someone injures himself or is not feeling well, he goes to the emergency room (ER). While in tremendous pain, he is caught up in the chaos of the ER where he must wait, sometimes for hours, for an emergency physician. Emergency physicians try their best to help patients feel better, ordering numerous tests that help them determine what’s wrong. Eventually, patients all leave the hospital, feeling much better than when they came. Emergency Physicians provide primary care to a host of patients entering
I have known since I was a child that I wanted to be a physician. During my undergraduate years, I worked for an endocrinologist and volunteered as a diabetes educator at a clinic for the medically underserved. I learned a great deal about medicine with a specific focus on diabetes. I quickly came to notice a commonality among the patients seeking medical management of their chronic diseases. Patients did not present with an acute problem, but rather to have patches placed on their existing
Dr. Jey Arthur, of Sutter Memorial Hospital, is an idol when it comes to physicians within a hospital’s Emergency Room. During his shift, the entire atmosphere of the Emergency Room changes. Nurses become more interactive with their patients and the patient’s rooms are no longer filled with misery and hopelessness. From the second the patient is assigned a room, Dr. Arthur is constantly visiting keeping the patient well informed and up to date on what the physicians and nurses are doing and their
"Emergency medicine helped shape my personality". This might come as a surprise, but its true. I felt empowered in many ways by EM. It taught me the importance of trusting people, friendship, being a leader, and Team work. Most importantly, it helped me to trust myself and my decisions more. It showed me part of being an ER physician includes "Embracing the unknown". Instead of panicking in the face of an imminent hurdle, I learned to work with it or rather i'd say adapt to it. And most importantly
Introduction In this module I would briefly discuss the challenges associated with teaching in Emergency Medicine (EM), how these challenges influences my approach to teaching in EM. I would describe what teaching and learning methods I adapted to in EM to address the learning outcomes of the trainee doctors. Finally I would aim to reflect on the approach and methods used and my role in the process. Challenges in EM EM is highly attractive specialty. Internationally, EM residencies rank among the
Guide 2011." 2011. Kansas Trauma Program. 10 April 2014 . Nwomeh, Benedict C, Wendi Lowell, Renae Kable, Kathy Haley, Emmanuel A Ameh. "History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries." World Journal of Emergency Surgery (2006). Zenati, Mazen S, M.D. MPH, PH.D. "Trauma Registry." n.d. University of Pittsburgh. 15 April 2014 .
Emergency Contraception Causes Abortion Brown University associate professor of medicine, Ralph Miech, M.D., Ph.D., stated the abortive nature of EC in the Providence Journal on August 3, 1998: "This type of pill causes an abortion. From a pharmacologic perspective, this type of pill should be called an 'abortion-after pill'." The question must be asked: "How is this contraception?" Women are being falsely led to believe that these pills are contraceptive in nature. But one of their common
Trauma Nurse Who is the first person you see when you enter an Emergency Room? Well, it is a trauma nurse. He or she can save your life or make you think you are dying. The job description of a trauma nurse is many different things. It is not just this job or that job, it is the education and characteristics that come with it. What you do on the job and the hours you put in can make you a great trauma nurse. There are many different types of working facilities to choose from and the attire that is
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
obtaining medical resources. Although nurse practitioners do not have the eight or more years of medical school and residency that doctors have, as discussed above nurse practitioners are capable of providing many of the emergency medical services a person might need. In an emergency situation, a trained healthcare provider who can meet most needs is better than no healthcare provider at
traumatic injuries are the major cause of mortality, morbidity and disability among children (0 – 14 years) - being responsible for more deaths than the combination of other diseases1. It is against this backdrop that pre-hospital care during emergencies becomes very important in the management of the injured children as it is for adults. In most circumstances, earliest responder who could be a medical doctor, paramedic, or even layman are the first to provide the much needed life saving (basic
In 2014 National Oilwell Varco earned over twenty million in revenue. As a Houston company formed in 1841 it has seen Houston grow into a very large and diverse city. As the city grows more diverse so should the companies that make up our great city, but NOV is actually one of the worst diverse companies in Houston that has seen its fair share of discrimination cases. The purpose that I write to you is to help the company grow into a more diverse organization by analyzing current issues of diversity
short period in which to obtain emergency medical intervention before the shock resulting from his or her injuries is irreversible. Usually this period of time is not longer than one hour, and is often less. If measures to treat shock and the cause of the shock, massive internal bleeding for instance, are not instituted within this first hour after the injury the mortality rate increases exponentially every fifteen to twenty minutes. The state of emergency medical care currently practiced
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Chief Medical Informatics Officer with Alta Hospital System, and an Emergency Medicine physician who graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He can be best represented by his pen, which is both complex and simple, that provides reliability and functionality. Ironically, the pen began its journey with Dr. Manuel Sacapano in 2000, the same year that he graduated from the esteemed Loma Linda University of Medicine and began his journey as a medical doctor. In 2000,
Community hospitals are a major provider of health care in the United States. A hospital is an institution that provides diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic services to patients with the supervision of physicians. (Knickman & Kovner, 2014, p. 190-191). Community hospitals include short-term general hospitals: nonfederal not-for-profit, investor-owned for-profit, and government-owned public hospitals. (American Hospital Association, 2016). Not-for-profit hospitals are funded through the Centers
coffee and the sharp smell of disinfectant mixed in the air like a foreign perfume. Uniformed staff busied themselves with paperwork while waiting for the moment we all knew would come with the lunch hour approaching. It was a typical morning in the emergency room of Presby Plano. We were all standing around, relaxed, discussing our previous weekend adventures. As the call came over the radio we swiftly took our places in expectation of what was to come. A construction worker was hit in the head with
Casualty Management in Football Presented by : Dr Teboho Matebesi An assignment presented to the Faculty of Health Sciences University of Witwatersrand In partial fulfilment of course work requirements of the Degree of Masters of Science in Medicine EMERGENCY MEDICINE Submitted to: Professor E Kramer Date: 25 April 2014 Overview The football matches are classified as mass gatherings because they attract more than 1000 people per game. In the history of football events around the world, there
Medication Errors Related to Children in Ambulatory Care Error which was found Medication errors in children alone are alarming, but throw an ambulatory care setting into the mix and it spells disaster. When it comes to children and medication in the ambulatory care setting, the dosage range is drastically out of range compared to those that are treated in the hospital setting (Hoyle, J., Davis, A., Putman, K., Trytko, J., Fales, W. , 2011). Children are at a greater risk for dosage errors because
safety has reduced the dependence on emergency medical services. All through this country there is an issue with the chronic use of the 911 and emergency medical response system. These chronic individuals usually have issues that are not solved by transport to the emergency department. This article explains how the eRAP is reducing the cost and improving the quality of the care provided by emergency medical services. The chronic use and abuse of the 911 and emergency medical response system usually encompasses