Focus areas

Research in Mayo Clinic's Division of Emergency Medicine Research involves a comprehensive assessment of topics. Areas of active research focus include:

  • Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis.
  • Angioedema.
  • Battlefield (military) medicine.
  • Caring for patients with dementia and cognitive decline.
  • Drone use in austere medical environments.
  • Emergency department operations.
  • Emergency ultrasound applications.
  • Enhancing the understanding of barriers to providing the best care for all patients.
  • Genitourinary infections.
  • Geriatric research.
  • Health policy.
  • Healthcare delivery.
  • Implementation science.
  • Managing bone fractures and compartment syndrome.
  • Medical-legal issues.
  • Optimizing advanced airway management.
  • Optimizing opioid use for acute pain management.
  • Optimizing pneumonia care through pragmatic clinical trials.
  • Optimizing sepsis treatment.
  • Participating in national data registries.
  • Partnering in international research.
  • Pragmatic clinical trials.
  • Prehospital emergency care.
  • Preventing and mitigating agitation and violence in healthcare.
  • Quality improvement.
  • Recognizing and managing geriatric clinical syndromes and delirium.
  • Shared decision-making.
  • Simulation.
  • Sports medicine.
  • Using artificial intelligence (AI) to augment patient care.
  • Using droperidol for acute pain management.
  • Using physical therapy in the emergency department.
  • Using technology to engage with patients.