Dr. Federico E. Vaca MD
Emergency Physician | Sports Medicine
212 McNeese St. Lake Charles LA, 70605About
Dr. Federico Vaca practices Emergency Medicine in New Haven, CT. Dr. Vaca 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. Vaca examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM- Sports Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Health risks of Latino children.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) notes.
- Commentary: Teen unsafe driving behaviors: faulty perceptions shaping risk.
- Pediatric pedestrian injuries: emergency care considerations.
- Young female drivers in fatal crashes: recent trends, 1995-2004.
- The basics of alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in the emergency department.
- Historical parallel evolution of injury prevention and control science and emergency medicine.
- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: future directions for screening and intervention in the emergency department.
- Public health in the emergency department: overcoming barriers to implementation and dissemination.
- Alcohol involvement among young female drivers in US fatal crashes: unfavourable trends.
- Need for injury-prevention education in medical school curriculum.
- Pedestrian injuries: emergency care considerations.
- Pediatric obesity in motor vehicle collisions.
- Comparison of the visual function index to the Snellen Visual Acuity Test in predicting older adult self-restricted driving.
- The relationship of pedestrian injuries to socioeconomic characteristics in a large Southern California County.
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