Robert Donovan

Ask the ER Doc

Robert Donovan, M.D., FACEP, is an emergency physician working at a busy Level II Trauma Center in California’s Central Valley. He obtained his medical degree in Alabama before moving out west. In prior years, Robert has served as an EMS medical director and ED medical director. Currently, Robert is the medical director of PHI California, an air ambulance program, and still works full-time in the ER. Robert has a broad background in both pre-hospital and hospital medicine. To contact Robert, email robert.donovan@ems1.com.

LATEST ARTICLES

Resuscitation in paradise

With limited resources, you must adapt and overcome

September 12, 2013 05:57 AM

Robert Donovan

Pharmacology

Anaphylaxis in the MRI scanner

Several studies that review death from anaphylaxis say delay in administering epinephrine equates with increasing mortality.

January 03, 2012 07:07 AM

Robert Donovan

Statins: The unsexy side of cardiac treatment

October 26, 2011 11:29 AM

Robert Donovan

Sitting by the bed: The final task in emergency medicine

For those who work in emergency medicine, the focus is almost always on the hard work of preserving life. Some of the hardest tasks, though, require the least action.

September 15, 2011 07:15 AM

Robert Donovan

Medical Treatment

Knee dislocation: Lessons for EMS

The knee is one of the more amazing joints of the body; it is comprised of bone, ligaments and cartilage, with some nerve innervation

August 16, 2011 06:50 AM

Robert Donovan

Pediatric Care

Ectopic pregnancies: What medics should know

A female standing in line at a store begins to feel a little weak and tired. In a few moments, she began sweating, her vision dimmed, and the next thing she remembers is a crowd of people standing over her

May 10, 2011 07:38 AM

Robert Donovan

Medic Alert: Not just a bracelet anymore

What can these bracelets do other than alert you to a patient’s allergy?

November 30, 2010 09:29 AM

Robert Donovan

‘Quick-death’ disease lessons

In both the prehospital arena of EMS, as well as in the ED, we seem to give a great amount of attention to a select few diseases

September 07, 2010 08:23 AM

Robert Donovan

Preventing summer drownings

For children under the age of 14, drowning is the second leading cause of trauma deaths nationwide