Emergency room doctor

An ambulance doctor is perhaps the most difficult and responsible profession in the list of all available medical specialties. His prerogative is to be well-versed in theoretical medical knowledge, as well as to have many practical skills "at his disposal".

Situations are common when an emergency physician must make a diagnosis in the shortest possible time, on which the patient’s life often depends.

At the same time, the emergency doctor does not have the necessary laboratory or instrumental diagnostic methods at hand, and also does not have the opportunity to consult colleagues in case of any doubts. He must be perfectly familiar with therapy, neurology, surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, rheumatology, pathologies of ENT organs and organs of vision.

Who is an emergency physician?

An ambulance doctor provides emergency qualified medical care when patients experience sudden illnesses or conditions, as well as accidents at the scene. An ambulance doctor practices the use of modern diagnostic methods and also performs treatment.

When should you contact an emergency physician?

An ambulance doctor goes out on a call in the following cases:

• the patient is in a condition that immediately threatens his life and requires immediate medical attention;
• There is no threat to the patient's life, but if timely assistance is not provided urgently, complications may arise that pose a danger to life and health.
• the woman has gone into labor or is in a pre-labor state, when the woman in labor must be urgently taken to the hospital;
• to alleviate the suffering of a patient who is terminally ill and who requires the administration of painkillers (for example, cancer patients);
• in situations of exacerbation in mentally ill people who behave inappropriately and can potentially harm people around them and pose a danger to their lives.

What diagnostic methods does an emergency physician use?

The ambulance doctor's ability to conduct thorough diagnostic procedures is limited. His main methods are:

• abdominal palpation (when he feels the abdomen for painful sensations);
• listening (auscultation) of the heart and lungs using a stethoscope;
• The emergency doctor also measures blood pressure and body temperature;
• takes an electrocardiogram.

What diseases does an emergency doctor treat?

An ambulance doctor provides medical care for any serious, life-threatening or health-threatening pathologies. In order to provide assistance as effectively as possible, ambulance teams are divided by types of assistance. If there is no ambulance doctor in the team, it is called a paramedic team. When there is only one ambulance doctor, it is a linear team. A specialized ambulance team is one that works with a specific pathology and is able to provide assistance for diseases or injuries of a certain nature.

What organs and diseases does an emergency doctor treat?

Types of specialized teams (based on the nature of the diseases or injuries they work with):

• resuscitation, specializing in resuscitation measures;
• pediatric, specializing in providing emergency and urgent care for childhood patients;
• cardiology, specializing in providing assistance in cardiovascular pathologies;
• traumatology, specializing in providing assistance and transporting victims who have injuries and multiple injuries;
• psychiatric – works with patients with psychiatric pathologies.

What treatment methods does an emergency physician use?

When an ambulance doctor comes to a patient's home or arrives at the scene of an incident, his first action is to assess the condition of the patient or the injured person. If he states clinical death, his task is to carry out resuscitation measures - defibrillation, artificially provide respiratory function, pumping function of the heart, and indicate to the paramedic the dosage of drugs that need to be administered at that moment.

If the patient is conscious, the ambulance doctor first performs a primary diagnosis. If the patient is injured, the damaged areas of the body must be immobilized. Then the ambulance doctor administers the necessary medications, after which the ambulance takes the victim to the hospital for treatment.