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CU Firearm Injury Prevention Members Spotlight Expertise at National Conference
12/17/2024Researchers associated with the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI) at the CU School of Medicine gave more than two dozen presentations and sponsored the 2024 National Research Conference for Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, hosted Dec. 9-11 in Seattle....Read More
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Defense Health Agency Director Visits CU Military Medicine Research Program
12/16/2024When U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, MD, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), entered the Army as a medical corps officer in 1993, the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora was on its way to being decommissioned....Read More
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Half of Psychedelic-Related Poison Center Cases Result in Medical Treatment, Study Finds
11/18/2024More than half of psychedelic exposures reported to poison centers across the U.S. between 2012 and 2022 had symptoms that required medical treatment or resulted in residual or prolonged symptoms or death, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine....Read More
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DOD Grants Transformative Award to CU Researchers Studying Trauma in South Africa
11/5/2024The Department of Defense (DOD) Combat Casualty Care Research Program has granted researchers working with the Cape-Colorado-Combat (C3) Global Trauma Network at the University of Colorado School of Medicine $15.6 million to establish a platform to study important questions related to prolonged care for patients with major bleeding, traumatic brain injury (TBI), polytrauma, and complex wounds – injuries often seen in South Africa and modern battlefield settings....Read More
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CU Researchers Present Findings and Earn Distinguished Awards at Military Health System Research Symposium
9/4/2024Investigators and faculty members from across the University of Colorado School of Medicine presented critical research informing health care and safety for military service members and earned notable accolades at this year’s Military Health Science Research Symposium (MHSRS)....Read More
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CU Researchers Studying Antibiotic-Resistant Wound Infections in Ukraine
8/21/2024Faculty members in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have been awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to work with partners in Ukraine on clinical and logistical challenges associated with modern large-scale combat operations and prolonged casualty care....Read More
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CU Department of Emergency Medicine Top Stories of 2023
12/19/2023In 2023, the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine celebrated the launch of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and the Program for EMS and Prehospital Care, while introducing brand new research in emergency airway management, mental health, critical trauma care, and more. Emergency medicine faculty grew education and collaboration efforts by bringing renowned, national leaders in medicine to campus, hosting seminars and discussions on firearm injury prevention, leading a toxicology fellowship, presenting research at conferences worldwide, and mentoring military collaborators, researchers, and students....Read More
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CU Professor Aims to Reduce Elder Abuse through Collaboration and Research on the ‘Whole Family’ Approach
11/30/2023Each year, an estimated five million Americans age 60 or older will experience some form of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Daniel Lindberg, MD, professor of emergency medicine in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has seen an increase reflected in elder abuse cases in the emergency department at UCHealth....Read More
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New Grants Support Critical Trauma Care Research
11/10/2023Last month, the Cape-Colorado-Combat (C3) Global Trauma Network received two research grants totaling $4.7 million from the United States Department of Defense (DoD). One study will assess how timing of wound care and antibiotics impact infectious complications and multi-organ failure in patients with high-risk injuries. The second will assess timing of critical interventions in patients with life-threatening bleeding from trauma, known as hemorrhagic shock. Both four-year projects will build on the C3 Network’s decade-long experience in collaboratively studying injured patients in the Western Cape province of South Africa....Read More
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Extreme Risk Protection Order Cases in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
9/20/2023Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, director of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and professor of emergency medicine in the CU School of Medicine, led a study that examined Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) cases for older adults in six states. The study was funded by the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and published earlier this month in the journal Clinical Gerontologist....Read More
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The Intersection of Toxicology and Community
8/16/2023The negative impacts of opioids and drug overdoses continue to rise, and toxicologists are helping to lead the way to address the crisis....Read More
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New Grant Will Support the Creation of Educational Resources on Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado
8/15/2023Christopher Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, received a two-year grant from the Fund for a Safer Future and is leading a project with the Colorado Attorney General’s office and law enforcement agencies throughout the state to create new videos and discussion guides on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs)....Read More
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Mapping Mass Shootings in the United States
7/26/2023The United States has more than 10 times the number of mass shooting incidents than other developed countries, yet little research has shown the distribution and types of shootings, geographically....Read More
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A New Gold Standard for Emergency Airway Management
7/10/2023For patients with severe respiratory failure, tracheal intubation is a life-saving procedure. Health care providers perform intubation in critical care settings using one of two devices: direct or video laryngoscopes....Read More
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Studying Veterans’ Mental Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
6/27/2023Following worldwide concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health, Ian Stanley, PhD, assistant research professor of emergency medicine in the CU School of Medicine and psychological health lead for the Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research, began investigating whether the pandemic impacted military veterans differently than non-veterans....Read More