Work is in an Emergency department with emergency physicians, EM residents, emergency nursing staff, emergency medical technicians (paramedics), ambulance drivers and control room personnel.
Emergency physicians are trained and qualified in the specialty of emergency medicine after MBBS graduation
Prehospital care/ambulance services are a part of EM
Disaster management has a major role
Patients are unlimited
Uncontrolled environment
Short term management of patients (usually less than 24hrs)
Spectrum of patients and problems is vast
Diagnosis is not required for initiation of treatment
No need to worry about long term effect of drugs, long term sedation, total parenteral nutrition or ICU related disorders.
Short term management on ventilators
