Dr. James Jerome Augustine MD
Emergency Physician
1753 Emory Ridge Dr Ne Atlanta GA, 30329About
Dr. James Augustine practices Emergency Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Augustine 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. Augustine examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Wright State Univ Sch Of Med- Dayton Oh 1983
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Quality in clinical practice.
- Developing a highly contagious disease readiness plan: the SARS experience.
- Cleaning up the mess. When a suicide entails more than just picking up the body....
- The ED major incident center: a perfect refit.
- The pregnant MVA victim. An accident takes an ominous turn for a patient who's 38 weeks pregnant.
- Cold, wet and hurt. Hypothermia complicates trauma when a hunter falls fom a tree.
- Extraordinary extrication. A confined area poses challenges for EMS when a man falls through his front porch.
- Heavy subjects: delivery of emergency care to obese patients.
- It's not the pulse. Heart rate and the ability to pump blood.
- You take my breath away.
- Noninvasive measurement: a transformation in prehospital care using the pulse CO-oximeter.
- Sit up for a pulse. When congestive heart failure fells the boss, well-meaning colleagues make a bad situation worse.
- Wreck with entrapment. Preplanning and communication pay off when a serious crash leaves a woman entrapped.
- Patient tracking at an MCI. Numerous vehicles in a freeway pileup mean numerous victims to treat and transport.
- 'How many can you take?' A medical mass-casualty incident requires consultation and coordination in its response.
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