The Importance of Getting Proper Sleep Featured
Show: 911: Emergency Talk Radio - brought to you by ACEP
Guest(s)
Dr. Rade B. Vukmir
Topic
How To Safely Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Topic Info
Restorative sleep is important for health. Sleep deprivations can contribute to a range of issues such as trauma and motor vehicle accidents as well as obesity. Dr. Rade Vukmir will discuss the health benefits of a good night’s sleep as well as tips you can use to help get a better, more sound sleep.
Guest Info
Dr. Rade B. Vukmir is an emergency physician who directs operations for ECI affiliates in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. He holds an academic appointment as Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine at Temple University. Dr. Vukmir is the Chairman of ECI’s Education Department and Risk Management Committee.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
Dr. Vukmir also a degree in Law with a certificate in Health Law. Current interests include management of medicolegal risk, operations, efficiency, management, and optimal customer service strategies.
He is the author of forty-two, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. Vukmir is the founder of the ACEP Critical Care Medicine Section, and has served as Councillor, Medicolegal Committee and Public Relations Committee. He currently serves as an ACEP spokesperson.
He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Vukmir received medical and legal degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed a residency program in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a research fellowship in Resuscitation at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. He is a certified instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
Dr. Vukmir also a degree in Law with a certificate in Health Law. Current interests include management of medicolegal risk, operations, efficiency, management, and optimal customer service strategies.
He is the author of forty-two, peer-reviewed medical journal articles, as well as seven books. He is the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency and Emergency Medicine Faculty Excellence Award for 1991 and 1992.
Dr. Vukmir is the founder of the ACEP Critical Care Medicine Section, and has served as Councillor, Medicolegal Committee and Public Relations Committee. He currently serves as an ACEP spokesperson.
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Host
Dr. Leigh Vinocur
Original Air Date
1 / 7 / 2011
