Professor Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
Richard Lammers, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of University of California in Riverside, California. He earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Lammers holds the position of Assistant Dean for Simulation and is responsible for course development and administration for simulation and labs for both residents and medical students.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
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Education and Training
- Residency 1980, Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania,
- MD 1977, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University
- BA 1973, Biology, University of California-Riverside
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Research
- Emergency Medicine
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Publications
Hoyle J.D., Ekblad G., Woodwyk A., Brandt R., Fales B., Lammers R.L. Methods Used to Obtain Pediatric Patient Weights, Their Accuracy and Associated Drug Dosing Errors in 142 Simulated Prehospital Pediatric Patient Encounters Prehospital Emergency Care. 2022;26:511-518.
Lammers R.L., Willoughby-Byrwa M.J., Vos D.G., Fales W.D. Comparison of Four Methods of Paramedic Continuing Education in the Management of Pediatric Emergencies Prehospital Emergency Care. 2022;26:463-475.
Hoyle J.D., Ekblad G., Hover T., Woodwyk A., Brandt R., Fales B., Lammers R.L. Dosing Errors Made by Paramedics During Pediatric Patient Simulations After Implementation of a State-Wide Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference Prehospital Emergency Care. 2020;24:204-213.
Lammers R., Sheakley M.L., Hendren S. A Simulated Case of Acute Salicylate Toxicity From an Intentional Overdose MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources. 2018;14:10678.
Lammers R., Pazderka P., Sheakley M. A Multipatient Simulation Session: Evaluation of Six Simulated Patients with Different Shock Syndromes MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources. 2017;13:10591.
Lammers R., Simunich T., Ashurst J. Authorship trends of emergency medicine publications over the last two decades Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016;17(3):367-371.
Kotal E.R., Sivertson R.M., Wolfe S.P., Lammers R.L., Overton D.T. A survey of simulation fellowship programs Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2015;48(3):351-355.
Lammers R., Willoughby-Byrwa M., Fales W. Medication errors in prehospital management of simulated pediatric anaphylaxis Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014;18(2):295-304.
Lammers R.L., Willoughby-Byrwa M., Fales W.D. Errors and error-producing conditions during a simulated, prehospital, pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest Simulation in Healthcare. 2014;9(3):174-183.
Lammers R., Byrwa M., Fales W. Root causes of errors in a simulated prehospital pediatric emergency Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012;19(1):37-47.
Hamman W., Beaudin-Seiler B., Beaubien J., Gullickson A., Orizondo-Korotko K., Gross A., Fuqua R., Lammers R. Using simulation to identify and resolve threats to patient safety. The American journal of managed care. 2010;16(6)
Hamman W., Beaudin-Seiler B., Beaubien J., Gullickson A., Orizondo-Korotko K., Gross A., Fuqua W., Lammers R. Using in situ simulation to identify and resolve latent environmental threats to patient safety: Case study involving operational changes in a labor and delivery ward Quality Management in Health Care. 2010;19(3):226-230.
Hamman W., Beaudin-Seiler B., Beaubien J., Gullickson A., Gross A., Orizondo-Korotko K., Fuqua W., Lammers R. Using in situ simulation to identify and resolve latent environmental threats to patient safety: Case study involving a labor and delivery ward Journal of Patient Safety. 2009;5(3):184-187.
Lammers R.L., Byrwa M.J., Fales W.D., Hale R.A. Simulation-based assessment of paramedic pediatric resuscitation skills Prehospital Emergency Care. 2009;13(3):345-356.
Alessa L., Kliskey A., Lammers R., Arp C., White D., Hinzman L., Busey R. The arctic water resource vulnerability index: An integrated assessment tool for community resilience and vulnerability with respect to freshwater Environmental Management. 2008;42(3):523-541.
Broeke R.T., Lammers R., Ackerman E. The safety management system for medication contributes to a 'safe culture' in the hospital: The pharmacist participates in the medical round at the nursing department Pharmaceutisch Weekblad. 2008;143(17):30-32.
Lammers R.L. Learning and retention rates after training in posterior epistaxis management Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008;15(11):1181-1189.
Lammers R.L., Davenport M., Korley F., Griswold-Theodorson S., Fitch M.T., Narang A.T., Evans L.V., Gross A., Rodriguez E., Dodge K.L., Hamann C.J., Robey W.C. Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: Metrics and methodology Academic Emergency Medicine. 2008;15(11):1079-1087.
Bond W.F., Lammers R.L., Spillane L.L., Smith-Coggins R., Fernandez R., Reznek M.A., Vozenilek J.A., Gordon J.A. The Use of Simulation in Emergency Medicine: A Research Agenda Academic Emergency Medicine. 2007;14(4):353-363.
Lammers R. Simulation: The New Teaching Tool Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007;49(4):505-507.
Lammers R.L., Temple K.J., Wagner M.J., Ray D. Competence of new emergency medicine residents in the performance of lumbar punctures Academic Emergency Medicine. 2005;12(7):622-628.
Lammers R.L., Hudson D.L., Seaman M.E. Prediction of traumatic wound infection with a neural network-derived decision model American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2003;21(1):1-7.
Lammers R.L., Roiger M., Rice L., Overton D.T., Cucos D. The effect of a new emergency medicine residency program on patient length of stay in a community hospital emergency department Academic Emergency Medicine. 2003;10(7):725-730.
Lammers R., Henry C., Howell J. Bacterial counts in experimental, contaminated crush wounds irrigated with various concentrations of cefazolin and penicillin American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2001;19(1):1-5.
Lammers R.L., Gibson S., Kovacs D., Sears W., Strachan G. Comparison of test characteristics of urine dipstick and urinalysis at various test cutoff points Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2001;38(5):505-512.
Utecht T., Lammers R. When do you refuse ambulance transport?. Interview by Nancy Perry. Emergency medical services. 1996;25(5):55-57.
Lammers R.L., Roth B.A., Utecht T. Comparison of Ambulance Dispatch Protocols for Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1995;26(5):579-589.
Wellbrock C., Lammers R., Ullrich A., Schartl M. Association between the melanoma-inducing receptor tyrosine kinase Xmrk and src family tyrosine kinases in Xiphophorus Oncogene. 1995;10(11):2135-2143.
Malitschek B., Wittbrodt J., Fischer P., Lammers R., Ullrich A., Schartl M. Autocrine stimulation of the Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase in Xiphophorus melanoma cells and identification of a source for the physiological ligand Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1994;269(14):10423-10430.
Winkler C., Wittbrodt J., Lammers R., Ullrich A., Schartl M. Ligand-dependent tumor induction in medakafish embryos by a Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase transgene Oncogene. 1994;9(6):1517-1525.
Germain-Lee E.L., Janicot M., Lammers R., Ullrich A., Casella S.J. Expression of a type I insulin-like growth factor receptor with low affinity for insulin-like growth factor II Biochemical Journal. 1992;281(2):413-417.
Lammers R., Magill T. Detection and management of foreign bodies in soft tissue Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 1992;10(4):767-781.
Seaman M., Lammers R. Inability of patients to self-diagnose wound infections Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1991;9(4):215-219.
Lammers R.L., Fourré M., Callaham M.L., Boone T. Effect of povidone-iodine and saline soaking on bacterial counts in acute, traumatic, contaminated wounds Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1990;19(6):709-714.
Jansen H., Lammers R., Baggen M.G.A., Birkenhäger J.C. Effects of doxazosin on lipids, lipoprotein lipases, and cholesterol synthesis in the golden hamster Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 1989;13:S5-S10.
Lammers R. Soft tissue foreign bodies Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1988;17(12):1336-1347.
Baggen M., Jansen H., Lammers R., Verschoor L., Birkenhäger J. Disparate effects of ACTH(1-24) and corticosterone on lipoprotein lipase in rat adipose tissue Journal of Endocrinology. 1987;114(3):369-372.
Bivins H., Knopp R., Lammers R., McMicken D., Wolowodiuk O. Mushroom ingestion Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1985;14(11):1099-1104.
Haughey R., Lammers R., Wagner D. Use of antibiotics in the initial management of soft tissue hand wounds Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1981;10(4):187-192.
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Presentations
- Seven Questions for Simulationists. Lammers RL, 2021 Michigan EM SIMposium, Saginaw, Michigan, 10/2021
- Identifying the Presence of Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Emergency Medicine Residents at WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine. Klesick E, Neaterour P, Mishler C, Kinker B, Parker J, Turner W, Brech A, Parikh R, Lammers R, Warren T, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- A Novel Task Trainer for Balloon Tamponade of GI Hemorrage. Lammers R, Williams M, Mastenbrook J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021