In our study, only 32% of
emergency physicians had used an alcoholism screening tool like the CAGE or AUDIT at least once in the past year.
Dr Mehdi Davoudi, the
emergency physician, said: "We have dealt with cases of near drowning, cardiac arrest, trauma, seizures among others.
In the UK,
emergency physicians are struggling to get rid of the term Accident and Emergency Department' and have it become 'Emergency Department' alone--but at least these colleagues work in a department!
Kirsch, M.D, an
emergency physician and associate professor, and Julius Cuong Pham, M.D., an
emergency physician and assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed the data.
Overall,
emergency physicians took care of 11% of all ambulatory care visits, yet make up only 4% of the physician workforce, the authors said.
Knapp, professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a pediatric
emergency physician at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
(2003) found that increased
emergency physician coverage, designation of physician coordinators, and new hospital policies regarding laboratory, consultation, and admission procedures reduced mean LOS for ED discharged patients from 13.8 to 5.9 hours.
He is board-certified in emergency medicine and has served as an
emergency physician for the U.S.
Hawkins, MD is an
emergency physician and EMS medical director in North Carolina.
Mayer, who works in
emergency physician services and physician leadership and management, and Cates, an emergency department physician and leader, explain how to create a culture of customer service in a health care institution.
(11) This seemed to echo our observations that emergency and trauma units lacked
emergency physician coverage.
Gardner, ACEP president and an
emergency physician at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
