Dr. Christopher Francis Richards MD
Emergency Physician
St Charles Medical Center, Bend 2500 Ne Neff Blvd Bend OR, 97701About
Dr. Christopher Richards practices Emergency Medicine in Bend, OR. Dr. Richards 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. Richards examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1993
University of California 1993
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- 'Report upon Inquiry into Certificate of Need Legislation'. Parliament of Victoria Social Development Committee, October 1984.
- White Paper. "Towards more responsive health administration: health regionalisation for Victoria".
- The McClelland Report. "A report on the capital requirements of public health services in Victoria for the next ten years.".
- Mechanical stretch induces platelet-activating factor receptor gene expression through the NF-kappaB transcription factor.
- Alcohol and substance abuse training for emergency medicine residents: a survey of U.S. programs.
- Psychosis.
- Reducing medication errors: potential benefits of bolus thrombolytic agents.
- Blowout patch repair of hernia with steel cloth.
- Researching racial and ethnic disparities in emergency medicine.
- Jumping ship.
- Establishing an emergency department pain management system.
- Effect of increased ICU capacity on emergency department length of stay and ambulance diversion.
- Ambulance diversion and lost hospital revenues.
- Incorporation of hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids into cellular lipids of adrenal glomerulosa cells: inhibition of aldosterone release by 5-HETE.
- Specific incorporation of 5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid into phosphatidylcholine in human endothelial cells.
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