Dr. Robert Douglas Herr M.D.
Emergency Physician
1717 S J St Tacoma WA, 98405About
Dr. Robert Herr practices Emergency Medicine in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Herr assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Herr examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1984
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of time and storage conditions of Chemstrip bG on estimating blood glucose aboard ambulances.
- Vertebral artery dissection from neck flexion during paroxysmal coughing.
- Serum bicarbonate declines with sample size in vacutainer tubes.
- Pseudometabolic acidosis caused by underfill of Vacutainer tubes.
- Acute sinusitis: diagnosis and treatment update.
- Clinical comparison of ocular irrigation fluids following chemical injury.
- Advances in noninvasive diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
- Serious soft tissue infections of the head and neck.
- Hypothermia: threat to military operations.
- A directed approach to the dizzy patient.
- An unusual presentation of Brown-Sequard syndrome.
- Lidocaine reduces intravenous diazepam pain.
- ENG in the emergency room: subtest results in acutely dizzy patients.
- He's taken a turn for the worse.
- Immediate electronystagmography in the diagnosis of the dizzy patient.
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