We are strongly committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and cultural sensitivity within our division and believe that doing so is critical to executing our mission of providing exemplary health care to all who are in need with efficiency and compassion.
Please welcome our new WUEM Class of 2023 (Links to an external site)
Please welcome the incoming WashU EM Class of 2023!
ED visit costs, NPR’s Fresh Air nationally broadcast show (Links to an external site)
How could an ER visit in which a patient receives nothing more than a Band-Aid cost $629? Sarah Kliff, a health policy reporter for ‘Vox,’ spent over a year reading ER bills and investigating the reasons behind the high costs.
MoBap recognized as the first emergency department in the region to achieve ACEP’s Geriatric Accreditation (Links to an external site)
ACEP, with support from The Gary and Mary West Health Institute and the John A. Hartford Foundation, launched the GEDA program to recognize emergency departments that provide excellent care for older adults. Missouri Baptist ED attained Level 3 in January 2019.
Webinar: Opioid Use Disorder Care After the ED (Links to an external site)
Join Dr. Schwarz for a webinar about transitioning patients with opioid use disorder to post-ED care.
BJWCH nurse works alongside doctors who helped save her life (Links to an external site)
Dr. Daniel Theodoro and Michelle Wheeler, RN, are now colleagues, 11 years after he helped save her life after a heart attack.
The Second Annual PICU POCUS course
The EM ultrasound section organized and hosted our 2nd annual PICO POCUS one-day workshop to pediatric critical care medicine fellows and pediatric emergency medicine fellows.
Dr. Char in Washington People (Links to an external site)
Douglas Char, MD, professor of Emergency Medicine, helps people when they are at their most distressed.
Community Health: Treating Opioid Addiction in the ER (Links to an external site)
One would be hard-pressed to find anyone in America who hasn’t at least heard about the opioid addiction crisis affecting families and cities across the country. Yet despite a general awareness, many questions still remain about the most effective methods to address this growing epidemic.