Danielle Jimenez
Communications Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine

Danielle Jimenez has spent 15 years sharing stories that connect people and inspire change, with experience spanning healthcare, government, the military, and nonprofits. At Michigan Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine, she shines a light on the people, research, and innovations shaping the future of emergency care. She’s passionate about making complex ideas clear and compelling, celebrating the people behind the work, and using storytelling to build understanding and spark action. Contact [email protected]
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Celebrating cardiac arrest survivors and their lifesavers

Survivors share essential lessons about CPR and lifesaving action to improve outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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How AI is helping emergency physicians learn from their patients

How the “Tell Me What Happens Next” initiative is being used by the Department of Emergency Medicine’s new Division of Clinical Informatics using artificial intelligence.
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How an Emergency Medicine staffer turned trauma into a mission to prevent it

A mother turned her son's gunshot trauma into advocacy for gun control.
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A U-M lacrosse player's rare life saving procedure in the emergency room

When a University of Michigan lacrosse player walked into an urgent care clinic with bruises on his legs and vision changes, a rare procedure available at Michigan Medicine saved his life.
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U-M researchers receive $13 million to transform traumatic brain injury care

University of Michigan has received two grants to change how traumatic brain injury is treated.
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Michigan Medicine launches $31 million national trial to improve emergency seizure care

Michigan Medicine is leading a major clinical trial that could change how these patients are treated in the emergency department. The study, called KESETT (Ketamine add-on therapy for Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial), funded by the National Institutes of Health, will test whether adding ketamine to current treatments can stop seizures more effectively.
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Stopping a $40,000 infection with a $40 device

Michigan Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine is tackling one of the deadliest and most overlooked hospital-acquired infections with a $40 device.
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Revolutionizing head injury care

A simple blood test is changing how emergency medicine operates.