25 Years of Progress
in Emergency Medicine
1974-A U-M task force recommends establishing a Section
of Emergency Services in the Department of Surgery to manage
the Emergency Department, which consists of five rooms on the
fourth floor of the U Hospital Outpatient Building and is staffed
by moonlighting faculty from Internal Medicine.
1976-Richard E. Burney, M.D., arrives at U-M as a member
of the surgery faculty; half his appointment is as director
of emergency services.
1979-Emergency medicine is recognized as the 23rd specialty
by the American Medical Association and the American Board of
Medical Specialties. James R. Mackenzie, M.D., becomes director
of emergency services, with Burney staying on as assistant chief.
1980-There are departments of emergency medicine at
five U.S. medical schools.
1981-Faculty staffing on a 24-hour basis in the ER begins;
a Section of Emergency Services is formally established in the
Department of Surgery.
1983-Survival Flight begins service.
1985-Mackenzie steps down as section head and is succeeded
by Burney, who held the position earlier.
1986-The new University Hospital opens with an Emergency
Department divided into three areas; the main emergency department
is managed by the Department of Surgery, Section of Emergency
Services; the medical walk-in area is managed by the Department
of Internal Medicine, and the pediatric walk-in area is managed
by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases.
1987-Survival Flight adds a second helicopter.
1992-William Barsan, M.D., becomes section head of Emergency
Medicine. A joint emergency medicine residency program between
U-M and the St. Joseph Mercy Health System is established.
1995-The nursing staff for all three areas of the Emergency
Department is centralized, and the section head of Emergency
Medicine becomes responsible for managing all areas of the Emergency
Department. The Section of Emergency Medicine begins staffing
the emergency departments at Hurley Medical Center in Flint
and Foote Memorial Hospital in Jackson.
1999-Emergency medicine at Michigan attains departmental
status; more than 50 medical schools in America teach emergency
medicine as a specialty.
Also:
A Discipline
for the 90s:
Emergency Medicine Comes of Age and Gains New Visibility in
the Medical School
Emergency
Medicine Research:
The Goal is Always Fewer Emergencies
The Emergency
Medicine Delivered by Hawkeye and Hot Lips Was Always the Best—and
Walter Dishell Was There on the TV Battlefield to Make Sure
of It
When
Little Ones Get Hurt
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