Definitions for emergency medicine
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emergency medicinenoun

   the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emergency medicinenoun

   The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma, injuries and other sudden illnesses

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Emergency medicine

   Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (often called "ER doctors" in the United States) continuously learn to care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages. As first-line providers, in coordination with emergency medical services, they are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and performing the initial investigations and interventions necessary to diagnose and treat illnesses or injuries in the acute phase. Emergency physicians generally practise in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units. Still, they may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics. Sub-specializations of emergency medicine include; disaster medicine, medical toxicology, point-of-care ultrasonography, critical care medicine, emergency medical services, hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, palliative care, or aerospace medicine. Various models for emergency medicine exist internationally. In countries following the Anglo-American model, emergency medicine initially consisted of surgeons, general practitioners, and other generalist physicians. However, in recent decades it has become recognised as a speciality in its own right with its training programmes and academic posts, and the speciality is now a popular choice among medical students and newly qualified medical practitioners. By contrast, in countries following the Franco-German model, the speciality does not exist, and emergency medical care is instead provided directly by anesthesiologists (for critical resuscitation), surgeons, specialists in internal medicine, paediatricians, cardiologists or neurologists as appropriate. Emergency medicine is still evolving in developing countries, and international emergency medicine programs offer hope of improving primary emergency care where resources are limited.

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1. Emergency medicine

   Emergency medicine is a medical specialty in which physicians care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine physicians diagnose a variety of illnesses and undertake acute interventions to resuscitate and stabilize patients. Emergency medicine physicians practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place, and recently the intensive-care unit. Just as clinicians operate by immediacy rules under large emergency systems, emergency practitioners aim to diagnose emergent conditions and stabilize the patient for definitive care. Physicians specializing in emergency medicine in the US and Canada can enter fellowships to receive credentials in subspecialties. These are palliative medicine, critical care medicine, medical toxicology, wilderness medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, sports medicine, emergency medical services, and undersea and hyperbaric medicine.

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1. Emergency Medicine

   The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility.

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How to pronounce emergency medicine?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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How to say emergency medicine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency medicine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency medicine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of emergency medicine in a Sentence

1. Ronna Campbell:

   In over 10 years of practicing emergency medicine I have never seen nor heard of a laceration secondary to an epinephrine autoinjector.

2. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif:

   Because I want to do emergency medicine, and they only take anywhere between five and six students at McGill per year, it would put too much stress on the rest of the cohort, we'll find a way.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=emergency medicine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Emergency_Medicine
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medicine
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=emergency medicine