Rade Vukmir

{{short description|American emergency and critical care Physician }}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Rade Vukmir

| birth_name =

| birth_place = Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

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| nationality = American

| fields = Emergency Medicine
Intensive care medicine

| workplaces = Drexel University
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University

| alma_mater = Cornell University
University of Pittsburgh

}}

Rade B. Vukmir is an emergency critical care and neurocritical care physician. With a career spanning over three decades, he has held positions, including President of Critical Care Medicine Associates, Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group, the ECI PSO (Patient Safety Organization), and Chairman of ECI Healthcare Partners Education and Risk Management Department.{{cite web |title=Patient Harm, Not Malpractice, Top of Mind for Emergency Medicine Physicians |url=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984093 |website=Medscape |language=en}} He is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. His work includes the authorship of 43 peer-reviewed medical journal articles, numerous book chapters and eleven books. Currently, he is a clinical professor at the Drexel University a position previously at University of Pittsburgh and Temple University.{{cite web |last1=Tarkan |first1=Laurie |title=E.R. Patients Often Left Confused After Visits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/health/16emer.html |website=The New York Times |date=16 September 2008}}

Biography

Born in Center Township, Pennsylvania, he is the first of two children to steelworkers Leni and Matthew.{{cite book |title=Rade B.Vukmir MD, JD vividly re-creates life in an American steel town. |url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-mill-rade-b-vukmir/ebook/9781944351021.html |website=Booktopia}}{{cite web |title=Leni B. Vukmir |url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/2008/11/29/leni-b-vukmir/18399398007/ |website=Beaver County Times}} Early signs of his interest in science and medicine emerged when he became a Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Scholar at the age of six.{{Cite book |url=https://www.everand.com/book/506883459/The-Mill |title=The Mill by Rade B Vukmir (Ebook) - Read free for 30 days |language=en}} Vukmir attended Cornell University and graduated with a BS in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.{{Cite web |title=Optimally Effective Emergency Department{{!}}Rade Vukmir |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-maximally-efficient-and-optimally-effective-emergency-department-rade-b-vukmir/1123995062 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en}}

Career

Vukmir's professional journey began with summers in the blooming mill and blast furnace, echoing his family's industrial background.{{cite web |last1=Burgess |first1=Joel |title=Asheville firefighters exposed to coronavirus during cardiac arrest response |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/01/05/asheville-firefighters-exposed-covid-during-cardiac-arrest-response/4132465001/ |website=Asheville Citizen-Times}}

After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh medical school in 1986, he entered Emergency Medicine, later pursuing critical care expertise at the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite web |title=Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An Interview with Dr. Rade Vukmir |url=https://www.acepnow.com/article/critical-care-emergency-department-interview-dr-rade-vukmir/ |website=ACEP Now}}

His career includes roles as the first Emergency Medicine-based Critical Care physician, ICU Gatekeeper, and Chair of the Resuscitation Committee.{{cite web |title=Zika Care Guidelines: Patient Triage and Pregnancy Screening |url=https://www.scphealth.com/blog/zika-care-guidelines-patient-triage-and-pregnancy-screening/ |website=SCP Health |date=15 November 2021}}

Beyond academia, Vukmir ventured into law, earning a Juris Doctor in 1999 with additional certification in health law. He contributed to disaster management as a member of the federal emergency medicine Disaster Medical Assistance Team and the critical care Multi-Specialty Evaluation Team (MSET).{{cite web |title=Dr. Rade B Vukmir, Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh PA |url=https://www.topnpi.com/pa1730177387/dr-rade-vukmir |website=TopNPI |language=en}}

Personal and public image

Vukmir's leadership includes founding and chairing the Critical Care Medicine Section within the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1997. He served on ACEP committees, contributing to medicolegal and communications initiatives. Acknowledged with two Emergency Medicine Faculty of the Year awards, Vukmir maintained academic positions at the University of Pittsburgh, Temple, and Drexel University.

Bibliography

Vukmir published his book The Mills narrate the life in an American steel town, particularly the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, drawing from personal experience and interviews.{{cite book |last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |title=The mill |date=2011 |publisher=University Press of America |location=Lanham, Md. |isbn=9780761853459}}

Enterprise

In 1997, Vukmir joined Emergency Consultants Inc. (ECI) as a Regional Director, later becoming Chairman of Education and Risk Management.https://www.erexpert.com/EDLL%20August%202012%20issue..pdf

Don’t Risk Defamation Suit From Lying.''Vukmir He served as Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group and ECI Reinsurance.{{Cite web |title=Rade B. Vukmir |url=https://www.mgma.com/authors/rade-b-vukmir |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.mgma.com |language=en}} His contributions extended to the development of the first ACCME accredited web-based continuing medical education program in 2006.

In 2011, Vukmir assumed the role of Chief Clinical Officer for the ECI Patient Safety Organization, the first federally chartered emergency medicine quality organization. He continued to contribute to the critical care community as the National Corporate ICU Director and later served as Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association, coordinating scientific, research, and clinical strategies.{{Cite web |last=Kaiser |first=Kelly Burch, Scott |title=What's the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia? Why it's important to understand their similarities and differences |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/alzheimers-vs-dementia |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

Selected publications

=Journals=

{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B |last2=Bircher |first2=Nicholas |last3=Safar |first3=Peter |title=Sodium bicarbonate in cardiac arrest: A reappraisal |journal=The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |date=March 1996 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=192–206 |doi=10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90133-3|pmid=8924147 }}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B |title=The influence of urban, suburban, or rural locale on survival from refractory prehospital cardiac arrest |journal=The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |date=March 2004 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=90–93 |doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2003.12.008|pmid=15011220 }}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=R B |title=Prehospital cardiac arrest outcome is adversely associated with antiarrythmic agent use, but not associated with presenting complaint or medical history |journal=Emergency Medicine Journal |date=1 January 2004 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=95–98 |doi=10.1136/emj.2003.006445|doi-access=free |pmid=14734394 |pmc=1756380 }}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |title=Association of obesity with worsened prehospital cardiac arrest |journal=Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine |date=January 2005 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1080/13590840500191596}}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |last2=Katz |first2=Laurence |title=Sodium bicarbonate improves outcome in prolonged prehospital cardiac arrest |journal=The American Journal of Emergency Medicine |date=March 2006 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=156–161 |doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2005.08.016|pmid=16490643 }}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |title=The Outcome of Cardiac Dysfunction in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Myocardial Contusion Complicated by Refractory Hypotension |journal=European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery |date=June 2008 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=261–266 |doi=10.1007/s00068-007-7062-0|pmid=26815747 |s2cid=195227650 }}
{{cite journal|ref=none|last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |title=Initial Cardiac Rhythm Correlated to Emergency Department Survival |journal=Clinical Medicine. Cardiology |date=January 2009 |volume=3 |pages=9–14 |doi=10.4137/cmc.s695|doi-access=free |pmid=20508762 |pmc=2872586 }}
{{cite journal |last1=Vukmir |first1=Rade B. |last2=Howell |first2=Randy N. |title=Emergency medicine provider efficiency: the learning curve, equilibration and point of diminishing returns |journal=Emergency Medicine Journal |date=1 December 2010 |volume=27 |issue=12 |pages=916–920 |doi=10.1136/emj.2009.079194|doi-access=free |pmid=21076164 }}