Emergency Medicine Physicians

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Refer patients to specialists or other practitioners.
2. 02Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
3. 03Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
4. 04Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.
5. 05Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.
6. 06Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests, electrocardiograms, emergency ultrasounds, and radiographs.
7. 07Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
8. 08Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.
9. 09Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
10. 10Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
11. 11Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.
12. 12Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.

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