Dr. Keith Thomas Sivertson M.D.
Emergency Physician
100 Hospital Drive Ketchum ID, 83340About
Dr. Keith Sivertson practices Emergency Medicine in Ketchum, ID. Dr. Sivertson 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. Sivertson examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The potential utility of a rapid CK-MB assay in evaluating emergency department patients with possible myocardial infarction.
- Substantial improvement in compliance with universal precautions in an emergency department following institution of policy.
- The 1988 earthquake in Soviet Armenia: a case study.
- Rapid infusion of additive red blood cells: alternative techniques for massive hemorrhage.
- Profile of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection presenting to an inner-city emergency department: preliminary report.
- Adherence to Universal (barrier) Precautions during interventions on critically ill and injured emergency department patients.
- Foreign bodies of the external auditory canal.
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