose. Stat means immediately, so a stat dose would mean the medication that would be given as fast as it could be dispensed to the patient.
College of Emergency Medicine was created in 1993.
Annals of Emergency Medicine was created in 1972.
Emergency Medicine Journal was created in 1984.
No, forensic medicine is not a sub-specialty of emergency medicine. Forensic medicine is a sub-specialty of pathology.
In the past any type of doctor could work in an emergency department, but now most of the newly hired emergency medicine doctors specialize in Emergency Medicine.
Seek emergency medical help, STAT.
British Association for Emergency Medicine was created in 1967.
British Association for Emergency Medicine ended in 2008.
American Journal of Emergency Medicine was created in 1983.
They are used in emergency medicine to see which hospital is closer.
Allan B. Wolfson has written: 'Harwood-Nuss' clinical practice of emergency medicine' -- subject(s): Emergencies, Emergency medicine, Emergency Medicine