Trauma Emergencies

One of the defining features of a good emergency physician is one ’s ability to provide initial resuscitation to any type of patient that shows up in the emergency department (ED)...adult and pediatric, medical, trauma, minor or major illness or injury. Over the years, however, emergency medicine in many settings has become very “compartmentalized.” In many locales, we find dedicated pediatric hospitals, heart centers, cardiac arrest centers, stroke centers, and trauma centers. The compartmentalization occurs even within individual hospitals...separate adult versus pediatric versus trauma EDs.
Source: Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research