emergency medicine
Acute care specialty
Emergency medicine is the branch of medicine focused on acute illness and injury requiring immediate treatment.
Emergency physicians work in hospital emergency rooms, trauma centers, and urgent care settings, handling everything from heart attacks to broken bones to poisonings.
The field emphasizes rapid assessment and stabilization: She decided to specialize in emergency medicine after her ER rotation.
Lasting psychological wound
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
anaphylaxis · chest compressions · intubation · shock · oxygen therapy · ventilator · suture · splint
Formal evaluation of worth
- severityIntensity of sternness
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- screeningEvaluative selection process
sorting · evaluation · protocols · tags · acuity · wait time · chief complaint · vital signs
Event harming many simultaneously
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
flood · hurricane · tornado · wildfire · terrorism · explosion · field hospital · surge capacity
Prehospital care professional
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
- 911Crisis response number
- dispatchSend with speed
- EMSCrisis medical responders
medevac · airlift · siren · stretcher · golden hour · rapid response · on-call · helicopter
Critical injury treatment facility
- waiting roomSpace for anticipating service
- crash cartEmergency medical supply cart
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
curtains · fast track · trauma bay · ER nurse · attending · resident · shift work
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
cardiac arrest · anaphylaxis · chest compressions · intubation · shock · oxygen therapy · ventilator · suture · splint · tourniquet
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- severityIntensity of sternness
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
screening · sorting · evaluation · protocols · tags · acuity · wait time · chief complaint · vital signs · red tag
mass casualty
Event harming many simultaneously
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
earthquake · flood · hurricane · tornado · wildfire · terrorism · explosion · field hospital · surge capacity · disaster response
EMT
Prehospital care professional
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
- 911Crisis response number
- dispatchSend with speed
EMS · medevac · airlift · siren · stretcher · golden hour · rapid response · on-call · helicopter · extraction
trauma center
Critical injury treatment facility
- waiting roomSpace for anticipating service
- crash cartEmergency medical supply cart
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
beds · curtains · fast track · trauma bay · ER nurse · attending · resident · shift work
- EMS TrainingEMT certification, EMT training, CPR certification, CPR training, EMT
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, pediatrics, dermatology, oncology
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, surgery, treatment
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- emergency medicalEMS, ER, EMT, trauma center, first responder
- Emergency MedicineEMT, EMS, critical care, trauma care, triage nurse
emergency medicinepreventive medicine
Healthcare before illness strikes
elective surgery · routine care · wellness care · health maintenance · annual checkups
emergency medicineprimary care
First-line medical services
family medicine · continuity of care · internal medicine · geriatric medicine · general practice
emergency medicineambulatory care
Healthcare without admission
private practice · community health · telemedicine · home health care · home healthcare
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