MelissaWCostelloMD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS

Emergency Medical Services

Global Medical Response National Medical Director- Patient Advocacy

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Dr. Melissa Costello is an emergency medicine physician in Mobile, Alabama and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Singing River Health System and Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. She is the current National Medical Director for Patient Advocacy for Global Medical Response.
She received her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and has been in practice 21 years. She is subspecialty board certified in emergency medical services and is experienced in emergency medical services, health technology/informatics, patient safety, revenue cycle, tactical medicine, and healthcare management. She has 5 publications and over 250 citings.

PubMed

90 citations
Excited Delirium Syndrome (ExDS): defining based on a review of the literature.
Gary M. Vilke, Mark L. Debard, Theodore C. Chan, Jeffrey D. Ho, Donald M. Dawes, Christine Hall, Michael Curtis, Melissa W. Costello, Deborah C. Mash, Stewart R. Coffm...> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012 Nov 1
3 citations
Intra-abdominal injury as a result of high-pressure water injection.
Melissa W. Costello, Robert P. Bolling, Richard P. Gonzalez> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2008 Jul 1
42 citations
Determinants of variation in analgesic and opioid prescribing practice in an emergency department.
Alan Heins, Marianthe Grammas, Janet Kaye Heins, Melissa W Costello, Kun Huang, Satya Mishra> ;Journal of Opioid Management. 2006 Nov 1
150 citations
Disparities in Analgesia and Opioid Prescribing Practices for Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain in the Emergency Department
Janet Kaye Heins, Alan Heins, Marianthe Grammas, Melissa W Costello, Kun Huang, Satya Mishra> ;Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2006 Jun 1
2 citations
Images in emergency medicine. Traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation.
Melissa W. Costello> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2004 Sep 1
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