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An emergency physician is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients. The emergency physician is a specialist in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life support in Europe), trauma care such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, and management of other life-threatening situations. The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ...
The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and...
Advanced cardiac life support or (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical interventions for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest and other life threatening medical emergencies, as well as the knowledge and skills to deploy those interventions. ...
Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a treatment consensus for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cardiac arrest and related medical problems, as agreed in Europe by the European Resuscitation Council, most recently in 2005. ...
In medicine, a trauma patient has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death. ...
For fractures in geologic formations, see Rock fracture. ...
Soft tissue injury is damage of the soft tissue of the body. ...
In some European countries (e.g. Germany, Austria and Denmark), emergency physicians are also part of the emergency medical service and are dispatched together with EMTs and paramedics in cases of life-threatening situations for patients (heart attacks, serious accidents, resuscitations). In the United States, emergency physicians are mostly hospital-based, but they often work on air ambulances and mobile intensive-care units. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...
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Typical view of the defibrillator operator. ...
Ontario Health air ambulance An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot easily or quickly reach the scene or the patient needs to be repositioned at a distance where air transportation is most practical. ...
When a patient is brought into the emergency department, he or she is usually sent to triage first. The patient may be triaged by an emergency physician, a paramedic, or a nurse; in the United States, triage is usually performed by a registered nurse. If the patient is admitted to the hospital, another physician such as a cardiologist or neurologist takes over for the emergency physician. The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and...
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This article focuses on the education and regulation of nurses. ...
A registered nurse (RN), is a health care professional responsible for implementing the practice of nursing through the use of the nursing process (in concert with other health care professionals). ...
Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. ...
Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. ...
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An ambulance in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ...
The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and...
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Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, or FACEP, is a post-nominal title used to indicate that an emergency physicians education and training, professional qualifications, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation, and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded...
External links - American Board of Medical Specialties
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Medical emergency Health sciences are the group of disciplines of applied science dealing with human and animal health. ...
medicines, see medication and pharmacology. ...
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A medical emergency is an injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a persons health or life which requires help from a doctor or hospital. ...
Procedures: First aid, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Basic life support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform. ...
Wikibooks has more about this subject: First Aid/CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency first aid procedure for a victim of cardiac arrest. ...
Basic life support (BLS) is a specific level of prehospital medical care provided by trained responders, including emergency medical technicians, in the absence of advanced medical care. ...
Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a treatment consensus for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cardiac arrest and related medical problems, as agreed in Europe by the European Resuscitation Council, most recently in 2005. ...
Advanced cardiac life support or (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical interventions for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest and other life threatening medical emergencies, as well as the knowledge and skills to deploy those interventions. ...
Advanced Trauma Life Support is a training program in acute management of trauma cases, developed in 1976 by the American College of Surgeons. ...
Trauma centers: Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV A trauma center is a hospital equipped to perform as a casualty receiving station for the emergency medical services by providing the best possible medical care for traumatic injuries 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. ...
Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. ...
In the United States a Level II trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I trauma center. ...
A Level III trauma center provides Emergency medicine to trauma patients who do not need the services of a Level I or a Level II trauma center. ...
Equipment: ambulance, bag valve mask, chest tube, defibrillation (AED, ICD), electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), intubation, intravenous therapy (IV) An ambulance in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ...
A BVM Resuscitator A BVM Resuscitator (Bag Valve Mask) is a part of the usual equipment carried by ALS (advanced life support) and BLS (basic life support) units to provide patient treatment in medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest. ...
A chest tube or chest drain is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the side of the chest into the pleural space. ...
Typical view of the defibrillator operator. ...
A semi-automatic external defibrillator An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that diagnoses and treats cardiac arrest by re-establishing an effective heart rhythm. ...
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device that is implanted under the skin of patients that are at risk of sudden death due to ventricular fibrillation. ...
Lead II An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm) is a graphic produced by an electrocardiograph, which records the electrical activity of the heart over time. ...
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Intravenous therapy or IV therapy is the administration of liquid substances directly into a vein. ...
People: certified first responder, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic, emergency physician A certified first responder is a person who has completed forty to sixty hours of training in providing care for medical emergencies. ...
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A Paramedic is a specialized health care professional who responds to medical and trauma emergencies in the pre-hospital (out-of-hospital) environment for the purpose of stabilizing and transporting the patient to an appropriate medical facility, usually by ambulance. ...
Drugs: atropine, epinephrine Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other plants of the family Solanaceae. ...
Adrenaline redirects here. ...
Other: golden hour, emergency department, emergency medical services, triage In emergency medicine the golden hour is the first sixty minutes after an accident or the onset of acute illness. ...
The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
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