Emergency physician

pediatric emergency physician treats patients who are admitted into an emergency room daily and has the satisfaction that they have saved the life of a patient in a critical condition or trauma. This branch of medicine includes evaluating the condition of the patient, beginning treatment, ordering tests or X-rays, and providing medication. This discussion will provide the information to understand the necessary educational requirements, give an insight into the life of a pediatric emergency physician

Overview of a Health Care Career According to the Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants, 2013), the role of a physician assistant in the ED is to provide emergency care under the supervision of a licensed physician. The extent of care they provide varies by state law, facility policy, education of the PA, and how much the supervising physician feels comfortable delegating work (Britnell, Dodd, Vella Gray, & Brochu, 2015). For example

connect to sociology. I have chosen a career that I have a strong interest in which is a physician in the Emergency Room. The main requirements for getting the job in this career consist of a completed education, getting an undergraduate, finished medical school, a Emergency Medicine residency. In the area of licensure and certification they need are required a State Medical License and a Board Certification in Emergency Medicine. Other requirements that are necessary is a CME which stands for Continuing

Monday evening in an emergency department, the physician I worked with started to get a history from our 52-year-old male patient who presented asking for a refill on his pain medication. As more information was revealed, we learned that he had run out of his medication two months ago, and had yet to set up an appointment with his primary care physician. The physician then cut the patient off to bluntly inform him that he needed to make an appointment with his primary care physician as he would not be

Emergency room physicians are on the front lines in a crisis, caring for everyone from trauma victims to sick kids. An ability to think quickly and care for a wide variety of patients makes them valuable assets at every hospital. It also brings some perks. When sudden illness or acute injury strikes, patients turn to hospital emergency rooms for immediate medical assistance. An ER doctor, or emergency medicine specialist, is a physician who diagnoses and treats illnesses and injuries in a hospital

Being an emergency medical physician means playing against the clock in order to save lives. This job is required to be top notch in intelligence, speed, and accuracy leaving no room for errors. In the field of emergency medicine, this job has numerous tasks and characteristics that must be practiced constantly. This includes, but is not limited to: basic life support and advanced trauma life support. I find the position of an ER physician to best suit me because of my need for precision and love

evening, the emergency medicine physician I was working with started to get a history from our 52-year-old male patient who presented asking for a refill on his pain medication. As more information was gathered, it was revealed that the patient had run out of his medication two months earlier and had yet to set up an appointment with his primary care physician. The physician bluntly cut the patient off, informing him that he needed to make an appointment with his primary care physician, as he would

Introduction When will I see a Doctor? When will I get a bed? These are the questions that are constantly asked when in the Emergency Department (ED). The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) & National emergency Nurses Affiliation (NENA)(2003) defines overcrowding as a situation where “services exceeds the ability to provide care within a reasonable time, causing doctors and nurses to be unable to provide quality care” (“ED overcrowding”, para. 2). Maintaining access and flow

of the Emergency Room Physician. Commonly faced issues include patient “dumping”, organ donation, and Do-Not Resuscitate orders. These issues have ethical and legal considerations for the Emergency Room Physician in regards to their responsibilities and actions. The ethical right for individuals to have access to health care already has a form of legal binding within the United States as seen in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. “In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Medical

Aeriel Ocampo 63944677 Dr. Fox’s Lab Dr. Fox is an emergency physician at UCI Medical Center, treating and diagnosing patients using an ultrasound. His scope of research involves looking at patients’ internal organs via ultrasound, which is much quicker and less harmful than using x-ray scans that are traditionally used in emergency departments. He is also a part of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (“Faculty and Staff”). Dr. Fox is also a director of instructional ultrasound and is