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Physicians in the emergency department
Emergency medicine
Clinical emergency medicine
Clinical emergency medicine: field of use of the target group Physicians in the emergency department, 5 evidence records from DE, AT, CH, US.
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DE, AT, CH, US
Evidence
5
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Typical tasks
- Admit, assess and stabilise emergency patients, then treat definitively or discharge
- Treat critically ill and severely injured patients in the resuscitation room, including airway management Manual defibrillator Intensive care ventilator
- Record and interpret ECGs Resting 12-lead ECG machine
- Evaluate blood gas analyses and initiate non-invasive ventilation Blood gas analyser Non-invasive ventilation (BiPAP) device
- Focused emergency ultrasound such as FAST, cardiac, aorta and DVT Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Vascular access and central lines, ultrasound-guided Central venous catheter Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Punctures, local anaesthesia, wound care and reductions
- Structured handovers and reports Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Direct patient flow, take transfer calls and supervise residents
- Paediatric emergency care
Devices and systems
- Point-of-care ultrasound device
- Hospital Information System (HIS)
- Resting 12-lead ECG machine
- Non-invasive ventilation (BiPAP) device
- Blood gas analyser
- Computed tomography (CT) scanner
- Manual defibrillator
- Intensive care ventilator
- Clinical knowledge database
- Patient call and queue management system
- Fingertip pulse oximeter
- Fixed X-ray system
- Ultrasound system
- Central venous catheter
Part of this profile
Sources
- Praxisunterricht Manual, Praxisblock der Klinik für Notfall- und Akutmedizin, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Medizinische Fakultät, mit der Klinik für Notfall- und Akutmedizin des Florence-Nightingale-Krankenhauses Düsseldorf (DE)
- Die neue ZINA am Klinikum Kempten: Infobroschüre für Rettungsdienste, Klinikverbund Allgäu, Klinikum Kempten (DE)
- 7. Medizinische Abteilung: Innere Medizin mit Notfallmedizin, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Klinik Hietzing (AT)
- Ausbildungsplan KPJ Tertial C, Innere Medizin und Intensivmedizin (Notfallmedizin), Medizinische Universität Wien (AT)
- Weiterbildungskonzept Notfallzentrum, Luzerner Kantonsspital (CH)
- Emergency Medicine Residency, Program at a Glance, Baystate Health, Springfield, Massachusetts (US)
- Emergency Medicine Residency, About the Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Emergency Medicine (US)